San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich called on lawmakers to get “off their asses” and get “something done” in the wake of two mass shootings that took place over the weekend.

Popovich, who is also head coach of the men's national basketball team, was asked by a reporter on Tuesday about whether basketball can help distract people from the recent deadly shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, Sports Illustrated reports.

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Popovich answered, "I think everybody looks for a little bit of distraction in some way, shape or form. But it would be a lot better if people in power got off their asses and got something done."

"I think they’re on vacation right now. Nothing going on, so they're taking a break. They’ll come back and fix the gun situation, the environment, the inequality in pay. They’ll fix all that when they come back, I’m sure," Popovich continued.

More than 30 people were killed in the mass shootings that took place over the weekend.

In the aftermath of the shootings, some Democrats have called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Trump signs largely symbolic pre-existing conditions order amid lawsuit MORE (D-Calif.) to end the summer recess for the chamber so that politicians can address the rise of white nationalism in the United States.

The move comes after reports emerged pointing to anti-immigrant sentiments shared by the man believed to be the gunman behind the Walmart shooting in El Paso on Saturday morning that left 22 people dead.