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| Donald Trump said the White House is not ready to propose gun control legislation after a series of mass shootings in August that revived efforts to push for action in Congress. | |
| “We’re not moving on anything,” Trump told Fox News’ Ed Henry in an interview at the US-Mexico border. “We’re going very slowly in one way cause we want to make sure it’s right. We’re doing a very careful job.” | |
| In the clip released this morning, Trump singled out presidential hopefulhttps://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1174665740961701892, who has unapologetically called for the mandatory buyback of assault weapons. | |
| In @FoxNews interview taped aired this morning, @POTUS said he's not ready to make a decision on new background checks for gun sales. Says he's going slowly because "we want to make sure it's right." Also said @BetoORourke making some lawmakers fearful of "a slippery slope." | |
| Trump on whether he's moving on gun control legislation: "No. We're not moving on anything. We're going very slowly."He then tries to blame Beto O'Rourke for making people fear a "slippery slope." pic.twitter.com/rMdoQF18L6 | |
| After a mass shooting that targeted Latino immigrants in his hometown of El Paso, O’Rourke has made gun violence his campaign’s top priority. On Wednesday, his campaign announced that it was launching a five-state campaign to “activate the country’s next wave of gun safety advocates” in the lead up to the Giffords/March for Our Lives presidential forum on 2 October. | |
| “It will take each and every one of us to meet the challenge of ending gun violence in this country,” said Beto for America Campaign Manager Jen O’Malley Dillon. “That is why our campaign will not wait until the election to seek real change - to inspire, engage, and train the next wave of gun safety advocates who can join Beto in fighting for what we know is right: ambitious solutions that meet the courage of the American people and the magnitude of this crisis.” | |
| The media needs to stop fear-mongering. The only guns you will have to sell back are weapons of war, designed to kill as efficiently and effectively as possible. The American people are with me on this: AR-15s and AK-47s belong on the battlefield, not in our communities. pic.twitter.com/SJDG0oPA49 | |
| But O’Rourke’s blunt admission that as president he would require Americans to give up their assault weapons has sparked blowback from Republicans and some Democrats. | |
| West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin, who is leading a long shot, bipartisan effort to pass background check legislation told reporters on Capitol Hill yesterday: “I can tell you one thing: Beto O’Rourke’s not taking my guns away from me. You tell Beto that, OK?” | |
| Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of politics. The temperature has finally dropped in Washington but expect a lot of heated exchanges on Capitol Hill where Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, Eugene Scalia, the son of the late supreme court justice Antonin Scalia, appears today for his confirmation hearing. And that’s far from the only thing we’re watching today. Here’s what to expect. | Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of politics. The temperature has finally dropped in Washington but expect a lot of heated exchanges on Capitol Hill where Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, Eugene Scalia, the son of the late supreme court justice Antonin Scalia, appears today for his confirmation hearing. And that’s far from the only thing we’re watching today. Here’s what to expect. |
| Late last night the Washington Post reported that at the center of a showdown between members of Congress and the US intelligence community was a whistleblower complaint asserting that Trump made a “troubling” promise with a foreign leader. The paper citied two former officials familiar with the matter and said it was not immediately clear which foreign leader Trump had interacted with. In the weeks prior to the complaint, Trump held a call with Russian president Vladimir Putin and exchanged letters with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson is due to appear before the House intelligence committee for a closed-door briefing on the handling of the whistleblower complaint at 9am. | Late last night the Washington Post reported that at the center of a showdown between members of Congress and the US intelligence community was a whistleblower complaint asserting that Trump made a “troubling” promise with a foreign leader. The paper citied two former officials familiar with the matter and said it was not immediately clear which foreign leader Trump had interacted with. In the weeks prior to the complaint, Trump held a call with Russian president Vladimir Putin and exchanged letters with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson is due to appear before the House intelligence committee for a closed-door briefing on the handling of the whistleblower complaint at 9am. |
| Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, Al Sharpton, former tennis player James Blake and Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, who died after being placed in a police chokehold, will testify to House judiciary committee on policing practices at 10am. At the same time, the House oversight committee will hold a hearing on the District of Columbia’s decades-long quest for statehood to once and for all end the injustice of “taxation without representation” for more than 700,000 people. (Full disclosure: yours truly is a tax-paying resident of the nation’s capital.) Shortly afterward, House speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold her weekly press conference to unveil legislation to negotiate lower drug prices for Americans. She’ll likely be asked about fresh reporting on tensions within leadership over the handling of the “impeachment investigation”. | Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, Al Sharpton, former tennis player James Blake and Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, who died after being placed in a police chokehold, will testify to House judiciary committee on policing practices at 10am. At the same time, the House oversight committee will hold a hearing on the District of Columbia’s decades-long quest for statehood to once and for all end the injustice of “taxation without representation” for more than 700,000 people. (Full disclosure: yours truly is a tax-paying resident of the nation’s capital.) Shortly afterward, House speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold her weekly press conference to unveil legislation to negotiate lower drug prices for Americans. She’ll likely be asked about fresh reporting on tensions within leadership over the handling of the “impeachment investigation”. |
| The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transport are set to announce that they are revoking California’s waiver to set stricter car mileage standards than the federal government. EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler will testify before the House committee on science and tech at the EPA at 10am. | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transport are set to announce that they are revoking California’s waiver to set stricter car mileage standards than the federal government. EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler will testify before the House committee on science and tech at the EPA at 10am. |
| As the White House defends its widespread attack on federal efforts to combat climate change, MSNBC hosts a climate forum at Georgetown University with several candidates aspiring to replace Donald Trump. Among those who will speak on day one of the two-day forum are Democratic presidential hopefuls Michael Bennet, Andrew Yang, Marianne Williamson, Bernie Sanders, John Delaney, Tim Ryan and Julián Castro. In the afternoon, Steve Bullock will hold a town hall with the American Federation of Teachers as part of a process to be considered for the union’s endorsement. | As the White House defends its widespread attack on federal efforts to combat climate change, MSNBC hosts a climate forum at Georgetown University with several candidates aspiring to replace Donald Trump. Among those who will speak on day one of the two-day forum are Democratic presidential hopefuls Michael Bennet, Andrew Yang, Marianne Williamson, Bernie Sanders, John Delaney, Tim Ryan and Julián Castro. In the afternoon, Steve Bullock will hold a town hall with the American Federation of Teachers as part of a process to be considered for the union’s endorsement. |
| To top it off, Trump has no public events on his schedule. It’s a Washington cliché as old as covfefe, but when the president fades from public view, @realDonaldTrump springs to life. | |
| Trump's promise to foreign leader prompts whistleblower complaint – report | Trump's promise to foreign leader prompts whistleblower complaint – report |