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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald Trump thought he could overpower the NRA. He was wrong.
The biggest sign yet that Trump isnt remaking the GOP in his image.by Dara Lind on June 21, 2016, 11:40 a.m. ET
On Monday, the Republican-led Senate didn't just hand a defeat to gun control supporters. It handed a defeat to its own party's presumptive presidential nominee.
Donald Trump supports prohibiting suspected terrorists from buying guns. He even tried to flex some muscle last week to get the National Rifle Association on board. (After all, Trump pointed out, the NRA has endorsed him and if his treatment of Chris Christie is any indication, he sees endorsement as something like indentured servitude.)
But the NRA didn't budge, and so neither did the GOP. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) amendment, which would have given the government veto power over gun purchases by "suspected terrorists," failed 47-53.
Two Senate Republicans, Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), did vote for Feinstein's amendment. Another, Susan Collins (R-ME), is pushing a narrower compromise proposal. But they're hardly touting the fact that their party's presumptive nominee supports a terrorist gun ban as an argument in their favor. If anything, they're open to such a proposal despite Trump's support: Both Ayotte and Collins have criticized Trump and both are still holding out on endorsing him; Kirk has outright unendorsed Trump while calling him temperamentally unfit to control Americas nuclear arsenal.
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Donald Trump thought he could overpower the NRA. He was wrong. (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jun 2016
OP
Donald Trump is the perfect candidate for Hillary Clinton to beat in November
Electric Monk
Jun 2016
#2
I feel like I've contributed more to the discussion of the OP than "Yep", yet you are berating me?
Electric Monk
Jun 2016
#5
Please feel free to elaborate on why you feel like your "Yep" contributed more to the discussion.
Electric Monk
Jun 2016
#8
Please do continue contributing positively to this discussion thread yourself :) nt
Electric Monk
Jun 2016
#10
My "Yep" addressed the accuracy of the OP. I am waiting for you to discuss it.
BootinUp
Jun 2016
#11
Trump was wrong, yet again. I am a host of the DU GCRA group, btw. Good enough for you?
Electric Monk
Jun 2016
#12
I am waiting for you to discuss it, too. I'm getting rather tired of still discussing it, frankly.
Electric Monk
Jun 2016
#13
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)1. Don should have been buying guns to sell instead of those hats.
PJMcK
(22,048 posts)7. That's his new endeavor after November: Trump Gunz (n/t)
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)2. Donald Trump is the perfect candidate for Hillary Clinton to beat in November
BootinUp
(47,187 posts)4. Pretty lame thread jacking attempt there. Why not just discuss the OP?
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)5. I feel like I've contributed more to the discussion of the OP than "Yep", yet you are berating me?
BootinUp
(47,187 posts)6. Of course you do.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)8. Please feel free to elaborate on why you feel like your "Yep" contributed more to the discussion.
BootinUp
(47,187 posts)9. Nice graphic. Basically an attack on other posters.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)10. Please do continue contributing positively to this discussion thread yourself :) nt
BootinUp
(47,187 posts)11. My "Yep" addressed the accuracy of the OP. I am waiting for you to discuss it.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)12. Trump was wrong, yet again. I am a host of the DU GCRA group, btw. Good enough for you?
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)13. I am waiting for you to discuss it, too. I'm getting rather tired of still discussing it, frankly.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)16. Still waiting...
BootinUp
(47,187 posts)3. Yep. nt
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)14. Donny is used to walking into any room and bullying his way
into a deal that he will inevitably cheat on anyway. He's used to getting what he wants, but he forgot that all those people he's used to dealing with want something from him. Money, a chance, 15 minutes . . .
The NRA was holding all the cards. They don't need or want jack shit from Donny. He found that out the hard way.
Tarc
(10,476 posts)15. Even in good years, the House & Senate GOP have their own agendas and own races
This year, they will distance themselves as much as possible.