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applegrove

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Thu Aug 8, 2019, 07:51 PM Aug 2019

McConnell Willing to Consider Background Checks

McConnell Willing to Consider Background Checks

August 8, 2019 at 6:42 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 71 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/08/08/mcconnell-willing-to-consider-background-checks/

"SNIP.....

“Under intense pressure to take action on gun safety in the wake of two weekend massacres, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, expressed a new willingness Thursday to consider a measure expanding background checks for all gun purchasers, saying it will be ‘front and center’ in a coming Senate debate on how to respond to gun violence,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. McConnell, who has strongly opposed background checks in the past, made his remarks in an interview with a Kentucky radio host, Terry Meiners of WHAS in Louisville. While he did not support a bill requiring background checks, his remarks appeared to underscore the possibility of a shift in the politics of Washington’s divisive gun debate.”

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He sees this as a possible tipping point in guns. Keep on with the pressure.

Later: Rep Tim Ryan just said not to listen to GOP try to slow walk the gun issue until new issues take over the news. KEEP THE PRESSURE UP. Build and build.

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McConnell Willing to Consider Background Checks (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2019 OP
BS & empty words. Cattledog Aug 2019 #1
I expect some more ratfucking on "anti-conservative" bias, instead Ponietz Aug 2019 #2
Oh for fuck sake . . . . Iliyah Aug 2019 #3
He's beginning to realize he's in bad trouble. Next step is to get him to ... marble falls Aug 2019 #4
Background checks torius Aug 2019 #5
Trust him never. NCLefty Aug 2019 #6

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