Senate GOPers Sweat After Trump Endorses 'Take The Guns First' Policies

[DonViejo]

By Alice Ollstein | February 28, 2018 6:31 pm

In a freewheeling, televised meeting with lawmakers at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump endorsed several gun control policies, including raising the minimum age for assault weapons purchases, strengthening background checks, and confiscating firearms from people who may be mentally ill or dangerous.

“I like taking the guns early,” he said, making the Republican lawmakers in the room visibly uncomfortable. “Take the guns first, go through due process second.”

When they returned to Capitol Hill from the meeting, Republican senators expressed outrage and anxiety about that remark.

While some, like Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) insisted the President “must have misspoke,” others said they heard Trump loud and clear and did not like what they heard.

“I was ready to grab my Constitution and say, ‘Wait a minute!'” Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) told TPM. “We must stand firmly for the Second Amendment rights of the American people.”

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[TNLib]

1. Hmm taking guns early

I wonder how that’s going to play with the Trump nutters.

[GulfCoast66]

2. Just slipped over to the free deplorable site.

Their collective heads are exploding.

Very enjoyable.