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"I don’t think at the federal level there’s much that we can do [about gun control]...I don’t think we could do that from Washington, I think it’s basically a local decision.” - Mitch McConnell. July 3, 2018
“On behalf of our five million members across the country, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is proud to endorse Mitch McConnell for United States Senate in Kentucky.”
NRA press release, 9/8/14 #MusketMitch
nrapvf.org/articles/20140…
“The true measure of leadership and courage comes during moments of adversity and Leader McConnell has stood steadfast with America’s law-abiding gun owners during the most trying of times.” - Chris Cox, chairman of the NRA-PVF, 9/8/14
No other developed nation on the planet tolerates what the U.S. does: “A tide of roughly 100 shooting deaths per day.”

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President Trump visits Dayton and El Paso today, and it’s not clear which version of him will show up. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
“Ivanka Trump, an enduring sounding board for her father, tweeted on Sunday that she hoped for divine intervention in the tragedies...By Tuesday morning, some of Ivanka’s good intentions seemed to have turned political.”
“Trump is under the microscope because he’s played a pivotal role in setting the events in motion that he’s trying to corral by visiting Dayton and El Paso today. He has some work to do.”
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President Trump, an inveterate racist, has been encouraging brutality for a very long time now. He’s going to have to fix himself before he fixes El Paso, Dayton, gun violence and domestic terrorism. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @bopinion
@bopinion "A nationalist...is not at all the same thing as a patriot. A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best."

- Timothy Snyder, "On Tyranny"
@bopinion “They have a word, it sort of became old-fashioned, it’s called a nationalist. And I say, ‘Really, we’re not supposed to use that word.’ You know what I am? I’m a nationalist, okay? I’m a nationalist. Nothing wrong. Use that word.”

- Donald Trump, 10/23/2018
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1/2: “I am the least racist person there is anywhere in the world,” Trump said to reporters at the White House this morning. This, of course, isn't true: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
2/2: It's really, really, really, really not true: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Footnote: "Someone who was authentically compassionate and not a racist would be horrified to be accused of racism; an apology would’ve been prompt. Yet Trump bridled and has yet to apologize to anyone. He doesn’t care; this is who he is."
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