Posted on 08/12/2019 1:11:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
DES MOINES — A Democratic presidential field that has struggled to precisely define its general election indictment of Donald Trump appears finally to have found it.
In the wake of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas — the latter of which was tied to a suspect whose anti-immigrant sentiments led to the killing of 22 people — candidates are road-testing a withering argument that draws a direct line between gun violence and the president’s racist rhetoric.
“We are living with a toxic brew of two different things, each of which is claiming lives and each of which represents a national security emergency in this country,” South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said at a forum on gun violence here on Saturday. “One of them is the ready availability of guns and the way they can fall into the wrong hands. The other is the rise of hate. And when they come into contact with each other, it is deadly.”
The previous day, Julián Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio and Obama Cabinet secretary, made an equally explicit connection before arriving at the Iowa State Fair: “Disarm Hate: Combating White Nationalism and Gun Violence,” he titled the gun control proposal he released to coincide with the weekend of campaigning.
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Loser issue, if they ignore “healthcare” as their issue they are toast. And if Trump makes world events front and center they are toast.
The only way Democrtas beat Trump with gun control is if they dupe him into signing red flag and/or universal background check legislation.
How many names did I just get called?
Same as Bush41.
The Left got him to sign the AWB and the tax increase.
After that he was toast.
People told him he was making a huge mistake.
The Bush Family only listens to Rove and the Bush Family.
yes, that will absolutely doom him
Bush League Republicans are Democrats in R jerseys.
Flimsey Grahamnesty is backing red flag laws and he is STILL determined to get amnesty for illegal aliens.
Dumb issue....Plenty of Dem gun owners.....and they ain’t gonna give them up.
If this is truly part of their plan, expect to see several more “mass shootings” by deplorable types in the coming months.
Shootings by Deplorables hasn’t even started.
Yes, another losing “plank” of their platform.
He has to know.
I sent mail, I hope he get’s a whole lot of mail from patriots.
gun control v. Weapons Retention, who wins?
Pundits, MSM and talking heads all frothing at the mouth for radical gun control, but I doubt a majority of normal citizens don’t.
Right on the “read my lips...no new taxes” fumble by Bush but Clinton was the signer of the AWB in 1994.
What about Antifa hate? This will be on display yet again in an upcoming riot this Saturday in Portland, Oregon.
What about Black Lives Matter and their violent message against police officers?
Also, the punk shooter’s manifesto sounded like he wanted free stuff and he was angry at illegal aliens for receiving said free stuff....the shooter wanted more for himself.
Much of his screed sounded like an Antifa / environmentalist whacko manifesto.
But the media painted him as a “white supremacist,” which I seriously doubt.
The latest in many “grasping at straws” efforts from the Party that is bankrupt of ideas.
This is a great issue. The totalitarian socialists will lock up the voters of San Francisco, New York City, and every cemetery in the country. Other than that, it won’t play well with real Americans, but I think it’s still worth a shot.
the D’s will need to switch sides 100 percent copmletely on the 2d Amendment.....if they want it to help their campaign
All they have to do is get him to go along with any
of their schemes and they will proceed to beat him
to death with it.
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