So he’s not even going to try. Not even going to pass a background check bill and make the GOP have to filibuster it in front of everyone. “Not reading the room” doesn’t even begin to cover it. These people aren’t reading the country.
Jake Sherman
 @JakeSherman
25 May 2022
🚨SCHUMER signals NO gun bill imminent Americans can make a choice, Schumer says. “Americans can cast their vote in November” based on how people stand on guns. SCHUMER says Republicans can work with Democrats now to craft a bill. He’s skeptical. “Unlikely, burnt in the past”

May 25, 2022 · 5:57 PM UTC

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Reps posted Xmas pics with guns in front of the 🎄 The fight for gun control is in vain!!! 😡🙈 Only in #America 🥲
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The problem is they don’t have to perform an active filibuster. That’s been stripped away & they filibuster in name only. If these old coots had to literally stand & talk for 17 hours, there would be no filibusters.
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And I thought you were talking about the Governor of Texas not the democratic leader of the senate.
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He is trying to save the democrats from an even more embarrassing butt kicking in November.
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Schumer is too busy setting a good example by sending billions of dollars worth of weapons into a proxy war.
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Just as prior restraint violates freedom of speech, so too do gun laws violate the right to keep and bear arms.
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They hate us and think we're stupid.
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Doesn’t have to try. Their loyal supporters think “us good, them bad” and are satisfied.
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I got to believe gun legislation is avoided by both parties because the root cause of these killinings is the mounting stress of everyday life facing most Americans. Gun laws remain a focus to divert from issues like single-payer health programs, job guarantees, Climate change
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We already have background checks. They didn’t stop the Uvalde shooter. Or the Buffalo shooter. Or the Sacramento shooter. Or the Vegas shooter. Or…