Buttigieg: O'Rourke playing into GOP hands with mandatory gun buyback comments [View all]

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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said on Sunday that he agrees with critics that fellow 2020 White House hopeful Beto O'Rourke played into the Republican Party's hands with his comments about a mandatory gun buyback proposal. (O'Rourke: 'Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47')

CNN's Jake Tapper asked Buttigieg Sunday on "State of the Union" if he thinks the former Texas congressman played into the hands of the GOP when he said at Thursday's primary debate, "hell yes we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47."

"Yes," Buttigieg responded.

Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., said the majority of Americans have shown support for universal background checks, so-called "red flag" laws and a ban on the new sale of assault weapons. "This is a golden moment to do something, we've been arguing about this for as long as I've bene alive" he said. "Let's get this done," he added.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/461453-buttigieg-says-orourke-is-playing-into-gop-hands-with-mandatory-gun-buyback