PA-01: McCarthy pressured by firearms group to cancel fundraiser for 'anti-gun' Republican

[RandySF]

A Second Amendment advocacy group is calling on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to cancel his financial support of Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), arguing the Republican leader shouldn't funnel money to lawmakers who have backed "anti-gun" legislation.

Fitzpatrick was one of five Republicans to break with the majority of the GOP in June to vote with Democrats to approve gun control legislation that cracked down on the sale of semi-automatic firearms for people under 21 and established stricter regulatory frameworks for ghost guns without serial numbers.

Patrick Parsons, executive vice president of the American Firearms Association, told the Washington Examiner that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) "would never let one of her members co-sponsor a bill on a core issue to her constituency with 181 Republicans. Never."

"Not only does Speaker McCarthy say nothing about this. In fact, he's going to hold a fundraiser for this guy with every D.C. swamp lobbyist in Washington, D.C.," Parsons, who was chief of staff to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), said of the planned March 29 fundraiser.


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/gun-group-tells-mccarthy-cease-fundraiser-anti-gun-rep

[Freddie]

1. Fitzpatrick walks a fine line

Trying to appear reasonable and “moderate” in this purple-blue district. Unfortunately enough people buy his act as he keeps getting re-elected.

[AndyS]

2. Wait a minute . . .

181 anti gun Republicans? John Cornyn voted for the Safer Communities Act?

Is it possible that gun regulation is actually becoming mainstream to the point that even some Republicans can see the necessity?

Yes, Virginia, it is.