President Obama ended his SOTU speech last night by calling on Congress to at least vote on the proposals made to try to rein in some of this country’s gun violence. It was, in my opinion, perhaps the finest moment of this speech — reminding us of the price of a violent society, honoring recent victims of gun violence and making the GOP actually participate in a standing ovation for gun control. One article I read today noted that the repetition of “They deserve a vote” wasn’t in the prepared remarks — prepared or no, President Obama delivered a little bit of church yesterday and walked away with a great rallying cry:
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