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spanone

(135,841 posts)
Wed Feb 28, 2018, 10:57 PM Feb 2018

CNN😎: 'Surreal' Trump meeting on guns left Republicans reeling, Democrats optimistic


(CNN)Nobody knew quite what to think.

After a wide-ranging, televised meeting Wednesday at the White House, Democrats walked away stunned and with some tepid optimism that something substantial could happen on guns, while Republicans appeared flummoxed.

After all, President Donald Trump had defied traditional GOP orthodoxy on an issue as essential to the Republican brand as any: guns.

And unlike earlier meetings where Trump has embraced bipartisanship without any specificity, Trump was explicit about what he wanted Wednesday. On camera, he'd pushed to raise the age at which an individual can purchase a rifle from 18 to 21 even after a weekend lunch with officials from the National Rifle Association, who have publicly opposed the change. Trump called to expand background checks and told the House's Majority Whip Steve Scalise that a concealed carry bill would never pass attached to legislation to incentivize states to enter data into the national background checks database.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/28/politics/congress-reaction-trump-gun-meeting/index.html

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CNN😎: 'Surreal' Trump meeting on guns left Republicans reeling, Democrats optimistic (Original Post) spanone Feb 2018 OP
The NRA will haul him back. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #1
wayne's 'boys' will show up. spanone Feb 2018 #2
Exactly blake2012 Feb 2018 #3
Fuck Guns. Fuck Gunners. Stinky The Clown Feb 2018 #4
"Democrats optimistic" - how gullible can they be? dchill Feb 2018 #5
Funny thing BannonsLiver Feb 2018 #11
RIGHT. Let's hope it's just the journalistic "take"... slumcamper Feb 2018 #14
It's all bullshite until something is actually done. Cha Feb 2018 #15
"Democrats walked away stunned and had some tepid optimism" spanone Feb 2018 #17
My optimism is pretty tepid these days, too. dchill Feb 2018 #18
got that right spanone Feb 2018 #19
He has no idea what hes saying cilla4progress Feb 2018 #6
That was, indeed, surreal. Stinky The Clown Feb 2018 #7
If this isn't proof of being unhinged (dementia) Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #8
Freepers are in meltdown... HipChick Feb 2018 #9
Don't get too optimistic Dems.. this is trump Cha Feb 2018 #10
Congress has to pass bills before he can sign them. Ryan and McConnell will write up none of this. TeamPooka Feb 2018 #12
Or maybe the only thing he actually understands is guns? marylandblue Feb 2018 #13
Its all a game for Trump and in the end nothing will happen Renew Deal Feb 2018 #16
He changes his mind every 3 seconds...Remember DACA?!?!? BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #20
it's exactly like that....he starts talking and just bullshits his way through spanone Mar 2018 #22
Maybe he knows he's going down and is grabbing onto Democrats Kablooie Mar 2018 #21

BannonsLiver

(16,387 posts)
11. Funny thing
Wed Feb 28, 2018, 11:14 PM
Feb 2018

What politicians say in public is often the opposite of what they’re saying among themselves.

Stinky The Clown

(67,807 posts)
7. That was, indeed, surreal.
Wed Feb 28, 2018, 11:05 PM
Feb 2018

As a side note, Marsha Blackburn proved once again, beyond any doubt, that she is DummberThanDumb.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)
8. If this isn't proof of being unhinged (dementia)
Wed Feb 28, 2018, 11:10 PM
Feb 2018

I don't know what is.

Dementia is not a specific disease. It's an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
10. Don't get too optimistic Dems.. this is trump
Wed Feb 28, 2018, 11:12 PM
Feb 2018

we're talking about.. the Lyingest thing on the Planet.

Yes I made up a new word for him.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
13. Or maybe the only thing he actually understands is guns?
Wed Feb 28, 2018, 11:15 PM
Feb 2018

He might have learned something from all his mobster friends.

Renew Deal

(81,860 posts)
16. Its all a game for Trump and in the end nothing will happen
Wed Feb 28, 2018, 11:22 PM
Feb 2018

He doesn’t want to be the bad guy. He knows congress will produce nothing. So he can promise anything and claim he did the best he can.

spanone

(135,841 posts)
22. it's exactly like that....he starts talking and just bullshits his way through
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:16 AM
Mar 2018

there's no plan in his head...only talking points...

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
21. Maybe he knows he's going down and is grabbing onto Democrats
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:14 AM
Mar 2018

In the hope that it will save him.

Let's see if he suddenly starts supporting more Dem ideas.

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