• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Just as dumb as when Beto said it before his election…

    It’ll never pass, and he thinks saying it will get votes, but all it does is motivate idiots to vote trump, even tho he actually did an executive action to try and close a loophole.

    It might not have stood, but it worked for a couple of years.

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      4 months ago

      On its own its a dumb idea, but I do think another commenter had it on the money how this is more a ploy to catch trump with his pants down. Trump can either agree and piss off his pro gun base (and look like a coward given his previous statements), he can argue against it and seem like hes inviting more violence and alienate anyone in his base who thinks gun violence is bad. Or he can ignore it and look like hes a doddering old fool oblivious to whats happening around him.

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        4 months ago

        alienate anyone in his base who thinks gun violence is bad

        ie exactly nobody

        to his base it would look strongbrave to ignore it with the most bigly beautiful thickskin