Bill Clinton to Donald Trump on gun control inaction during impeachment: 'You got hired to do a job'

WASHINGTON – During a TV interview to react to the Saugus High School shooting in California that left at least two dead and multiple people injured, President Bill Clinton said President Donald Trump needs to work with Congress on gun control legislation, even in the face of the current impeachment inquiry, and "do what's right for the children."

“What would your message to President Trump be about when he says, ‘I can’t work with these people, they’re impeaching me?’” CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Clinton.  

“You got hired to do a job. You don't get the days back you blow off,” Clinton said his message to Trump would be. “Every day's an opportunity to make something good happen. I would say, 'I've got lawyers and staff people handling the impeachment inquiry and they should just have at it. Meanwhile, I'm going to work for the American people.'"

The former president was reacting to a clip of Attorney General Bill Barr saying Wednesday, the first day of the public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, that "discussions on the legislative aspects" of gun control "have been sidetracked because of the impeachment process on the Hill."