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The father of a Parkland shooting victim was escorted out of the State of the Union after yelling at President Donald Trump during his SOTU speech. Here’s what happened with Fred Guttenberg.
Democrats Applauded Guttenberg When He Was Escorted Out
Kasie Hunt from NBC News confirmed that it was Fred Guttenberg who was escorted out. Guttenberg’s daughter, Jaime, was killed during the Parkland shooting.
You can see the moment when he was escorted out in the video below.
.@fred_guttenberg is a National hero tonight for standing up in the House chamber to confront Trump’s lies, and to the @GOP that bows down to the gun lobby & @NRA. #GunControlNow #SOTU
NBC reporter Kasie Hunt had shared that the protester was removed from one of the galleries after shouting at Trump during his speech. Other Democrats turned and applauded for him when he was escorted out.
Guttenberg had stood up and shouted when Trump promised that he would protect the Second Amendment.
.@fred_guttenberg, the father of one of the teens killed in the Parkland shooting in 2018, just stood up and shouted something from the House gallery when @realDonaldTrump promised to protect the Second Amendment. He was removed from the chamber. #StateOfTheUnion #SOTU
He was then removed from the Chamber.
Back in 2018, Guttenberg said that he tried to shake Brett Kavanaugh’s hand on the first day of Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, but Kavanaugh wouldn’t shake his hand.
Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jamie Guttenberg who was killed in the shooting in Parkland, Fla., left, tries to shake hands with @realDonaldTrump‘s Supreme Court nom., Brett Kavanaugh, right, during a lunch break. Kavanaugh did not shake his hand. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) @ap
Also in 2018, Guttenberg confronted Sen. Marco Rubio at a televised town hall.
Sen. Marco Rubio is confronted by Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting: “Look at me and tell me guns were the factor in the hunting of our kids … and you will work with us to do something about guns” #StudentsStandUp t.co/hK7TcyajNC
Guttenberg’s daughter was just 14 when she died. She was six months into her freshman year at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School when the horrific shooting happened.
There Were Many Tense Moments Tonight
It was just one of many tense moments during the State of the Union tonight.
Nancy Pelosi wasted no time after Trump’s speech was over. While all cameras were still on her, she tore each page of Trump’s speech in half before walking away.
Here’s a video of that moment.
The moment came following a particularly tense evening that began when Trump would not shake Pelosi’s hand. It wasn’t known if Trump purposefully didn’t shake her hand or if he just missed her off to shake hands.
Here’s a video of that moment when it happened.
Did Trump snub the Nancy Pelosi handshake on purpose?
Democrats also yelled at Trump during the speech.
Buzzfeed News reported that they were yelling “You, You, You!” when Trump said, “There are ones that want to take away your healthcare.”
“There are ones that want to take away your healthcare,” says Trump and Dems respond with a scattered “You, YOU, You, YOU, You, YOU, You.”
But some people think they were yelling “HR 3.” HR 3 is the House Democratic bill on drug prices, so that is another possible interpretation of what they were saying.
Here’s the video. You can watch and decide for yourself what they were saying. Some say they were saying “You Lie!” and others say it was “HR3!”
Overall, it was a tense speech, with Republicans applauding Trump’s every point while Democrats debated if they wanted to applaud any of his statements. Pelosi sometimes was seen quieting protesters from afar and shaking her finger at them.
This is a developing story.