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1. Republicans and the gun lobby insisted for YEARS that closing the background check loophole was unnecessary and would only burden law-abiding citizens.

They were wrong.

And now seven people are dead.

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2. The gunman in Texas this weekend failed a background check in 2014 and obtained his AR-15 through the "private sale" loophole.

Trump assured us during his campaign that THIS IS NOT HOW CRIMINALS OBTAIN GUNS

He was wrong.

Now 7 people are dead.

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3. Mitch McConnell filibustered a bill that would have closed the background check loophole in 2013.

He called universal background checks a "direct assault" on "our freedom" by "gun-grabbers."

He was wrong.

Now 7 people are dead.

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4. In 2013, McConnell celebrated his successful filibuster of universal background checks with this snarky meme taunting Harry Reid.

He should be asked if he regrets this in light of this weekend's attack.

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5. The NRA repeatedly claimed that universal background checks were pointless because they wouldn't stop mass murders.

They were wrong.

Now 7 people are dead.

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Judd Legum
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1. It's important to understand EXACTLY what's happening to Deborah Ramirez and her allegations against Kavanaugh.

Republicans continue to smear her.

The media continues to diminish her.

She deserves better.

America deserves better.

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2. Here are the facts.

Ramirez says that Kavanaugh thrust his penis in her face when she was a freshman in college.

She told SEVEN people about this before Kavanaugh was a federal judge.

It wasn't a Democratic plot to derail Kavanaugh's nomination

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3. And yet the NYT buried the extensive corroboration of Ramirez's story in paragraph 9 of an "opinion" piece and then promoted it with a tweet that said: "Having a penis thrust in your face at a drunken dorm party may seem like harmless fun."

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Judd Legum
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This is going to be a thread of all the women that Trump says are lying
1. Deborah Ramirez, who says Brett Kavanaugh thrust his penis in her face when she was a freshman at Yale
2. Christine Ford Smith, who says Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her when she was in high school
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Judd Legum
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Wow.

"During his Senate testimony, Mr. Kavanaugh said that if the incident Ms. Ramirez described had occurred, it would have been 'the talk of campus.' Our reporting suggests that it was."

nytimes.com/2019/09/14/sun…
"At least seven people, including Ms. Ramirez’s mother, heard about the Yale incident long before Mr. Kavanaugh was a federal judge. Two of those people were classmates who learned of it just days after the party occurred"
And there is also another alleged incident of sexual assault: "A classmate, Max Stier, saw Mr. Kavanaugh with his pants down at a different drunken dorm party, where friends pushed his penis into the hand of a female student." nytimes.com/2019/09/14/sun…
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