Biden Slams Trump On Gun Control | Talking Points Memo

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While taking questions from reporters in Iowa Monday, Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden reacted to the Texas shooting this weekend.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1245978
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If this doesn’t result in a Category Five tweetstorm, nothing will. Biden is not my favorite candidate, but when you’re right, you’re right.

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Joe is right. If there is one thing Trump lacks generally it is guts.

His lack of guts is most apparent when it comes to gun violence. He seems to be willing to allow thousands to be shot by white men wielding AR-15 rifles with high capacity magazines rather than face down the NRA.

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white men wielding AR-15 rifles with high capacity magazines

“Or, as I like to call them, my base.”

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“I don’t see anything out there, do you?” Biden said. “I’ve seen nothing, the President has no intestinal fortitude to deal with this. He knows better. His instinct was to say, ‘Yeah, we’re going to do something on background checks.’ What’s he doing? Come on, this is disgraceful. This is disgraceful what’s happening.”

This! Trump says he has a “package” that “everyone is talking about”, so let’s see it.

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For the record, the Obama/Biden administration did virtually nothing on guns during their first term. During his first term, they did not ask for any new restrictions on gun ownership. In their second term, it was 23 executive actions, not executive orders.

The only 2 gun laws Obama signed during his 8 years in office actually expanded gun rights: the right to carry weapons in national parks and the right for Amtrak passengers to carry guns in checked baggage.

Never Biden

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Correction: Testicular fortitude.

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Trump Lacks The ‘Intestinal Fortitude’ To Deal With anything He is a spineless, gutless, ballless coward…

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I think he means Testicular Fortitude. LOL Hehe, will always love Mick Foley.

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Trump should be able to list the specifics of what he has done about it in the two and a half years he has been in office.

Except he hasn’t done anything.

Coward.

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Wow - this was impressive, Joe. I love the trolling, too - it was choice.

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Good for Joe. Now let’s see how he responds to the lying, hysterical tweets.

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I do love hearing ‘no compromise’ out of Biden too. I love that a lot and would love to hear a lot more.

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#NeverGeorgeh

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He’s learning … and perhaps listening to his team.

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I do hope so since he’s still ahead in the polls, for what that is worth.

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Yes, no worries there. Not sure why you’re so afraid of the truth about Obama/Biden’s record on guns, though.

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I felt as though he wasn’t listening to his team, especially the younger members. Who knows if he is now, but the “stories” and rambling never end well for him. If he can actually stick to the script for a change, it will do him a lot of good. I imagine he doesn’t listen well …

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Trump is indisposed at the moment.

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The storm isn’t affecting his goddamn game? He’ll be tweeting about how he “braved” it, undoubtedly.

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