Gates of Vienna News Feed 6/22/2016

Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

Democrat representatives staged a sit-in on the House floor to protest the Republican leadership’s failure to bring a gun-control measure to a vote. Republican leaders cut off official video coverage, but CSPAN got around it by using live feeds from Periscope and Facebook. Political analysts blamed the cowardice of Republicans for the standoff.

In other standoff news, a standoff at the detention center of a Quebec courthouse ended without incident. Two male inmates attacked a female guard and took her hostage, but the incident was resolved when the two men surrendered.…

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