Democratic state Representative Erin Maye Quade from Apple Valley is staging a 24-hour sit-in on the Minnesota House floor, trying to convince Republicans to move forward on controversial gun measures including universal background checks. Maye Quade says, “We have done nothing, and so I don’t know what else to do except sit here on this floor and tell the stories of the victims and survivors of gun violence who deserve to have their stories told in this chamber.”
Republican leaders say the legislature will pass measures that everyone can agree on, including more funding for school security.