Washington (CNN) Sen. Marco Rubio defended accepting contributions from the National Rifle Association, telling a Parkland school shooting survivor that the NRA's influence comes from the membership it represents. "The influence comes from the millions of people that agree with the agenda, the millions of Americans that support the NRA." Jeers from the crowd overwhelmed the discussion at several moments as Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Cameron Kasky pressed Rubio not to accept donations from the pre-eminent opponent of gun control legislation. "People buy into my agenda, and I do support the Second Amendment." When Kasky kept asking Rubio whether he would continue to accept the NRA's contributions, the senator said that was the wrong way to look at it and that people "buy into" his agenda.

Source: CNN February 22, 2018 03:46 UTC