.png){kind=icon}
Administrator- Joined
- May 11, 2013
- Posts
- 24,887
- Reaction score
- 13,613
- Points
- 2,755
- Location
- Morganton, N.C.
- Website
- conversations-ii.freeforums.net
(The Guardian) An assault weapons ban is back on Joe Biden’s agenda today as he heads to Pennsylvania to deliver a speech on guns, crime and Republican attacks on the FBI.
The push for a ban is a centerpiece of the president’s Safer America Plan unveiled earlier his month, and Biden will use his afternoon address in Wilkes-Barre to hammer Republicans for their opposition to it.
A series of deadly mass shootings has propelled gun violence back into prominence, and the White House says, during his remarks in Pennsylvania, Biden will continue to press for a reinstatement of the ban, believing it will resonate with voters ahead of the November midterms, 10 weeks ahead today.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at her briefing Monday: The president is going to talk about how he brought the Democrats and Republicans together earlier this month to pass the most significant safety law in 30 years. He’ll talk about how we have built on that momentum and how we must act on banning assault weapons.
A majority of Americans support… banning assault weapons; the National Rifle Association opposes it. We are going to hear from the president about the importance of making sure that we protect our communities.
[He] has been really clear that congressional Republicans, that extreme MAGA [Make America Great Again] agenda that you heard him talk about last week is a threat to the rule of law.
It’s the first of three visits Biden will make to the key battleground state of Pennsylvania in six days. On Thursday he will give a primetime address from Philadelphia on “the continued battle for the soul of the nation,” covering America’s standing in the world and how its democracy is at stake.
On Labor Day, next Monday, he will be in Pittsburgh celebrating “the dignity of American workers.”
Biden’s administration, while carefully avoiding commentary on the justice department’s investigation into former president Donald Trump and the FBI raid on his Florida resort that netted hidden classified documents, nevertheless sees opportunity in the moment. Some extreme Republicans have called for defunding the FBI in protest at the raid. Biden will use today’s speech to promote Democrats as the party of law and order and tough on crime, reiterating that fully funding law enforcement is another key tenet of the Safer America plan.
The push for a ban is a centerpiece of the president’s Safer America Plan unveiled earlier his month, and Biden will use his afternoon address in Wilkes-Barre to hammer Republicans for their opposition to it.
A series of deadly mass shootings has propelled gun violence back into prominence, and the White House says, during his remarks in Pennsylvania, Biden will continue to press for a reinstatement of the ban, believing it will resonate with voters ahead of the November midterms, 10 weeks ahead today.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at her briefing Monday: The president is going to talk about how he brought the Democrats and Republicans together earlier this month to pass the most significant safety law in 30 years. He’ll talk about how we have built on that momentum and how we must act on banning assault weapons.
A majority of Americans support… banning assault weapons; the National Rifle Association opposes it. We are going to hear from the president about the importance of making sure that we protect our communities.
[He] has been really clear that congressional Republicans, that extreme MAGA [Make America Great Again] agenda that you heard him talk about last week is a threat to the rule of law.
It’s the first of three visits Biden will make to the key battleground state of Pennsylvania in six days. On Thursday he will give a primetime address from Philadelphia on “the continued battle for the soul of the nation,” covering America’s standing in the world and how its democracy is at stake.
On Labor Day, next Monday, he will be in Pittsburgh celebrating “the dignity of American workers.”
Biden’s administration, while carefully avoiding commentary on the justice department’s investigation into former president Donald Trump and the FBI raid on his Florida resort that netted hidden classified documents, nevertheless sees opportunity in the moment. Some extreme Republicans have called for defunding the FBI in protest at the raid. Biden will use today’s speech to promote Democrats as the party of law and order and tough on crime, reiterating that fully funding law enforcement is another key tenet of the Safer America plan.
Valued Member
.png){kind=icon}
