Mulvaney: Too Soon To “Talk Politics” After Virginia Massacre

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney attends a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Cabinet Room at the White House April 02, 2019 in Washington, DC. On the 70th anniversary of NATO, Trump and Stoltenberg discussed the trans-Atlantic alliance's successes and its 'evolving challenges,' according to the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The acting White House chief of staff said this morning in the wake of the latest mass shooting that “gun laws are not going to fix everything and “it’s too soon to talk politics.” A gunman with a silencer-equipped .45 caliber handgun with an extended magazine killed twelve people before he was shot to death by police in Virginia Beach on Friday night.

Mulvaney: More gun laws "are not going to fix everything.”https://t.co/t1L4dWj9tO pic.twitter.com/gkB7sugxSL
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) June 2, 2019

“You have laws on the books that make murder illegal, yet they still do it. Laws are not going to fix everything.” -Mick Mulvaney

Mulvaney also defended moving the U.S.S. John McCain so it would be out of President Trump’s sight on his recent trip to Japan. He said it was “not an unreasonable thing to ask” given how Trump feels about the late Senator.

Mulvaney said an administration staffer is likely was at fault for the request to hide the USS John McCain. https://t.co/iagAQqZtc5 pic.twitter.com/7mYsEvmpxp
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) June 2, 2019

Mulvaney also said no one would be fired over the incident.

Normalizing weirdness is Mick Mulvaney’s job.

YES. IT’S VERY UNREASONABLE.

Imagine being part of the USS McCain and asking that you be hidden away from YOUR President?

How can the @USNavy be unified and ready for duty when one ship is vulnerable to this level of dismissal. https://t.co/OHV4YYNuWT
— Beth Foraker (@inclusionchick) June 2, 2019