The Salem News: Moulton Walks out of ‘Moment of Silence’

At 9 a.m. Sunday morning, as news of the mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando spread, Congressman Seth Moulton tweeted that his “thoughts and prayers are with those in Orlando and across the world impacted by this horrific mass shooting.” The response to those sentiments by followers of his official Twitter account was a surprise, a big one. ‘My constituents wrote back on Twitter, saying ‘thoughts and prayers aren’t working,’ Moulton, a Salem Democrat, said Tuesday in an interview. They were right, Moulton said. For that, he – and two other colleagues from New England – walked out on a moment of silence help by the House of Representatives the next day.

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