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Mitch McConnell Joins Filibuster Against Gun Control
Breitbart's Big Government ^
| April 8, 2013
| AWR Hawkins
Posted on 04/08/2013 7:26:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says he will join GOP Senators to filibuster a bill expanding gun control regulations if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) brings it up for a vote this week.
This puts McConnell shoulder-to-shoulder with Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and eight other Senators who have said they will block a push for gun control in the Senate.
Currently, Reid's gun control package focuses on instituting universal background checks and new laws against gun trafficking. Reid has made it clear he will allow also amendments establishing an "assault weapons" ban....
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TOPICS: Kentucky; Issues; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; kentucky; mcconnell; mcconnellfilibuster; randpaul; secondamendment
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Which means it's now mainstream and GOP policy. It's the old "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" philosophy. That makes Juan McStain and Linseed Grahamnesty the outliers.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Read the writing on the wall did ya’ you chinless twerp? Well, don’t think this buys you a pass.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hmmmmmmmmm, - - - - - - - - wonder what Senator John ‘Wacko Bird” McCain will do now?
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posted on
04/08/2013 7:29:48 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Who are the 8 other senators? Does anyone know?
To: Graewoulf
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posted on
04/08/2013 7:33:34 PM PDT
by
True Grit
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So Cruz is leading from the front, and the GOP 'leadership' is following the parade because of the torches, pitchforks, and tar and feathers in the crowd.
/johnny
To: True Grit
would you rather he join McCain and Graham? Some folks are just hell bent on staying unhappy.....
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posted on
04/08/2013 7:37:31 PM PDT
by
C. Edmund Wright
(Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Poor Mitch, as always, he has to see which way the wind is blowing to figure out his “core principles”.
Mitch’s core principles, as elusive as the mythical unicorn. And just as tangible.
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posted on
04/08/2013 7:38:43 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
To: C. Edmund Wright
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posted on
04/08/2013 7:52:01 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: True Grit
Yup, one down and 38 to go - - - .
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posted on
04/08/2013 7:58:49 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Personally I think this is an amazing development. It shows that Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee are becoming the conservative leaders that we need. Rubio? Maybe.
I am proud that my two Idaho Senators have also joined this group.
If these guys can bring old turkey neck along I’ve got no complaints.
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posted on
04/08/2013 8:41:19 PM PDT
by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is a case of Mitch seeing a parade going by, and jumping out in front, pretending he’s leading.
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posted on
04/08/2013 8:42:55 PM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: Sgt_Schultze
“I must hurry, for there go my men, and I am their leader.”
Better late than never, I guess.....
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posted on
04/08/2013 8:51:12 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: elcid1970; All
Better late than never, I guess.....
A lot better. It can make the difference between defeat and victory.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:03:31 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:06:54 PM PDT
by
nolongerademocrat
("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says he will join GOP Senators to filibuster a bill expanding gun control ...Gosh. I bet that has the Dims shaking in their Birkenstocks.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:12:41 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(2013: The USA is in a Cold Civil War.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Turkey Lurkey must be up for reelection.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:14:19 PM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: exit82
yup.
Ashley Judd was going to runa gainst him until she remembered she was from TN
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:20:54 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: Sgt_Schultze
I've got no reason to think Mitch ever took a stand against the 2nd amendment...do you?
I believe this is right in line with what his position has always been.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
he really wants to be re-elected. look how conservative he’s acting.
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posted on
04/08/2013 9:36:03 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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