Rubio urges protesters to find common ground with opponents
3:27 p.m.: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, said in a statement Saturday that he supports protesters’ right to march in the demonstrations but urged them to find common ground with opponents.
“While protests are a legitimate way of making a point, in our system of government, making a change requires finding common ground with those who hold opposing views,” Rubio said.
Rubio’s district includes Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed in a school shooting last month. He said that a ban on bump stocks (used to make guns fire more rapidly), improvements to the gun background check system and other efforts were achieved by finding common ground with those who don’t want certain gun bans.
“And finding common ground is what it will take to pass our red flag law so we can take guns away from dangerous people,” he added.
