Trump abandons proposing ideas to curb gun violence after saying he would following mass shootings

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post

President Trump has abandoned the idea of releasing proposals to combat gun violence that his White House debated for months following mass shootings in August, according to White House officials and lawmakers, a reversal from the summer when the president insisted he would offer policies to curb firearm deaths.

Trump has been counseled by political advisers, including campaign manager Brad Parscale and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, that gun legislation could splinter his political coalition, which he needs to stick together for his reelection bid, particularly amid an impeachment battle. The president no longer asks about the issue, and aides from the Domestic Policy Council, once working on a plan with eight to 12 tenets, have moved on to other topics, according to aides who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private deliberations.

Four White House officials said there haven’t been substantive discussions in weeks. And a person close to the National Rifle Association said discussions between the White House and the group have gone silent in a sign that the powerful gun lobby is no longer concerned the White House will act. Trump was pressed repeatedly by NRA President Wayne LaPierre this summer and early fall to not propose any gun-control measures. “President Trump quietly moved gun control to the side and let it be replaced by breaking news,” said Dan Eberhart, a major GOP donor who said Trump is better off not advancing proposals at this time. “I suspect that was the plan all along.”

The White House’s position is a marked, if not wholly unexpected, change from when the president vowed he would make a push to pass more restrictive laws after two gunmen killed scores of people in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso in early August, creating national outrage.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-quietly-abandons-proposing-ideas-to-curb-gun-violence-after-saying-he-would-following-mass-shootings/2019/10/31/8bca030c-fa6e-11e9-9534-e0dbcc9f5683_story.html

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Of course. It was all lip service. Just wait a few news cycles and people would supposedly "forget". President of the GOP, not the nation.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Re-election means more than Lives saved or lost.....

From gun violence.

What a schmuck.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. All that NRA money is too good

[duforsure]

3. Just another Mexico will pay for it moment

Or he'll have a much better and cheaper covering everyone health care plan, or like he said his middle class tax cuts. Remember those false claims he was lying about. Between Putin and the NRA they probably prevented him from doing that. NRA owns him just like Putin does.

[groundloop]

4. Just yesterday - 4 killed in mass shooting in CA, 7 year old girl shot trick-or-treating......

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142389677

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142389678

And most certainly there were other incidents which haven't turned up yet. But it's great that gun manufacturer profits are being protected.

[liskddksil]

5. But certain Democrats said we were so close and blamed one of our own candidates for ruining it

with mandatory buy backs. Of course that assumption was wrong.

[MustLoveBeagles]

16. +1

[keithbvadu2]

6. To the gun industry, dead children are merely collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry p

To the gun industry, dead children are merely collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry profits and political donations.

The NRA used to be for sportsmen, hunters and gun safety.

Now it has become an industry owned shill for the sale of more guns and the enrichment of its leaders.

[Firestorm49]

7. Counciled political advisers? Trump? Since when? Is this something new?

[real Cannabis calm]

8. K&R

[durablend]

9. He's perfectly OK with mass shootings

Especially if "the left" is the recipients of it

[0rganism]

11. +1, this is very important

every time someone posts an OP about right wing media calling for anti-liberal violence and civil war, there's a mess of responses about how "those fatasses won't stand a chance against the US military" which imho totally miss the point of what's getting normalized.

[BigmanPigman]

10. Dems can use this to their advantage in 2020.

[dustyscamp]

14. I hope someone somewhere is keeping a list of all the Dumbass things Trump has done

Trumpshutdown, Abandoned the Kurds, sexual assaults, fear mongering etc

[BigmanPigman]

15. I have bookmarked several lists of

his crimes that have been posted here on DU. Various people have been keeping track. Too bad he won't be fairly punished for each one of them. That really pisses me off!

[sakabatou]

12. You mean he lied?!

What a shocker!

[riversedge]

13. Trump is a useless petty little man.

[not_the_one]

17. another "perfect" campaign ad ...

His base may not want ANY gun legislation, but the rest of America DOES!