• Democratic Rep. Chuy García responded profanely to an anonymous Twitter user who mentioned disobeying new gun control regulations.
• The House of Representatives narrowly approved an assault weapons ban on Friday evening.
• The bill will now be sent to the Senate, where it is unlikely to be defeated by a filibuster.

Democratic Rep. Chuy Garca responded profanely to an anonymous Twitter user who mentioned disobeying new gun control regulations.

The House of Representatives narrowly approved an assault weapons ban on Friday evening, voting 217-213. The bill will now be sent to the Senate, where it is unlikely to be defeated by a filibuster.

“I just voted to reinstate the assault weapons ban,” García wrote Saturday, saying that “weapons of war” have “no place” in Illinois communities. “Now it’s the Senate’s turn to pass it and send it to President Biden’s desk.”

“Never even heard of this guy and I won’t comply even if his silly law passes,” an anonymous Twitter user said of the newly proposed regulations.

“You are borderline r—–ed, ya dips—,” García replied, using a term that mental disability advocacy groups and others consider offensive.

Garca later deleted the post and blamed it on an employee, stating that individual will face disciplinary action.

“Last night a member of Congressman García’s staff posted an unauthorized tweet from the Congressman’s account using profanities and offensive language to individuals living with disabilities,” his office said in a statement Saturday morning. “The language used was absolutely inappropriate and inconsistent with Congressman Garcia’s history, values, and character. The individual responsible will be held accountable and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken.”

Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Chris Jacobs, R-N.Y., split with their party to vote in favour of the gun control plan.

Five Democrats voted no: Henry Cuellar, D-Texas; Jared Golden, D-Maine; Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas; Kurt Schrader, D-Ore.; and Ron Kind, D-Wisconsin.

President Biden stated that a majority of Americans support the assault weapons prohibition and urged the Senate to adopt it.

“The majority of the American people agree with this commonsense action,” Biden said. “The Senate should move quickly to get this bill to my desk, and I will not stop fighting until it does. There can be no greater responsibility than to do all we can to ensure the safety of our families, our children, our homes, our communities and our nation.

“Today, House Democrats acted by unifying to pass an assault weapons ban to keep weapons of war off our streets, save lives in this country and reduce crime in our communities.”

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