Chopper pressers are the best pressers. President Trump was leaving the White House at 9:48am for travel to New York and New Jersey when he conducted a full press conference that lasted more than 30 minutes. The journalists were melting.
Topics and questions included: China and status of trade conflict, background checks, the Federal Reserve and interest rates, a new “very beautiful letter” from Kim Jong Un, the Mississippi ICE enforcement actions, Colin Kaepernick’s prospects for NFL employment and Joe Biden’s defects as a candidate. [Video below – Transcript ADDED]
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[Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: So, we’re doing very well with China. We’re talking to China. We’re not ready to make a deal, but we’ll see what happens. But, you know, we’ve been hurt by China for 25, 30 years. Nobody has done anything about it. And we have no choice but to do what we’re doing.
It’s working out very well, as you know. We called them on manipulation and they brought their numbers back, and they brought them back rapidly. And they were able to do that because they manipulate. But that’s — so it’s called “monetary manipulation.” Not good.
But what happened and what’s happening with China now — we have an open dialogue. We’ll see whether or not we keep our meeting in September. If we do, that’s fine. If we don’t, that’s fine. But it’s time that somebody does what we’re doing.
And I said, the American taxpayer is not paying for it. We had a big day in stock market yesterday, but the American taxpayer is not paying for it.
What China is doing is, by depressing their currency and by pouring tremendous amounts of money into their system, they’re paying for it. The prices have not gone up. So when the Amer- — in fact, in some cases, they’ve gone down because the devaluation, plus the money supply — the amount of money that they pour in, which is a form of manipulation — has more than compensated for an increase in price.
So, as I said — and everybody questioned it — in the case of China, the tariffs have been amazing. We’re taking in billions and billions of dollars. Now, China has had their worst year in 35 years now. It was in 26 years, but now it’s in 35 years. I want them to do well. But as of this moment, they’re having the worst year that they’ve had in many, many years — in decades. And really, we’re just bringing the system back into order.
We have all the cards. We’re doing well. Our country is doing fantastically well. You look at Europe; they’ve got problems. In fact, the biggest problem we have is the fact that a lot of other — continents, frankly — but a lot of other countries are not doing well. But we’re doing great, and we continue to do great. Our companies are poised. They have a lot of cash. Our system is beautiful.
Q Mr. President, the NRA has been a strong supporter and ally of yours, going all the way back to the campaign. Can you take a position at odds with the NRA on background checks?
THE PRESIDENT: I think I could, but I don’t think I’ll be there. I have a great relationship with the NRA. They supported me very early, and that’s been a great decision they made. We have Justice Kavanaugh. We have Justice Gorsuch. And they feel very strongly about the Second Amendment.
The NRA has made a great decision in supporting me, and nobody else would have won, aside from everything else. I have a very good relationship. I’ll change it: I have a great relationship with the NRA. I have a lot of respect for the people at the NRA. And I have already spoken to them on numerous occasions. Numerous occasions.
And, frankly, we need intelligent background checks, okay? This isn’t a question of NRA, Republican, or Democrat. I will tell you, I spoke to Mitch McConnell yesterday. He’s totally onboard. He said, “I’ve been waiting for your call.” He is totally onboard. I spoke to senators that, in some cases, people — friends of mine — but pretty hardline senators. Hardline. And when I say that, I say that in a positive way. Hardline on the Second Amendment. And they understand.
We don’t want insane people, mentally ill people, bad people, dangerous people — we don’t want guns in the hands of the wrong people. I think that the Republicans are going to be great and lead the charge along with the Democrats.
I spoke yesterday to Nancy Pelosi. We had a great talk. I spoke to Chuck Schumer. We had a great talk. And Chuck Schumer, in particular, loves my China policy, as you probably know. I said, “I can’t believe it. You actually like something that I’m doing.” He said, “Not ‘like.’ Love.”
So Chuck Schumer is — he’s great on the China situation, which we are winning and winning big. And China wants to do something, but I’m not ready to do anything yet. Twenty-five years of abuse. I’m not ready so fast. So we’ll see how that works out.
But on the background checks — on background checks, we have tremendous support for really commonsense, sensible, important background checks.
Q Mr. President, you expressed support for background checks after Parkland. Why is now different?
THE PRESIDENT: Time goes by. I don’t think I’m different, but I think the Senate is different. I think other people in the House are different. I think that people that maybe had their arm up a couple of years ago, maybe they feel differently. I don’t think I feel any differently.
I think with a lot of success that we have, I think I have a greater influence now over the Senate and over the House.
Q Can it get done now? Can it get done now?
THE PRESIDENT: I think we can get something really good done. I think we can have some really meaningful background checks. We don’t want people that are mentally ill, people that are sick — we don’t want them having guns. Who does?
Q Mr. President, but if the NRA does not support that effort, will you fight them on it?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we’ll see where the NRA will be. But we have to have meaningful background checks. You know, in the case of — in both cases, it’s possible they wouldn’t have been caught.
But in the one case, we also have to talk about age, because he did things that were very, very bad in Ohio, in Dayton. He did some things that were really bad. His school knew about it. When he turned 18, everything was expunged. We’re going to have to get rid of that because you can’t have that barrier. If they would have had that barrier, they would have been able to see. But because he was a minor, it was expunged. We’re going to have to get rid of that barrier.
I think this: I think a lot of really meaningful things on background checks will take place, including red flags, including a lot of other very, very important items. And the Republicans are looking at it very seriously. And I really believe that the NRA — I’ve spoken to them numerous times — they’re really good people. They’re great patriots. They love our country. They love our country so much. And, frankly, I really think they’re going to get there also.
Q Mr. President, when you talked to Wayne LaPierre — you talked to him several times — did he warn you that background checks could cost you, politically? And did you say to him, “Forget politics, we have to do something now”?
THE PRESIDENT: No. No. I had a good talk with Wayne. And I like Wayne. And, you know — as you know, they supported me very early — far earlier than anybody thought possible, especially me not being a politician. And that support has paid off. We now have two Supreme Court justices that are phenomenal — Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. And, I mean, they’re phenomenal people, and they’re big believers in the Second Amendment, which Wayne is also and which I am.
I mean, there’s been — there’s been no President that feels more strongly about the Second Amendment than I do. However, we need meaningful background checks so that sick people don’t get guns.
Q Will he support you? Will Wayne support you?
THE PRESIDENT: I think, in the end — I think, in the end, Wayne and the NRA will either be there or maybe will be a little bit more neutral, and that would be okay, too.
Look — look, the NRA has, over the years, taken a very, very tough stance on everything, and I understand it. You know, it’s a slippery slope. They think you’ll prove one thing, and that leads to a lot of bad things. I don’t agree with that.
I think we can do meaningful — very meaningful background checks. I want to see it happen.
So I’ve got a lot of support. And I also have the support of other people on the other side. And I think the Democrats and Republicans have a chance to really come together.
Q On Mississippi, why wasn’t there a better plan in place to deal with the migrant children in Mississippi? Why was there family separation?
THE PRESIDENT: The reason is because you have to go in; you can’t let anybody know. Otherwise, when you get there, nobody will be there. But a big factor is to let people outside of the country that want to come in legally — illegally into our country, where they come in in caravans where they surge the border — which, by the way, we have the numbers way down right now, if you see, because Mexico has done a fantastic job.
Mexico has 26,000 soldiers, right now, on the border. They have been fantastic — because of tariffs. But I don’t care what it is, because Mexico — in fact, I’ll be calling the President at a certain point. I just hope they keep it up. Because if the Democrats will change the laws — which I was thinking about putting together, as you know, with the gun situation. So we have immigration and we have, let’s say, some of the things we’re talking about right now — you have them together.
But I want people to know that if they come into the United States illegally, they’re getting out; they’re going to be brought out. And this serves as a very good deterrent. If people come into our country illegally, they’re going out. They’re not coming in illegally and staying. We have bad laws. They may get in — although we’re being very tough — but they may get in, but it doesn’t matter because they’re going out. And when people see what they saw yesterday, and like they will see for a long time, they know that they’re not staying here.
Q (Inaudible) black Americans give you another chance in 2020?
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, I think they really like — you know, it’s really amazing because African American unemployment just came out very recently — the lowest in history. It’s the best — the best numbers in history. African American employment — and Hispanic and Asian, too — have more people working today than ever worked in the history of our country.
Plus, I did criminal justice reform, which President Obama could not get approved — which the media never talks about. If President Obama got criminal justice reform done, it would be front-page stories all over the place. I got it done. I think that African Americans appreciate it.
So I got that. I have the best unemployment numbers. I have the best employment numbers for a lot of people. But for African Americans: number one that we’ve ever had.
One other thing we did, aside from criminal justice reform: Opportunity Zones. And they are doing unbelievably well. And you’ll see that, and you’ve already seen it. But Opportunity Zones. And the biggest beneficiary there is African Americans.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: I think so. Yeah. I do.
Q Mr. President, do you plan invite your Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House? And what would be your advice for him —
THE PRESIDENT: Who are you talking about?
Q The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.
Q Do you plan to invite him to the White House? And what would be your advice for him on how to communicate with Vladimir Putin to stop the conflict in Eastern Ukraine?
THE PRESIDENT: I think he’s going to make a deal with President Putin, and he will be invited to the White House. And we look forward to seeing him. He’s already been invited to the White House, and he wants to come. And I think he will. He’s a very reasonable guy. He wants to see peace in Ukraine. And I think he will be coming very soon, actually.
Q Did you watch Mr. Biden’s comments overnight? And does it make you want to change your own rhetoric?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, he comments — look. Look, Joe is not playing with a full deck. He made that comment. I said, “Whoa.” I saw it because I was on — something; I had a television. I saw his comment. Joe Biden is not playing with a full deck. This is not somebody you can have as your President. But if he got the nomination, I’d be thrilled.
Q What are you going to do, Mr. President, to keep conservatives from being banned on Twitter?
THE PRESIDENT: We’re looking at that right now. We have a lot of these companies coming in a little while, as you know.
Q What are you going to say to them?
THE PRESIDENT: We’re going to be very tough with them. They’re treating conservatives very unfairly.
Hollywood — I don’t call them the “elites”; I think the elites are people they go after, in many cases. But Hollywood is really terrible. You talk about racist — Hollywood is racist. What they’re doing, with the kind of movies they’re putting out — it’s actually very dangerous for our country. What Hollywood is doing is a tremendous disturbance to our country.
We have now, in a little while, all of the heads of the biggest companies coming in, and we’re going to talk to them. They treat conservatives and Republicans totally different than they treat others. And they can’t do that.
Q Will the Trump administration devalue the U.S. dollar?
THE PRESIDENT: No. We don’t have to. We have such a strong dollar. The problem is, our dollar is at a level that it makes it hard. But the advantage to doing what we have is money is pouring in because we have the safest currency in the world. We have the standard of the world.
But because it’s so strong — it’s gotten so strong because other countries have problems — it makes it harder for our manufacturers.
So if we lowered the interest rate by the Federal Reserve, that would automatically bring down the dollar a little bit, and it would make it easier for Caterpillar and these companies.
But we have the greatest currency in the world. No, I wouldn’t do that.
Q Are you thinking of cancelling the trade talk next month with China?
THE PRESIDENT: So, China wants to settle this deal. They’ve had the worst year that they’ve had in many, many decades. And it’s getting only worse. Thousands of companies are leaving China. They would like to make a deal. I’m not ready to make a deal.
Q But are you willing to cancel the talks next month?
THE PRESIDENT: Maybe. We’ll see what happens. Right now — right now the talks are scheduled in September. Whether or not we’re talking about China, whether or not they’re cancelled, we’ll see.
Look, as I said, our people are not paying for these billions and billions of dollars that came in, $16 billion of which I gave to the farmers because they were targeted by China. And that’s just a small fraction of what we’ve taken in.
So they are not — because what China has been doing — they’re a currency manipulator — they’ve manipulated the value of their currency, and that’s where the money comes. And also, they put tremendous money into the system.
So if you look, prices have not risen. Our people have not paid. So all of these guys that say, “Oh, Trump, Trump, Trump…” — they don’t know what they’re talking about.
Now, China is unique. That doesn’t mean it happens with other countries. It probably doesn’t. But the prices have not gone up. In fact, we have virtually no inflation in our country. If the Federal Reserve would bring down interest rates over a period of time —
Q How much?
THE PRESIDENT: I would love to see a point or even a little bit more than that. If they would stop quantitative tightening, we have a rocket ship.
I mean, we’re doing well without it, but we’re being handcuffed by the Federal Reserve. If they would stop that, it would be incredible.
Q Mr. President, do you want to expand South Korea and Japan Military Information Agreement? Will you support them?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I hope that South Korea and I hope that Japan start getting along with each other. You know, they’re supposed to be allies. And it puts us in a very difficult position. South Korea and Japan are fighting all the time. They’ve got to get along because it puts us in a very bad position.
With that being said, I got a very beautiful letter from Kim Jong Un yesterday. It was delivered — hand-delivered from —
Q What did it say?
THE PRESIDENT: It was a very positive letter.
Q What did it say?
THE PRESIDENT: I’d love to give it to you. I really would. Maybe — maybe sometime I will.
Q Kim Jong Un mention of a next meeting and a summit talk?
THE PRESIDENT: I think we’ll have another meeting. He really wrote a beautiful, three-page — I mean, right from top to bottom — a really beautiful letter. And maybe I’ll release the results of the letter, but it was a very positive letter.
Q Any decision on Huawei?
THE PRESIDENT: We’re not going to do business with Huawei. We’re not doing business with them. And I really made the decision. It’s much simpler not to do any business with Huawei. So we’re not doing business with Huawei. That doesn’t mean we won’t agree to something if and when we make a trade deal, but we’re not going to be doing business with Huawei.
Q When will you nominate someone to replace Coats? Are you looking at Maguire, Hoekstra?
THE PRESIDENT: Maguire is excellent. Admiral. Highly respected. A great leader. He’s Acting right now. Sue did a great job. I like Sue Gordon very much.
I think that, over a period of time — I’m in no rush because we have a great Acting.
Q Have you interviewed Hoekstra?
THE PRESIDENT: I like Hoekstra a lot. I spoke to Senator Burr about different people. He’s head of intelligence. And we’re — I’m working together with Senator Burr and the whole committee. I want to get somebody that everybody can really come together with. I like Pete Hoekstra a lot. He’s great. He’s doing a fantastic job in the Netherlands right now.
Q You had mentioned it was down to three. Is it more than two?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I will tell you: That’s a job that everybody wants. DNI. Everybody. But I’m dealing — I’m dealing with the committee. I’m dealing with, really, Senator Burr a lot. And we’ll come up with somebody that’s great. We have a lot of choice. A lot of people want the job.
Q Tension between Japan and South Korea, are you concerned?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, I’m concerned that they’re not getting along with each other. They have to get along with each other. If they don’t get along, what are we doing? They have to get along with each other. It’s very important.
South Korea and Japan have to sit down and get along with each other. Otherwise, what are we all doing?
Q Are you considering moving troops from Germany to Poland?
THE PRESIDENT: So, Poland has been a great, great friend of ours. They’ve offered to build a military base at the cost of many billions of dollars. No money put up by the United States whatsoever. They’ve offered to fund our troops and lots of other things — the way it should be. Not the stupid deals that we made with all these other countries that take advantage of us.
So, Poland has been terrific. And we’re going to be going to Poland very soon. I’m sure you’re going to be going with us. I had a great experience in Poland the last time I went. In fact, some of you actually said the speech was one of the best ever made in Europe by an American President. Hard to believe that you actually said that. When you said that, I was, like, in a state of shock.
Q On the fundraiser tonight, did Stephen Ross say anything about potentially cancelling, given the controversy?
THE PRESIDENT: No. Stephen Ross is a great friend of mine. He’s a very successful guy. We were competitors but friends in real estate, in New York, in the old days. He’s a great guy. He is — by the way, I think he’s probably more inclined to be a liberal, if you want to know the truth. But he likes me, he respects me. We’re doing a fundraiser there. We’re doing another fundraiser with another friend of mine. And I understand the fundraiser was totally sold out, and it’s very successful.
Q Your reaction to the controversy, people boycotting?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t think — I think it makes Steve much hotter. I explained — I didn’t speak to him yet; I’ll see him in a little while. The controversy makes Steve Ross hotter. He’ll figure that out in about a week. But he’s very happy. He’s got a very successful — a lot of people are going.
We have two fundraisers. One is Steve; one is another gentleman. And I guess they’re going to raise 11 or 12 billion — million dollars. Not billion. Million.
I’m getting used to saying “billion.” We’re talking about a lot of money.
Q When you talked about age restrictions to buy guns, 18 months ago you supported buying long guns at the age of 25, raising the age. Are you considering bringing that back now?
THE PRESIDENT: We’re not talking about anything specific. I can tell you there’s tremendous goodwill for meaningful — I’m talking about “meaningful”; add that word — meaningful background checks so that sick and demented people don’t carry around guns.
You have to remember — and I’ve said it — it’s a big mental illness problem. And the gun doesn’t pull a trigger. A mind — a sick mind pulls a trigger. So we want to take that out of the equation.
Q Do you support the Toomey-Manchin bill or the House bill? Will you lift your veto threat?
THE PRESIDENT: We’re looking at Toomey-Manchin. Actually, if you look, there are many bills that have been put in over a period of four, five years. They went nowhere. But there’s never been a President like President Trump.
Q Mr. President, will you call Congress back into session to pass (inaudible)?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t think we’ll need to. I may. Leadership is dealing along with me right now. By the time you call them back, they’re going to be back anyway. I don’t think we’ll need to call them back. I think we’ll have a very good package by the time they come back and they can start debating and voting on it then. So I really don’t think, for the extra little time, it matters.
Leadership is doing a really good job — Mitch McConnell, Kevin, Nancy. I spoke with Nancy Pelosi yesterday. I spoke with Chuck Schumer yesterday. There’s a lot of goodwill about this issue.
Q And do you think that — I mean, do you need to give a speech to do something to marshal support for this?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t think so. No. No.
Q Will you lead the charge?
THE PRESIDENT: I think we have a lot of support. I mean, I’m very fortunate. In the Republican Party, I’m at 94 percent approval rating, so that helps. But I have a great relationship with the Republican senators. And I really think they’re looking for me to make — give them a signal. And we’re going to have great support, and I think we’ll have the support from the Democrats also.
Q Mr. President, you also said this after Parkland. Why should Americans believe you now?
THE PRESIDENT: No, no. I never said what I’m saying now.
Q (Inaudible) background checks after Parkland.
THE PRESIDENT: What I’m saying — what I said, though: You have tremendous opposition from many people on both sides. I see a better feeling right now towards getting something meaningful done. Meaningful. And we did do things after Parkland, but it wasn’t to the same level that I’m talking about now.
You know, we did do the Fix NICS and various other things. So we did do a lot of work after Parkland. But I think we have now a chance to do something, really, much more meaningful —
Q Support among Republicans or —
THE PRESIDENT: — having to do — having to do, as you know, with background checks.
Q Mr. President, it’s almost back-to-school season. What is your message to young children and teenagers who are anxious or nervous about going back to school after these mass shootings?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, my message to young children going back to school is: Go and really study hard, and someday you’ll grow up and maybe be President of the United States or do something else that’s fantastic.
They have nothing to fear. They have nothing to worry about. In addition, we’re in constant contact with states, with state governments. And they are really doing a great job. We have this so much better than it was two and a half years ago. Two and a half years ago, when I came in, it was really not a good situation. I think we have a very, very good system right now. That doesn’t mean that there’s not going to be some crazy person, but that’s what we want to do. We want to take the guns out of the hands of crazy, demented, sick people.
Q (Inaudible) assault weapons ban — will you be telling the NRA to stand down?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, we’re not looking at that right now. We’re really looking at very meaningful background checks. I think it’s going to happen. There’s great, great support. But we’re looking at very, very meaningful background checks.
Q What is the advantage to having Maguire as the head of DNI versus Gordon?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, Admiral — as you know, Maguire — Admiral Maguire is a very talented man. He’s a great leader. As an Admiral, was always a great leader. He is a man who is respected by everybody, and he’s going to be there for a period of time. Who knows? Maybe he gets the job. But he’ll be there for a period of time — maybe a longer period of time than we think. We’ll see.
We’re dealing with Senator Burr. We’re dealing with the committee. We’re dealing with probably 9 or 10 people that want the job very much. You know the name of almost every one of them. They’re truly outstanding. Everybody wants DNI. Everybody wants it.
And I will say that the Admiral is such a great choice from the standpoint of now. And maybe he goes further. We’ll see what happens. But we’re dealing with the committee and Senator Burr. We have people, all of whom you know — highly respected people. We’ll be making a decision in the not-too-distant future.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. Are you still committed to naming Eugene Scalia Secretary of Labor? And when will you send a nomination to the Senate?
THE PRESIDENT: So, Eugene Scalia is a highly respected lawyer in Washington. His father, as you know, was the great, great, great Supreme Court Justice. Even the people with not his views would say he was a great gentleman, a great man.
Eugene Scalia — Gene Scalia — has had a fantastic career. As you know, he’s our appointment for Labor Secretary. I think — so far, it’s been received very well. He is a very — he’s one of the finest minds and lawyers in Washington. And I will say, so far, that’s been received very well.
Q On North Korea, this letter to you, did Kim Jong Un make any promises about stopping the ballistic missile testing that he’s been carrying out?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, he gave me a great letter. I would love to give you, but, I don’t know, I don’t think it would be appropriate. But it was a very personal letter.
Q Talked about missile testing?
THE PRESIDENT: It was a great letter. He talked about what he’s doing. He’s not happy with the testing. It’s a very small testing that we did. But he wasn’t happy with the testing; he put that in the letter. But he also sees a great future for North Korea. And so we’ll see how it all works out.
In the meantime, I say it again: There have been no nuclear tests. The missile tests have all been short-range. No ballistic missile tests. No long-range missiles. We got back, and we’re getting back — as we speak, we’re getting back a lot of our fallen heroes. You know that. They’re coming back into and through Hawaii. And we got back our hostages.
So I thought the letter — I just got it yesterday. It was hand-delivered and it wasn’t touched by anybody. They literally take it from North Korea to my office. We have a system. It’s the old-fashioned system. You don’t have to worry about leaks. Something nice about that system.
Q Mr. President, what do you mean that he wasn’t happy with the missile tests? He carried them out. He ordered them.
THE PRESIDENT: No, he wasn’t. He wasn’t happy with the tests — the war games. The war games on the other side, with the United States. And as you know, I’ve never liked it either. I’ve never liked it. I’ve never been a fan. You know why? I don’t like paying for it. We should be reimbursed for it, and I’ve told that to South Korea. But I don’t like it either. But I said, “Do this,” because this was a big test. This was a turnover of various areas to South Korea. I like that because that’s what should happen.
Q Several countries issued travel warnings to United States. And Japan specifically said gunfire is potentially everywhere in the U.S. What is your reaction to that?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I can’t imagine that. But if they did that, we’d just reciprocate. We are a very reciprocal nation, with me as the head. When somebody does something negative to us in terms of a country, we do it to them.
Look, our country has been taken advantage of by foreign countries, even allies — including allies, and in many cases, more than anybody else. We’ve been taken advantage of for many, many years, and it stops. It stopped.
Q In your view, Mr. President, should Colin Kaepernick get an opportunity to play in the NFL?
THE PRESIDENT: Only if he’s good enough. Yeah, if he’s good enough. Why would he play? If he’s good enough. And I think if he was good enough — I know the owners. I know Bob Kraft. I know so many of the owners. If he’s good enough, they’d sign him. So, if he’s good enough — I know these people — they would sign him in a heartbeat. They will do anything they can to win games.
So I’d like to see it. Frankly, I’d love to see Kaepernick come in if he’s good enough. But I don’t want to see him come in because somebody thinks it’s a good PR move. If he’s good enough, he will be in.
Q Are you worried about global markets pulling back at all?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, the global markets are not as good as our market. Our market has been really good.
Q Are you worried about the effect — the (inaudible) effect to the U.S.?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, it always — it’s never positive. Although, you could say it puts us in an even better position. I view it differently. I mean, most people would say that’s a bad thing. I would say the fact that other countries aren’t doing really well — China, in particular. China is doing horribly. Horribly. First time that anyone can remember. They are having a year like they never had. Almost — you know, go back, 30, 40 years. They’re having one of the worst years ever. The numbers are phony. They’re not doing 6.2; they’re doing a totally different number.
Q What do you think they’re doing?
THE PRESIDENT: Maybe neutral. Maybe even —
Q Does Democrats calling you and your supporters a white nationalist, a white supremacist, help you?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t think it helps. First of all, I don’t like it when they do it because I am not any of those things. I think it’s a disgrace. And I think it shows how desperate the Democrats are. Look, right now, I’m working with the Democrats on meaningful background checks. That’s a big thing. Hopefully, we can do something. But — so I don’t want to focus too much on that.
I will say this: For them to throw out the race word again — “racist, racist, racist.” That’s all they use — to anybody. They called Nancy Pelosi a racist. She’s not a racist. They call anybody a “racist” when they run out of cards.
I’m winning in the polls. They’re desperate. They’ve got lousy candidates. They’ve got bad candidates. I mean, I watched the debates. I mean, I look —
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: I look — well, I mean, Joe Biden can’t answer a simple question. Something is going wrong with him. I mean, the only — the only thing is — I mean, a lot of people think that he was the one that wanted Bob Mueller to testify because it made Joe look intelligent. Okay?
Q Is your base supporting background checks?
THE PRESIDENT: I think my base relies very much on common sense and they rely on me, in terms of telling them what’s happening. I think meaningful background checks — I don’t just say “background checks.” Because we passed background checks a number of times, meaning the Democr- — but everybody knew they weren’t that strong.
Q Do you want to expand the law?
THE PRESIDENT: I think meaningful background checks are a real positive. Politically, I can’t tell you. You know, I don’t know — good, bad, or indifferent. I don’t care, politically. I don’t want to have crazy people having guns.
President Trump really needs no Press Secretary, he’s absolutely the best!
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40 minutes in 90 degrees, talking to a bunch of useless fake news idiots!!!
What a man!
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Blind no longer , IN A SUIT , No Less !
I’d be a Melted Blob on the Ground in All those Clothes @ 90° !
I honestly Cannot Fathom how he does this !
Our President Trump is Very Stellar , For Sure !!!
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Amen!! A God send!
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“So, China wants to settle this deal. They’ve had the worst year that they’ve had in many, many decades. And it’s getting only worse. Thousands of companies are leaving China. They would like to make a deal. I’m not ready to make a deal.”
THIS IS LIP SERVICE TO APPEASE THE STOCK MARKET!!! POTUS does not want a deal! He NEVER wanted a deal. He wants more businesses to exit China and the US take care of Huwaei and the 5K threat. It is not China that is stalling, it is POTUS. He is fighting a war of attrition and taking no US casualties while inflicting maximum damage on China. They can not get a deal done, but Xi can not say that publicly. POTUS is going after China trade, then he goes after the currency, and then WTO. He knows they are our biggest enemy and engaging them early and often while they are weak. Keep your foot on your enemies throat and never let them up.
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No Trade Deal with the Cheating Communists
is a Good Deal!
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Let me help: “when you gottem by the rocks, ya gotta squeeze”.
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… suit, AND protective vest, 92 degrees!
KAG!
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The Press Lice, melting in the sun. Hope they have their sunblock.
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Should revoke press pass of all MSM stooges if not in ‘Professional Dress’. Make them earn it. He’s in a suit. Those Marines are in Dress Blues. SS has on their ‘business attire’. Make the Press dress accordingly.
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Yes! The camera guys in ratty jeans ~ chinos would be cooler and look better. No professionalism.
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“Joe Biden wanted Mueller to testify because he made (Biden) look intelligent” or words to that effect.
Epic blast!
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McDonalds should highlight Trump’s strength and stamina, and his McDonald’s reliant diet. I might try it, which will work until Mrs. All Too Much puts a stop to it.
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All Too Much , LOL 😂 That made me Laugh !
My Regards to MRS. All Too Much for keeping an Eye on You 😊
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High quality suits!
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Lived in DC for a total of two years-three summers. It is HOT in August-especially when you’re yelling and angry. Our POTUS is simply AMAZING.
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I’ll admit to taking a certain pleasure in knowing that the press corp’s makeup is melting in puddles onto their collars.
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These heli pressers reveal a pragmatic, quick thinking, thoughtful & articulate President,
Totally contradicts the DoJDNC’s portrayal of a demonic “Tool of Russia” hunkered down in Fortress White House scheming a fascist takeover.
My take:
He’s laser focused on restoring balanced fair trade, calling out never trump monetary policy, restabilising foreign relations and calming the civic temp spike caused by relentless Resist’s psy warfare & funded agit prop
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ann, I agree 100%. Can you see any of our past presidents doing this? I have to laugh imagining Obama in that same situation.
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45 is the only one who could do these daily! as President there are so many things in your mind and even one wrong word could move mountains, 45 does it with ease…he takes each question seriously too…he REALLY LISTENS and immediately CALLS OUT CRAP!
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He’s far more intelligent than the leftist media gives him credit for.
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” Some people think it was Biden that wanted Mueller to testify, cause mueller makes Biden look intelligent”!
ROTFLOL!
“Biden? Theres something WRONG with him, he’s not playing with a full deck!”
Hillarious. Who needs Hollywoods crap for ‘entertainment’, all we need is a PDJT ‘presser’ every couple of days!
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Most available, and transparent President ever!
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SAY NO TO GUN CONTROL
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SAY NO TO TROLLING
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No (Lefty snitch) Red Flag laws, no expanded background checks.
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Well he didnt say either so I guess you’re happy! Right?
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These shootings have us playing defense. If they continue, expect both. We just don’t have an effective anti-Narrative. We could, but we won’t make the effort. It’s much easier to say, “okay, some modified gun control that does nothing but makes us look like we’re doing something,” then it is to start a serious conversation about the rot of our society that produces sociopathic monsters.
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Thats how you play offense! You come up with some “nice sound gun measures” that will be completely ineffective and take nobody’s gun rights away! Just propose sh1t that gives people a warm and fuzzy feeling, but does nothing to impact the 2nd Amendment. I don’t know why Republicans cant figure this out.
1- You ban assault rifles- but make sure it focuses on cosmetics that gun makers can design around. Assault is merely a word that can be changed.
2- You ban high capacity guns- But make sure the capacity is 50 or more round clips
3- You ban machine guns and “automatic” assault weapons- they are already banned! Note how I excluded semi automatic weapons? Pretty smart! hahaha
4- Ban gun show sales- Who cares? You can finalize the “sale” somewhere else!
5- Universal background checks- Define universal?
Pretty easy to come up with some feel good BS that will get everyone off our backs.
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A background check today does not tell you about the future.
The weapon won’t change, and it will be ready when the mental health of the purchaser, who passed the background check, goes sideways.
Background checks disclose some things, but not everything, and not the future.
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@Alltoomuch
Calm down Karen!
Ever since the govt sprang the nut-houses back in the late 70s and released the lunatics amongst us the threat grew. FF 50 years and a whole new couple of generations of nuts are at large. Let’s keep the psychotic people away from guns.
I have often lamented the cruel irony of liberal do-gooders who just screw the pooch on every social activity.
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I worked in one of those things you call “nut houses” for 25 years. They were actually hospitals staffed by caring people.
Except for the prison unit for the criminally insane, the majority of the patients would be victims (and are now that the hospitals have closed and the folks turned loose on the streets) because most can’t take proper care of themselves. MOST are more dangerous to themselves than to others. And yes, the liberal bleeding hearts were responsible for the hospital closings.
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He did NOT sat “red letter”, and only commented when directly asked, and then was dismissive, and pivoted.
He emphasised, over and over “Background checkd”, and DID point to a legitimate ‘loophole’ that COULD be closed.
An adult, committed of a crime involving a gun, armed robbery, bank robbery, armed assault, etc. is one of the Federal reqirements for names put into the background system.
However, a JUVENILE who is say,…convictrd of four counts of armed robbery, in one case shooting someone who survived, goes into the JUVENILE criminal justice system.
Does say, ..2 1/2 years, gets out, turns 18 after. He can go buy a gun in a gun store, no problem.
Cause his juvenile record is sealed, or expunged.
Most don’t know HOW the background check system works. The Feds have certain categories that they REQUIRE the,States to report, such as conviction for crime involving gun, for ADULTS. However, beyond that each State can develop its OWN, additional criterion.
For instance, some States enacted STATE laws, in Medical Marijiuana, and developed a list of ‘card holders. They then decided, on their own, thru their legislature, signed by Govenor, to send the list if cardholders to NICS, meaning those people can’t buy guns.
Anyway, its possible that having a way for parents, mental health providers, school officials or LE to be,able to identify juveniles too unstable to be allowed to buy a gun once they turn 18 COULD be made workable.
I still think its highly questionable whether someone that unstable should be allowed to be loose in society, at all.
And, I note,PDJT again floated the idea of tieing in this ‘gun control, background check legislation to immigration reform.
So, he’s holding it out there, as a threat to the Dems.
“You start getting rediculous in your demands on gun control, I’ll tie my agreement to also closing asylum loopholes, and when you refuse, I look reasonable, and you look like idiots, again.
I still say “Let the man work”, and judge by actions, not words.
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Pedro, you make too much sense and I do agree with you completely.
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Before we implement gun control (which is unconstitutional) we should get the homeless off the street. That so many are homeless send a message that our society is brutal and life is hopeless. No wonder young people go crazy. Most of these shooters are young. If I were young today, I don’t know what I’d do. Put me in charge of helping the homeless. I would set up a temporary welfare plan, house them, give them work, and let them pay back their tax debt. A lot of homeless got there by accident . . . maybe three things went wrong in their lives at once. I know. I’ve been there.
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Controlling the narrative, with a forceful tone, is
imperative/NO-ONE DOES IT BETTER THAN POTUS.
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Good observation. Among other possible influences, in the military school he attended he would have been introduced to the concept of “command voice.”
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No mention of 302’s…
50% of America are like Manchurian Candidates…
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I noticed that too. How convenient.
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Very few besides those residing here know where the 302s fit into the larger picture.
We are the lucky ones.
Seb Gorka was on Hanitty last night.
This afternoon on his radio program he explains he knew he had a very limited window of time to say something. He knew he was the last guest to be given time, after a guest-laden hour long show. As he was preparing, he thought about how he could best use his time to explain to those who don’t know what a 302 is, are what it means, what the Big Picture is.
66 is succinct and paints a clear picture, which we here don’t need, but the rest of the people need.
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Not sure what happened but the ‘Skip to 1:00 for Gorka turned into 66. Better than 666, I suppose.
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PDJT is relying on AG Barr and team. That way there is no credible ‘retaliation’ or ‘abuse of power’ accusation. He right not to go there—yet. After the indictments and Nadler ‘impeach’, then BOOM! The art of timing.
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Ristvan,
Due to you, fellow attorney & investigator treepers,
the complexity and magnitude of gaining successful convictiions has finally dawned on me.
The objective & informed general public, me etc, see a long term pattern of privledged peers who refuse to adkniwledge, let alone prosecute really obvious major crimes. I’m referencing historical record , mueller w IRS, Clinton Intell breach, Libyan civil war, DoJ stonewalls, the neutering of internal investigations & oversight by Baker & Yates policy position re OLC .
After years of coy avoidance, theres a sense of urgency that our polity & DOJ/State experiences a “come to Jesus” intervention.
We see interviews w (rightfully) frustrated attorneys “ Clinton, destruction of fed records, a slam dunk prosecution” for ex, paraphrased Our expectation level rises , Lol
We study the thoughtful posts by you, others who think this through.
This is not only persuading 12-15 jurors, of which a given proportionate are likely to be intractably stupid.
The standard is guilt beyond reasonable doubt but only weighing evidence a quavery judge approves. , plus this material must fit neatly into charges which are circumscribed in semi demi parsed mincing legalese.
I don’t doubt there must be bucketfuls of sand to throw in the gears, w case law and prior points of stipulation . .
After Further stewing, the reality hit me : thats just the prelude.
The main score is a complex symphony, contrapuntal, of prosecutors who must anticipate and convincingly neutralize every specious, facile, technocratic objection and alternative counter argument the defense will prepare. Oy vey! 👀🗯
Law does not readily translate into the more familiar realms of empirical research, or history, . Nor is pinch faced Justice amenable to synthesis. To broad truths that aren’t wedgabke into pigeonhole boxes
Similarly, I value precise language; the process of research & interpretation tests the durablility of construct extracts”. Meaning is distilled,
I’ve learned much,( in a nonlawyerly sense).
as a functional kind of thinker, I trample unknowingly over major principles, a barbarian , impatient of caution, delays and protocol.
Hope you and yours are doing well, and again, your pro bono posts are highly appreciated and fruitful..
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No gun control. No red flag laws. Period.
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Lovearepublican… right on, right on, right on. Thousands have and still continue to pour over our borders, many w/bad intentions toward Americans … and WE’RE possibly losing protective, i.e., Constitutional rights??? RED FLAG LAWS IN A NUTSHELL ~
Red Flag Laws wipe out 50% of the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights in one fell swoop. Here’s how …
If you use your First Amendment Rights in a way that someone disagrees with, then your Second, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment Rights can be stripped from you.
For instance: the same ‘offended’ people who report you on Twitter and FaceBook will now be able to call a tip line to have your guns seized.
Red Flag Laws are NOT the answer.
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I loved the comment about the best speech while in Poland last and laughed when he mentioned Biden not playing with a full deck. My oh my!
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Joe Biden: “Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as… white kids”
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Next he’ll be saying this
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“THE PRESIDENT: I look — well, I mean, Joe Biden can’t answer a simple question. Something is going wrong with him. I mean, the only — the only thing is — I mean, a lot of people think that he was the one that wanted Bob Mueller to testify because it made Joe look intelligent. Okay?” = From TheConservativeTreehouse transcript.
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[Me: = After his second term is completed, President Trump could have another career as a public speaker for Republican audiences. … He would be great! Trump fills the arenas, at his public events, because he knows how to talk to his audience of supporters.]
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Why isn’t there a CTH post on gun rights, or is CTH just a “Trump can do no wrong” site?
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What title for a post are you proposing?
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Waiting………
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Why don’t we wait and see what “Trump” does before we get hysterical
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“How a President who was denied his constitutional right to presumption of innocence is seeking to deny the same to his fellow Americans”.
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Inconvenient fact.
#Ironic
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We have a winner! It’s “Nigella”!
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X 1,000 Nigella.
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Some here have worked themselves into a hysterical state similar to the left’s hysterical state that started a couple hours or so into election night 2016.
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I have a better idea. Let’s make our opposition to all this nonsense heard loud and clear so we might head off Jarvanka’s advice at the pass.
#2A
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Why don’t you create your own site and do it yourself?
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Isn’t it the purpose of this site to inform conservatives about the issues? Isn’t gun control one of the issues President Trump campaigned on (not to further it)? Do you want fellow treepers to be kept in the dark about what is being proposed? Just wondering.
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Concerned Citizen the concern troll! You are a useful idiot for the left.
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I was just thinking that! Lol😏
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Bravo, C C. Watch out. You’ll tick off the blinded fanboi club.
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Wow….you really are a troll 🙂
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Yeah, so, that’s just your opinion. Big deal.
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Just for the record…if not Trump, do you prefer Harris, Warren, Sanders, or Biden?
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None of the above. I’ll stay home or vote third party before I let my support be taken for granted. Maybe then DC will learn its lesson. Or not. In which case it’s academic. If you can’t count on your own guy what’s the point?
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A troll who makes more sense than you do.
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First, there is a search box for a review of all posts on the topic of the second amendment.
Second, what exactly is “a CTH post on gun rights”?
Third, based on your hostile tone, severe projection, unwarranted curt and rude snark… Bye.
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Don’t get Sundance started on a count down roll.
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Wow. Someone woke up grumpy this morning.
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CC- if you really think that the CTH is just about supporting our President Trump, you obviously haven’t read much of anything – either that or your reading comprehension sucks.
The Conservative Tree House is one of the premier online sites for political and other conservative commentary. It is read by many thousands of people worldwide, and more than a few high level politicos, media types and leaders.
Sundance is a top notch investigative journalist without peer who has put out more information and analysis than the AP, NYT, CNN, Fox, etc.
Please go somewhere else with your pathetic, bottom feeding trolling.
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45 is the Greatest but I have disagreed with him on a few appointments like Sessions (I believe he was “the mole”) and 45 pick of Pence (who saved the RNC Convention with a wonderful speech)! on “intelligent background checks” I support them as “Red Flag” laws are sweeping state legislators and prefer federal law to provide the framework.
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CTH is unfortunately just a “Trump can do no wrong” site. There’s a need for that when you’re weary of the Trump bashing on other sites. But for honest discussion? Nope.
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Meanwhile, Joe Biden has said three or four insane and idiotic things today (well, yesterday too, so make that five or six) and more or less assaulted a young female college student in Iowa who asked him how many genders there are. So Thomas Jefferson wasn’t a President, poor kids are as talented as “white kids” (Joe, there are more poor white kids in this country than any other racial or ethnic group), and “Don’t play games with me, kid.” That’s Joe.
I pray every night that Trump mops the floor with this cretin–or any other cretin they put up against him.
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I had real concern about Biden. Legitimate concern.
Not any longer. Statistically, he’s still likely the toughest candidate. But he has a total glass jaw and is a disaster. Even at his best he’s a gaffe machine, but he’s significantly deteriorated and is not ready to do battle with someone on POTUS’ level.
Slow Joe tries to hid his age behind the aviator glasses and the face work. But he’s truly geriatric. He’s in major decline.
Nothing against the guy for that, but it will be easy pickings for POTUS. Easy.
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Yesterday he said “We could truth over facts”. What the?
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TRUTH OVER FACTS…HE REALLY SHOULD CHECK HIS LOOOONG (31 YRS) ISSUE WITH DOCTOR….
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Just replay the debate he had with Paul Ryan. He looked like a drug addled 15 year old…. maybe not even that good. Incoherent most of the time.
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After all the gaffes in Iowa last two days, I don’t think Biden will be the Dem candidate.
PDJT has made it too obvious that ‘he lost his fastball’ and ‘isn’t playing with a full deck’. Lots of other moving pieces make it hard to say anything more—except whoever it is will be left of Biden, making it easier for a PDJT landslide.
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I’m starting to agree, Ristvan.
I don’t know who they can run. They don’t want Bernie, not sure they really want Warren. Kamala has imploded. Beto is awful.
Maybe they go for Pete?
Biden is so bad. And age has really taken a toll on him.
If Biden fades away, that would leave room for some “mystery” candidate. I don’t think Michelle will get in. Maybe someone else?
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I had the same thought about maybe someone not yet on the playing field. But it’s hard to imagine who that could be. Bloomberg?
Bernie is old and crazy.
Gabbard eviscerated Horizontal Harris in the last debate.
Warren cannot live down Fauxcahontas.
Nobody else has yet gained any traction, and many DO NOT even have anything close to the requisite experience and background (Mayor Pete, Beto, Sparticus).
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It is interesting.
I felt really sure about Biden being the guy, but he just might not make it. Especially if he has to keep dealing with these studied questioners. He just can’t handle it.
I don’t know who could come in now with any juice. Michelle, sure, but she’s not coming in IMO. Stacey Abrams?
At some point, if things keep going like this, the Dems may just want to decide on a kind of ‘scapegoat’ candidate for 2020 and just take the loss. They’re well down the path to that outcome, IMO.
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Deval Patrick could come out of the shadows.
Obama et al. have been pushing I’m for awhile.
“… immediate bloc of votes he’d have as an African-American heading into South Carolina.
Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s close adviser and friend, says that a President Patrick is what “my heart desires.”
David Simas, Obama’s political director in the White House and now the CEO of his foundation, used to be Patrick’s deputy chief of staff and remains perhaps his biggest fan on the planet.
Obama himself—who is personally close to Patrick, and counts him among the very small group of people whom he thinks has actual political talent—has privately encouraged him to think about it, among others.
Obama veterans light up at the mention of Patrick’s nam…”
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/01/obamas-inner-circle-is-urging-deval-patrick-to-run-215443
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https://tinyurl.com/y5qppm6c In case the link above is no good.
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Yeah, it’s possible he could come back. Had not thought about that.
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Big Mike Obama to the rescue.
1- Obama does not endorse Biden
2- Big Mike wins Most admired woman of the Year award
3- Big Mike goes on book tour
4- Michael Moore/Hollywood makes a plea for her to run
5- Dana Perino/Fox offers to donate a months salary if Big Mike runs
“They” are preparing you for a great reveal in September. Nadlerand the Dems need a way to get out of the impeachment dilema. So after McGann and other witnesses refuse to show up, Nadler floats an impeachment vote to “deal with all the obstruction” and Trump mis-using the courts. Before a vote, Big Mike announces that she will enter the racr for the good of the country. To bring both sides together. This gives Nadler and the Dems to call off the impeachment vote and focus on beating Trump at the polls with Big Mike.
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Yes, all the Lie-Stream Media Propaganda is pointing to exactly that.
RE: Big Mike Obama to the rescue.
1- Obama does not endorse Biden
2- Big Mike wins Most admired woman of the Year award
3- Big Mike goes on book tour
4- Michael Moore/Hollywood makes a plea for her to run
5- Dana Perino/Fox offers to donate a months salary if Big Mike runs
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just a month
there’s commitment
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I knew someone who read her master’s thesis and she said it was like something written by a 7th grader and that “Big Mike” must have an IQ of about 90. Barry Obama’s IQ is around 125, I would guess. So “Big Mike” is no Barack Obama. Trump’s IQ is likely around 140. In a debate no amount of bias on the part of the questioners could make up for a 50 point deficit in IQ. They could do 15, but not 50.
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Big Mike. Love it.
Xhe has nothing to run on. Make work jobs before First LineBacker gig. Even Twinkle toes was a Junior Senator and had some State Level something to run on.
I guess xhe can cite xer management of that horrible wardrobe as experience. Why the magazines fawned over those guns is beyond me. Xhe is not visually attractive and when xhe opens her maw, nothing but ugly spews forth. Xhe is toxic to say the least.
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Deval Patrick is who.
He is being pushed by Obama et al., and major Democrats.
https://tinyurl.com/y5qppm6c
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Don’t rule out John Kerry. He is hiding in the Bushes (no pun intended)
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I still think Biden has a better chance than any other individual one of them, although maybe not the chances of all the others put together. Rather like, in a land of the blind, the one eyed man, even with 20/800 vision in that eye, is king.
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Well said.
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The only way a Michelle O gets in is if she and the Democrat Machine thinks they can pull a win out. If it looks too bleak, they will choose a sacrificial lamb from the clown car to take the loss. I believe the DNC has a go to person. Just do not know who he or she is. (maybe it is someone of a yet unnamed gender?)
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The only thing….and I mean the ONLY thing…that keeps Biden viable is that there is a sizable % of Dems who figure that his race paper thin patina of being “moderate” makes him the only one who might beat Trump — and they need him to stay in the race as insurance if (and I think WHEN) it becomes obvious that Trump destroys everyone else because of their radical Left stances on everything.
Biden is complicating things, however, by opening his mouth! Let’s see…his favorite Founder who was not a President? Of corse! Jefferson!
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A Dem operative friend of mine put it this way- The Dem bigwigs polling data told them they could beat Trump if they picked off a couple of states like PA OH WI MI FL that Trump won. It was doable with Joe, but no chance with Liz or Bernie. But they couldn’t get Joe past Liz or Bernie in the primary. So they flooded the zone with wingnuts and socialists to water down the crazytown vote. All Joe had to do was stay above 30% in the primary polls and he was a shoe in. Stay in the middle and be normal. But he panicked. As he campaigned the crowds were small, there was no cache, no energy, and no excitement. And his mileniall handlers said he needed to go more progressive or his numbers would drop. He took the bait and lurched left. Why take a phony socialist like Joe when they can have the real thing? Biden scrapped the playbook and now the Bigwigs are screwed. So now they are going to destroy his biggest rivals one by one. Tulsi did the hatchet job on KamelToe and she is gone. Someone is going after Liz Warren in the next few weeks to take her out.
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Pedro, that is a really interesting insight. Makes perfect sense. Had not thought about it from a Dem bigwig perspective before. Tango Yankee.
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Ouch….PT said “Joe is the one that wanted Mueller to testify because it makes Joe look intelligent”. 😂😂😂
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not much humor in the Press Corpse
I’d have spilled my beer with that one
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Which is perfect to point how absolutely nut-job crazy LEFTIST-COMMUNIST the Dems are today……… That is if they have to run anyone else other than Ol’ Joe.
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Someone will have to take the besting though, and Joe would be perfect. They can’t have a rising star go up against Trump and get killed at the voting booth.
My guess they will offer someone who tends to buck the DNC and makes them look bad so the elites in the party can say “see, you can’t he too far left!!!!”
It will be funny when the dems realize they are going to get smoked. By then, the candidate will just be in it for the money.
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This is Dole ’96. They need a place holder to get shellaked (sp?) in ’20. The DONKs will be better running Big Mike for a Congressional seat or a Senate Seat in 2020 and/or 2022 and load up fictional accomplishments for a 2024 run. The DC seat is perfect.
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(Groan) you’re probably right. Ugh, having to listen to shim on a regular basis would be torture.
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DC doesn’t have any congressional seats but I understand what you mean.
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Caveat: we assumed the same about Ryan debating him too. That was a site to behold. Biden has been getting elected for decades, this is Trump’s first.
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LOL! You’re right and a lot of the lefties in the Media sharing the same sad sentiment. Sleepy Joe is no Mo, Trump is going to destroy him! LOL!
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Slow Joe’s brain has gone AWOL. Maybe someone will offer a reward to anyone who finds it and returns it to him.
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We’ll soon see a little brain on a milk carton……. lost, please return…
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There is a lot of misinformation about what POTUS is talking about regarding “gun control”, and hence unnecessary anxiety about what might happen.
When asked about the issue multiple times during the chopper presser today, he only mentioned two specific things.
“Meaningful background checks” and (2) when a minor has committed an awful crime that gets expunged when they become an adult, and therefore are then legally allowed to buy a gun.
“Meaningful background checks” would imply that they are simply more thorough, all information on the individual is more centralized and up to date and thus it would prevent the wrong people from PURCHASING firearms. There is nothing to suggest that this has anything to do with CONFISCATION.
The other thing he talked about is if a minor committed a crime that would prevent an adult from buying a gun, that crime should stay on his record, so that once he turned 18, or whatever the case may be, he is STILL prevented from purchasing a firearm.
Thats it. He didnt mention “red flag laws once”. He may not have even known exactly what they were until the last couple of days. I didnt even know exactly what they were until just recently and Im a lifelong hunter, gun collector and my dad is a federally licensed firearm dealer. Maybe thats because I live in a red state.
I think both of these ideas are common sense ideas that make perfect sense. Its not even “gun control”, more like “law control” by making current laws more effective.
I believe that the President is sincerely trying to do something to prevent these horrific events from happening, as opposed to scoring political points which is exactly what everyone else is trying to do, left and right.
Indeed, when a reporter asked if the NRA informed him that he may take a political hit for his stance, he responded that he doesnt even care politically. I believe him.
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>>>”He didnt mention “red flag laws once”. He may not have even known exactly what they were until the last couple of days.”<<<
He knows what red flag laws are and did not just learn about them in the last couple of days. From 1 March 2018.
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Thanks for that. Pretty sure he knows by now that’s a non-starter. And based on what he has seen in the DOJ and personally gone through, he probably also has a different perspective on whether or not someone would even receive fair, “due process”.
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The other thing he talked about is if a minor committed a crime that would prevent an adult from buying a gun, that crime should stay on his record, so that once he turned 18, or whatever the case may be, he is STILL prevented from purchasing a firearm.
This makes sense, the dimms will never go for it.
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There are multiple MAJOR problems with Red Flags laws. First is a clear denial of due process. Second, it’s blatantly Unconstitutional (2A and 4A). BLATANTLY. Third, anyone who thinks they’re going to restrict to one area of enforcement in reality is fooling themselves. ‘Oh, you’re a night owl? Red Flag.’ ‘Oh, you missed one credit card payment 3 years ago before you became a millionaire? Red Flag.’ On and on it will go. Completely subjective to the point of insanity.
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Agree.
Its only a few steps away from being used as a tool to disarm political opponents. Then, the camps will open.
If red flag is law, there needs to be some very strong checks and balances along with it. And I don’t trust that those checks will ultimately be adhered to, given the dirty tricks being played by the FBI and DOJ.
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Also to add to this discussion what PDJT DID say, was he was thinking of tying gun laws to immigration. Automatically Defeated by Democrats who will never ever go for that! Imagine the poison pill they would have to swallow! No way it happens.
I’m holding my concern about this since I have learned to never get to excited about something when Donald J Trump is negotiating.
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Are you good with major changes to HIPA laws and linking more databases to support those “meaningful” background checks? All this data, btw, will eventually if not immediately be accessed by Lefty (contractor?) bureaucrats.
This is the Left incrementally removing 2A rights. It’s not “hysteria” it’s just a fact. It is essentially a mass punishment event applied nationally for the acts of two individuals.
All he is doing, along with the bed wetters in congress, is responding defensively (as our side always does) to the Lefty/DS/msm narrative.
Hold the line. It will cost him more votes if he caves then if he holds line. Guaranteed.
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Those who refuse to vote for Trump because he didn’t hew to 100% of what they wanted from him must think getting 0% from a President Warren or Harris or Sanders is much preferable.
Sure wish you or someone like you could explain that logic for us so that you might persuade us dullards of your magic logic 🙂
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I do not worship PT. I’m happy he is the president to be sure, but it’s NOT about him. It’s about how he handles (or not) a given ISSUE.
It’s about, as a minimum, not responding to every anti-gun, anti white nationalist, white supremest… etc etc accusation/narrative the Lefty’s throw out there whenever they think they can get some milage out of it. It’s not even about guns.
It’s about holding firm and telling them to pound sand instead of wetting the bed, wringing our hands and seeing who can have the most “open mind.”
It’s they who need to have open minds. Two people go off the deep end and the response is to punish and entire nation. That is EXACTLY what the Left has come to expect.
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First of all, if current background checks arent checking to see if an individual has been involuntarily committed, then HELL YES im good with changes to HIPA laws that would allow that to happen.
Do you want crazy people being allowed to have guns? And by “crazy” I mean people that have been deemed insane, a threat to themselves or others, etc…..
Serious question: are you crazy? Then how would this punish YOU?
Second of all, it seems some people still dont “get” Trump. He isnt “responding defensively”.
He is showing that he has an open mind, is listening to all sides, and actually wants to do something to help, and not just for the sake of doing something.
He will end up looking like the only adult in the entire District of Columbia, and everyone will see it, and he will gain votes.
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If someone is declared insane enough to deny him his 2nd Amendment right, then that person should be institutionalized at the expense of the State until such time as he can be deemed cured or otherwise safe to return to the community. Taking away a person’s right to a firearm does nothing to improve the safety of those around him and “red flag” laws makes it too easy for people to make a false claim against another. Also, what happens if someone is declared too insane to purchase a firearm but they live in the household with siblings or parents that do have them? Are their 2nd Amendment rights going to be denied?
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Dances,
Agree on fearing Red Flag laws, but 17 states now have them. It was actually proposed here in very firearm friendly Arizona by our Republican Governor after Parkland, but thankfully failed in the Legislature this time around.
From form 4473:
f. Have you ever been adjudicated as a mental defective OR have you ever been committed to a mental institution?
A “Yes” answer means you do not get the firearm.
As far as such person living in a household with firearms, that would be the firearm owners responsibility. Though that did not work out so well in the case of Adam Lanza……
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“mental defective”
I am having a hard time understanding how that phrase made it past editors of the questionnaire. I live in the capital city of a very large and long west coast state, and work very close with approved government words and phases, and the who use them.
I must be hyper sensitive after being trained in what is on the newest list of bad words and ideas. Jobs. mine in particular, demand the hyper thing.
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You can find the whole form at the BATF site:
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/4473-part-1-firearms-transaction-record-over-counter-atf-form-53009/downloadast
The questions are not PC and the last revision of the form was in 2016!
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Think how it would trigger the libs to apply those same criteria to voting rights.
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What if sanity leaves sometime after the background investigation is passed?
How would Feds know, unless information is kept up to date.
The release of information waiver the buyer signs allowing the Feds to get buyer information for the investigation just might reach its paws into the future, as the future comes along, without notice to the now insane gun owner. If red flag laws pass, broadening the scope of Feds invasion of privacy will be easy. Mandating automatic updating of the investigation file with relevant facts, will be part of the deal.
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In Connecticut the mother of the teenage Sandy Hook shooter hired an attorney then armed with psychologist reports went to court and pleaded with the judge to commit her son. The judge refused to listen to the kids own mother and set him free. Mom was the first person he killed! The point is nobody is going to be rounding up armed Americans because they filled out a questionnaire about depression or has a bottle of Prozac in the medicine cabinet!
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‘He is showing that he has an open mind, is listening to all sides, and actually wants to do something to help, and not just for the sake of doing something.’
A normal response to ambiguous questions.
Then we get out the cherry picker.
The cherry picker that ‘chooses truth over facts.’
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You just highlighted the actual problem. If someone is deemed to be clinically insane or psychotic, thus a threat to others, so not fit for society? Why is that person roaming free in our communities? Worse, why are some being allowed to operate within our actual gov’t??
Focus on mental health, & repairing a broken system. Otherwise, you can’t have meaningful background checks. These laws will mostly be abused to target the wrong people.
It would impact anyone living with these individuals also. Not that it’d be wise to provide the possible access, but still they’d lose that right. The crazy people will find other ways to hurt people if so inclined. They can just steal one, or otherwise purchase the gun needed.
It’s not the answer.
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Exactly what IS the definition of crazy? No one knows. That’s the danger with enhanced background checks. Are you crazy if you’re different? One definition of crazy was not taking the shortest route home from work. By that notion I was crazy. I always took the scenic route for peace and relaxation.Bearing arms a RIGHT. What part of right don’t people get?
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You pretty much HAVE to change HIPPA laws if you want to do anything meaningful re background checks. Even a patients PCP can’t get their psych records from a hospital or from their psychiatrist due to HIPPA. We can get all other records, but mental health records not allowed to be shared unless the patient hands them to us his or her self. You also have to stop scrubbing high school criminal records when someone turns 18 or 21.
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OK Dawg….we’re on the same page……….
Nice….
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I wish he would take every opportunity to say that illegal guns is another problem with open borders. They may not be an issue with these shooters (their handlers made sure of that), but it very likely IS an issue for the 40+ deaths in Chicago every weekend.
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Trump should just go out and state that there will be universal background checks on gun purchasers. That should appease the lunatics. Of course we already do this, but half the country doesn’t know that.
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What the Dems want is background checks on all gun sales (among other things). Me selling one to a buddy or gift to an adult child. Private sales. I don’t agree with it so don’t shoot the messenger.
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Just redefine “universal” to mean what the law currently is. Voila!
Shift the argument to the meaning of the label, and the issue fades into the background.
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I wish we could redefine the Thompson aka Chicago typewriter as an office supply!
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More importantly though I think…..is….we should have…..
Background checks on all people who want Gun Control!
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“Universal background check” is their way to achieve a national gun owner database – which can be used later to facilitate confiscation. Any if, through credit card and debit card records, they find anyone buying ammunition who hadn’t been run through a background check for that specific firearm, they could presume an illegal gun purchase and pursue felony charges. The “gun show loophole” (private sales amounting to less than 1% of gun purchases) is what keeps the government from knowing with almost total certainty who has what, and it provides a plausible defense to citizens for why they might have an “unauthorized” gun. Anyone who thinks the applicant’s data is actually purged after a background check needs to have their head examined.
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ATF Form 4473
Filled out every time a firearm purchase through an FFL occurs. I’m pretty sure the ATF has a list. Why do the Socialists keep shouting about more records….? The records are there. The whole exercise of listing everything and checking it twice is a clown show. They don’t want the list, they want to keep the list from growing. Too bad so sad. That horse left the barn a long time ago. States are returning to natural 2nd amendment language every day.
Listen to some 911 calls on youtube. Ask a local LEO about response times. Look into crime rates and LEO vs population density numbers. When seconds matter, LE is minutes away. The only help you can 100% depend on is on your person, in a night stand, leaning in a corner and/or in the gunsafe. Counting on outside help in an emergency is a fool’s errand.
And, for the record. I’ve never filled out any forms to purchase ammo. NEVER. Now, I’ve signed plenty of forms to requisition arms and ammo for certain jobs….. A different story from a different life.
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“…Why do the Socialists keep shouting about more records….?
To keep us on the defensive and to incrementally (for now) ratchet up control.
I don’t get some of the comments on this issue. This site has provided it’s readers perhaps the best information on the obama admin coup attempt. What was at the heart of that attempt?
The abuse of federal information (surveillance) to violate the rights of innocent Americans considered political opposition by the Left/DS.
How quickly that is forgotten by people who are now advocating expanded fed information gathering, to include changing HIPPA laws. All because the Left is yapping loudly again.
Form my perspective this isn’t even about guns. I believe (for once) the Left should be told to make their case. Make the case that because two people went nuts the laws governing 300M+ people should be changed. Just once, make the Left justify that, or pound sand.
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The communists are all about their “files”. Every cold war movie has at least one “according to our files..” in the script.
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“That should appease the lunatics.”
I’m afraid not.
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No it won’t. They want your guns so they can force you to submit to their insanity. Or else. There is no appeasing the Left.
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And, the only way to bring any of us to heel is to confront us. The gov’t itself knows its not happening. Some of the most staunch 2nd amendment supporters are LEO. So, those they task to disarm us are with us. So, they have to backdoor this through BS.
I live where a natural disaster can lead to some grid down type of situation(s). LE can only cover so much cause they are local and dealing with their own personal issues the situation causes. So, I know I can count on a few trusted brothers and sisters, who once we are squared away and take action to help ourselves, can group up and make sure others are looked after and patrol as necessary if needed.
Any of those antifa types who are organizing their own militia(s) need to be recce’d so we understand their capabilities. I know I keep my eyes and ears open. I’m not opposed to checking out something/someone that triggers my spidey-sense. I believe we should all take an active role in our own safety and security.
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Maybe we should tie universal background checks with universal voter ID. Hmmm. They would never go for that (the Donks).
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Excellent point.
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So glad the old White House press room interrogation/talking point/nonsense is over. This way is beautiful, no one can see their faces or hear them and he so controls the narrative. No more Jim Acosta or April, or if they are there, he ignores them.
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AMEN!
It was a dead do-do bird.
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Another brilliant tactical maneuver by POTUS. Entirely designed to cut the yapping jackals off at the knees, IMO. Beautiful!
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Just a bunch of arrogant, hateful screaming hyenas
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Steph Grisham is a wolveriine, in her own right. She’s a stone-cold killer.
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So many things we will have to compare future POTUS to. These every other day press briefings. Even a democrat (hope never again) who will get softballs will be shown to get softballs every day. And baby acosta can’t pose constsntly.
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I too want to get the guns out of the hands of crazy sick people. Let’s start with Antifa and work our way to their masters. The Dayton guy was Antifa. The El Paso guy was probably Antifa too — I don’t think the location was random.
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And let’s make sure the clear cut crazies are isolated for their and others protection.
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I feel like that is what would be needed for some of them. Guns aren’t the only deadly weapon they might use. They might use knives and bicycle locks to hit people over the head. These are objectively dangerous and unreasonable people. I say round them up after collecting video evidence of their activities. Place undercover fed among the people who go there to observe and document and let’s see what happens when Antifa attacks an armed federal law enforcement officer.
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Yes, they use acid attacks and big delivery trucks driven into masses of people.
Remember the London Bridge incident, and that one in the south of France.
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Yesterday, or it may be today is the 50th anniversary of the Sharon Tate murder.
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@ Daniel:
“Where there’s a Drill, there’s a Way…”
I heard on Alt Radio that both El Paso & Dayton have Democratic Mayors.(1)
And that “preparedness” type drills were also taking place before/during/after the two shootings (a very common occurrence for most of the prior “mass shootings” &/or “disasters” going back as far as 9/11). (2)
__The Medical Center 2+ miles from the El Paso Walmart was supposedly having a preparedness drill. (3)
__The county where Dayton is was having a week-long series of drills. (4)
Sources:
1_Ted & Austin Broer Radio Show.
2_Nineteen years online of personally reading &/or watching investigative researchers’ reports re same.
3+4_Either James Fetzer’s site &/or Truthseeker (UK) site &/or both.
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Two strong takeaways sent strong messages to China.
1. No hurry on China deal. Almost there and China reneged, so more pain coming.
2. Beautiful letter from Kim. Means China’s grip on NoKo is perhaps loosening.
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For anyone needing debriefing or reprogramming on what Trump said at Charlottesville I have a link to prager university debriefing seminars , turns out Trump never said he loves Nazi (s) , it’s all been a lie !!
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Of course it’s a lie. I remember when it went down. I was watching live streams of the situation. Puerto Ricans for Trump were there – white nationalists, no doubt. People forget what the protest was about. It was about taking down a Confederate monument. People who believe in maintaining history were against that, not just ‘muh white nationalists’. The ‘fine people’ were those who wanted to preserve history and the liberals who restrained themselves to peaceful protest instead of pee and poop throwing lunatics.
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Folks, calm down about gun control, etc. Trumps MO is to get all the democrats in a room for some talks and then he will offer them something they want and they will say and then everyone walks away. End of subject. He will not give in to any further gun control. Democrats are the same as Palestinians – it will never be enough. Ever. He knows this and proved with with DACA and chain migration – and democrats shut the government down over it.
Chopper pressers are the best because NOBODY in the media gets camera time; they squandered their TV time by being mentally unstable.
Gosh, I still cannot believe I didn’t vote for Trump in the primary… What an incredible president he is being!
Have a wonderful weeked, folks!
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Delay, delay, delay.
Average American attention span is short.
They hear ” we are going to do something comprehensive, meaningful”.
Press will try to keep it in the news as long as possible, but they will get distracted by something else, and the subconscious aggregate memory will be “Trump did something comprehensive, meaningful”.
Or pacing, as Rush refers to it. An EXCELLENT quality in a President.
He NEVER gets suckered into immediate, un-revokable, unforgivable action.
Next!
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So Burr controls DNI nomination …
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Well we’ve got our DNI for 210 days. Thats plenty of time to get ‘r done.
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And another 210 days if the official nominee is rejected.
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Not “controls”.
Just the end of obstruction to Barr’s requests for cooperation.
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Burr (along with other RINO’s and Dems) may not survive the light of de-clas that’s coming.
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Trump is way too smart to imagine the government can write “smart” gun laws. He also knows the vile leftists want to disarm Americans. Furthermore he knows the likes of AOC, Corry Booker, Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee et al are wholly incapable of adjutucating Second Amendment rights.
I’m wincing at what I heard today but I have learned to wait and see with VSGPDJT. He plays a LONG game.
I think Trump is rope-a-doping the Leftists. Let’s see if I’m right about this.
“LORD GOD please please draw Donald Trump to Yourself, give him wisdom and a discerning spirit. Lead him in Your statutes and in Your righteousness. In Jesus’ Name amen.”
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He also says things to survey what people want.
I Trust him, too. But, this is too important not to let him and law makers hear from ALL of us. I am hoping everyone will flood their communication venues (snail mail, email, text, twitter, etc) with our “voice/vote!”
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Scorched earth remark. Love it.
THE PRESIDENT: I look — well, I mean, Joe Biden can’t answer a simple question. Something is going wrong with him. I mean, the only — the only thing is — I mean, a lot of people think that he was the one that wanted Bob Mueller to testify because it made Joe look intelligent. Okay?
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Not tired of winning yet!
You notice, these helicopter impromptus don’t give reporters face time?
When was last time you saw the CNN reporter?
I know, who?
Lol.
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If a person is too mentally unstable to own a gun, why is that person our walking around free in society? Anyone that dangerous to others should be in a mental institution Clearly the Dallas kids mother knew he was a dabger, she called police to warn then, just as people called on the Parkland shoiter and FBI was aware of Boston Bombers
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Correct.
Four Dead, Two Wounded in Southern California Mass Stabbing
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=382725
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We no longer have anything close to that sort of capacity for institutionalizing mentally ill/dangerous patients, CarolynH. Though “mental hospitals” used to be common in the first half of the 20th century, most states now have ONE per state. It is more common now to just put mentally ill persons who undertake violent acts in jail, and to medicate them to manage control. There isn’t much of a system in place for any kind of prevention.
Historically, mental institutions eventually became warehouses deficient in care standards, and patients became subject to a variety of abuses. There was a public demand for change, and a political over-reaction that began in the 1960s. The process of de-institutionalization is one of the chief causes behind our homelessness problem.
My very first health-care related work was as a Crisis Intervention volunteer in 1971. CI walk-in and call-in centers originally got funded by the shift in available federal funding from “institutions” toward community mental health clinics, which are all outpatient. It’s got an interesting history:
https://www.thebalance.com/deinstitutionalization-3306067
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You can’t have MEANINGFUL background checks, UNTIL you fix a broken mental-health system. That is the root of the problem, NOT guns. Lunatics that want to hurt a bunch of people, always find another way. Just look at the Jih ad method, & that happens in 3rd world countries no less.
He himself has been labeled “mentally unfit”, “unstable”, “erratic”… is that a fair assessment? No. But according to many of these lawmakers, PDJT should not be allowed to own guns.
Criminals always find the guns. And it’s not thru legal means they do so. I have no doubt most people by simply asking around, could easily purchase one thru alternative means. I wouldn’t recommend doing so, but it’s just the way it is.
It’s also too bad he’s not making the connection with the push to label Conservatives as domestic terrorists. Funny, when all the violence stems from the Left, & they’re are allowed to operate in plain sight actual terroristic organizations. This is just a roundabout means to gun-grabs from the law-abiding.
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When I told one of my sons about the journalist repeatedly asking the same question – as if they did not comprehend Trump’s first clear answer – his response was that they simply did not want to hear that particular answer. Journalists need to accept the answers they are given and honestly think about the issues. Their job should not be to echo certain political views and opinions but rather to weigh these and look for reliable confirming or refuting evidence.
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If facts don’t fit the narrative, ignore the facts.
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At the very end of the session, one of the presstitutes commented, “we should do one of these indoors sometime…”
President Trump just…laughed!!!!
LOL! UV torture on the South Lawn!
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Won’t snow be fun?!
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LOL
Never let ’em in the White House ever again, less they bought their tour ticket for a day VSGPDJT is away.
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Love it. Makes them stand outside and wait for him in the hot and cold and then choppers off after he’s shown them who’s boss!
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Look where PDJT was standing vs the pressitutes…The sun was in their EYES the whole time!!! Luv IT!!!…PDJT back to the sun means he didn’t need sunglasses like the press did…
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Hysterical!!! – THE PRESIDENT: I look — well, I mean, Joe Biden can’t answer a simple question. Something is going wrong with him. I mean, the only — the only thing is — I mean, a lot of people think that he was the one that wanted Bob Mueller to testify because it made Joe look intelligent. Okay?
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I appreciate working to ensure that serious and potentiallly portentious juvenile incidents are considered in background checks rather than being flushed at 18 years. However, this will not be very effective unless the “education” establishment’s efforts to hide students’ crimes from the authorities as in Parkland and the angelic Trayvon et cetera which are rampant social de-engineering schemes of the Left as Sundance has so effectively demonstrated.
Hiding and or covering for any crime should result in much more severe criminal consequences for those that protect the young criminals and “Promise Programs” must be utterly forbdden.
Also, clearly the FBI has some way overdue ‘splainin’ to do about their failures in so many atrocities we’ve observed. What’s the point of a Red Flag law if our “Premiere” law enforcement agency apparently stages incidents by simply pretending they never heard anything? I’d be interested in hearing our President’s thoughts on that matter.
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With respect to the NRA “signing up for gun control”. The NRA actually signed up for gun control as long as due process and protection for 4th,5th,6th and 14th amendment rights were included, back in 2016. Needless to say, the democrats were not supportive of have those protections being built into the law.
The same will occur today. People will agree to laws and regulations; then protection of rights will be added by the President as well as most republicans (plus the NRA will sign up for that version). The democrats will say no deal, unconditional surrender and/or confiscation of weapons is required.
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I like the idea of Acting Jack’s. Give em a chance and if they dont cut it shitcan them. Dont wanna hear about “continuity “. Yeah, look where that got( Eric Holder) us. Nope, dont keep them in there year after year. They get complacent and too comfortable in their little fiefdoms. Say…while were at at how bout Acting Supreme Court Justices…..
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PDJT is a genius. I’m going to watch him walk through these negotiations and see what happens. I’m against red flag laws. I’m for the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. I’m for enforcing existing law. I’m very sadly for going back to having “mental institutions” but with incredibly strict laws to protect those people from abuses. The Lefties have lost their ever loving minds. I’ve read through hundreds of pages of Epstein docs that were released. I’m actually thinking of taking a break from the Internet entirely. We’ll see how that goes. LOL. Good news: PDJT is NOT suspect in the Epstein abuses. Bill Clinton certainly is. Try not to let the dirty dogs get you down today Treepers. Live to fight another day.
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The internet has become such a dark place, I hardly look at it anymore. Just occasional CTH and Trump’s tweets. The rest is mostly leftist hate fantasy promulgated by Twitter, Facebook, and MSM. I suspect a lot of good people have abandoned the internet, which is one reason it’s fast going downhill. Another reason is censorship. A further reason is people are drawn to “echo chambers” to protect their preconceptions, leaving few sites that allow open-minded discussion where you aren’t reflexively called a troll. A last reason is the prevailing human habit of negative thought, so that every good idea or act is torn to shreds. Thank you CTH for keeping a positive slant!
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Too clever, humorous, and possible true!
“— I mean, a lot of people think that he was the one that wanted Bob Mueller to testify because it made Joe look intelligent. Okay?”
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“— I mean, a lot of people think that he was the one that wanted Bob Mueller to testify because it made Joe look intelligent. Okay?”
Reporter in front couldn’t help it and cracked a smile when Trump said that. I belly laughed.
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There has never been a president– nor will there be–that has made themselves more available to the press than President Trump. Despite the daily ravaging of anything possible they can think of to slam him, he confronts them like a war general and virtually beats them down. He wears them out.
It’s astounding.
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Falling Like Dominoes? 3rd Chinese Bank Bailed Out In Only 3 Months!
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“Iran appears to be hurtling toward a tipping point. In recent weeks, the Islamic Republic has attacked oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, shot down a U.S. military drone and announced plans to execute 17 suspected U.S. spies. One factor behind the recent moves? Iran’s economy is struggling under the weight of U.S. economic sanctions.
The oil-producing country has been the target of U.S. sanctions for decades, and they’ve taken a major toll on its economy. Inflation is now rampant, and investors remain wary of directing capital to the country.”
How Decades Of US Sanctions Crushed Iran’s Economy
Good. That’s the goal. Next up, the corrupt and fraud-saturated totalitarian police state called China.
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Trump made the point that the ICE raids help dissuade illegal immigrants from making the journey. Yes. Unsaid is that the ICE raid where 700 illegals were caught at the food processing plant were caught at a plant OWNED by KOCH. That detail has not seemed to be elevated to where it should be. It explains why the Koch brothers are anti-Trumper’s. It really opened my eyes.
Maybe the selection of the plant to raid is a shot across the Koch’s bow as it is illegal to knowingly employ illegals. It is terrible, a cynical business practice to purposely hire illegals, presumable for labor cost reasons, and highly immoral because of the huge risk to the women and children to make the journey, and when parents are caught and deported the impact on the children is traumatic.
Kochs are not the people I thought they were, instead they are just old fashion pirates cut from the same cloth as the ancient slave traders… IMO.
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IRS targeting Tea Party was good for the goose.
ICE targeting Koch is good, for the gander.
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Please note : the Mississippi Chicken Plant is not owned by the KOCH Brothers! It is a different Koch family based in Chicago. See below for affirmation.
BUSINESS
Mississippi ICE raids hit Koch Foods, a large suburban Chicago-based poultry processor that mostly flies under the radar. …Koch Foods, a large Park Ridge-based poultry processor whose billionaire owner, Joseph Grendys, mostly flies under the radar.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cb-ice-raids-koch-foods-chicago-20190808-nxri7je3qvhrnes3gqnqwxgulq-story.html
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From Koch Foods FAQ –
“ARE YOU RELATED TO OTHER COMPANIES WITH THE KOCH NAME?
Koch Foods is an independent, privately held company that specializes in the processing of poultry. We are in no way affiliated with the Koch brothers, Koch Industries, Koch Companies or any other organization that uses the Koch name.”
http://www.kochfoodsinc.com/our-company/faq
That is why that connection was not made. It is not true.
Agree 100% with the rest of your comment, except, I always knew Koch Bros to be no good. Love your description – “pirates…slave traders.” Well said!
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To be fair (as I, too, have many complaints about them), the Koch brothers of Koch Industries are not involved in this company at all. It was founded by someone not related to those brothers under the name of Koch Foods and sold to Joseph Grandys in the 1990s. Mr. Grandys has been cited for immigration violations in the past at his Ohio plant, so he has no excuse for such “corporate oversight” (I’m putting it kindly).
However, let’s go after the Brothers Koch for their lack of support for Trump. Globalism doesn’t not benefit the American middle class, the back bone of our Republic.
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The one thing he talks about regarding gun issues that I agree with is not expunging the juvenile record of a violent juvenile with more than one incident. This would be quite helpful. Background checks I am not in favor off, intelligent or not…too much room for corruption.
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That is what he meant by “common sense” changes in background checks. Might have stopped the Ohio shooter.
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A sensible response from TX Senator John Cornyn re gun legislation. Just be sure we hold them to it.
https://old.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/coa7b6/my_texas_senator_response_to_preserving_2nd/
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I donate monthly to Trump’s war chest and regularly receive polls/questionnaires but since the tragedies in El Paso and Dayton… the normal requests for opinions is non existent. I personally support the President/Administration but have serious concerns about any legislation that is being forced due to Democratic pressure and that is welcomed by current Swamp Creatures!
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In Connecticut the mother of the teenage Sandy Hook shooter hired an attorney then armed with psychologist reports went to court and pleaded with the judge to commit her son. The judge refused to listen to the kids own mother and set him free. Mom was the first person he killed! The point is nobody is going to be rounding up armed Americans because they filled out a questionnaire about depression or has a bottle of Prozac in the medicine cabinet! I don’t know how that judge sleeps at night.
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Trump is no doubt the best US President ever, and he’s getting the world under control. Still, I worry about his support for “intelligent background checks”. Guns are a constitutional right. No background check can be intelligent enough to tell who’s dangerous. I fear people who are simply unusual won’t be able to pass such a check. Not fair. Unconstitutional.
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