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elleng

(130,156 posts)
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 10:45 PM Oct 2015

O'Malley crashes GOP debate.

Wednesday night may be the Republicans' moment in the spotlight, but Martin O'Malley wanted some time to be heard.

The former Maryland governor called a press conference at University of Colorado at Boulder just hours before the Republicans took to the stage. He spoke with multiple family members of gun violence victims to call for stricter gun-control measures, an issue both O'Malley and his fellow Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been eager to use against Bernie Sanders, whose votes in the Senate have shaded toward the pro-gun position on occassion.

“Our country works best when the Democratic and Republican parties are actually working — and what we are seeing in the Democratic Party is a growing consensus around gun safety legislation — but it’s hardly even come up as an issue yet in any debate that the Republicans have had,” O’Malley told POLITICO as he walked to a gun safety rally. “So maybe tonight it will come up. I’m in search of that elusive creature in the Republican Party called a presidential candidate with a backbone to take on the NRA.”

POLITICO asked him what the chances were that he would find one.

“I don’t know. Keep hope alive,” O’Malley responded.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/live-from-boulder/2015/10/omalley-crashes-gop-debate-215284?cmpid=sf#ixzz3puCrGlya

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O'Malley crashes GOP debate. (Original Post) elleng Oct 2015 OP
Smart move on O'Malley's part Samantha Oct 2015 #1
If the major networks discuss this then it worked. If blogs do then it was ok. yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #3
i like O'Malley. maybe hillary DesertFlower Oct 2015 #2
O'Malley for Attorney General LonePirate Oct 2015 #4
k&r bigtree Oct 2015 #5
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
3. If the major networks discuss this then it worked. If blogs do then it was ok.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 11:07 PM
Oct 2015

Hillary or Bernie would have been better to do this then a candidate with low single digits.

DesertFlower

(11,649 posts)
2. i like O'Malley. maybe hillary
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 10:59 PM
Oct 2015

will give him a cabinet post.

no flames please. i love bernie, but hillary will probably be the nominee.

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
4. O'Malley for Attorney General
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 11:21 PM
Oct 2015

If he doesn't win the nomination, I hope Hillary or Bernie select him as the Attorney General. He would be the perfect person for the job.

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