--- title: Hillary Clinton Responds to Senate Gun Vote With 1 Word description: Hillary Clinton responded to the Senate's gridlock on gun control with a one-word statement, "Enough" canonical: https://time.com/4375965/hillary-clinton-orlando-shooting-senate-gun-control-vote/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-21T00:17:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:43:48.694Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Responds to Senate Gun Control Vote With a Single Word og:description: Both parties in the Senate voted down each other's proposals og:url: https://time.com/4375965/hillary-clinton-orlando-shooting-senate-gun-control-vote/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte73098b613952164/698898b7a988cabb576b8509/hillary-clinton11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Responds to Senate Gun Control Vote With a Single Word twitter:description: Both parties in the Senate voted down each other's proposals twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte73098b613952164/698898b7a988cabb576b8509/hillary-clinton11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Responds to Senate Gun Control Vote With a Single Word by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 21, 2016 12:17 AM UTC  Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in Cleveland on June 13, 2016. Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in Cleveland on June 13, 2016.Andrew Harnik—AP by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 21, 2016 12:17 AM UTC The Senate found itself [gridlocked](http://time.com/4375925/orlando-shooting-senate-vote-guns/) over gun control Monday, with each party voting down each other’s proposals to curb gun violence. Hillary Clinton [responded](https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/745039344063348736/photo/1) to the situation with a one-word statement, “Enough,” followed by a list of the names of the [shooting](http://time.com/4374802/fbi-releases-part-of-orlando-shooter-omar-mateens-conversation-with-police/?xid=homepage) at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the Democrats’ proposal “an opportunity to push a partisan agenda or craft the next 30-second campaign ad.” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Republicans were being supported by “their cheerleaders, the bosses at the NRA.” > [](https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/745039344063348736) Hillary Clinton Responds to Senate Gun Vote With 1 Word ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4375965/hillary-clinton-orlando-shooting-senate-gun-control-vote/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4375965/hillary-clinton-orlando-shooting-senate-gun-control-vote/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Responds to Senate Gun Control Vote With a Single Word","datePublished":"2016-06-21T00:17:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:43:48.694Z","description":"Both parties in the Senate voted down each other's proposals","url":"https://time.com/4375965/hillary-clinton-orlando-shooting-senate-gun-control-vote/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte73098b613952164/698898b7a988cabb576b8509/hillary-clinton11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte73098b613952164/698898b7a988cabb576b8509/hillary-clinton11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at a warehouse for the company \"Team Wendy\" which produces helmets for military, law enforcement, and rescue teams, in Cleveland, Monday, June 13, 2016. 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