Beto Sparks Party Split On Gun Bans, But Not On Second Amendment

By Tom Knighton

Townhall Media/Julio Rosas

Beto O’Rourke is almost a gift to the pro-gun side. He’s been saying everything we’ve argued Democrats believe. Before, the only ones who would actually verbalize what we all knew were random people on social media who had no standing on the national stage. It was easy to dismiss those voices as irrelevant.

Now, though, you’ve got a presidential candidate and former party golden boy saying the precise things we’ve been promised that no one wanted.

O’Rourke’s decision to actually say these things has somewhat torn the party asunder on the issue, it seems.

Beto O’Rourke’s proposal to implement a mandatory buyback program for assault weapons ignited a split among 2020 Democrats at the Giffords/March for Our Lives gun safety forum on Wednesday.

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What they’re saying: “We have a way sometimes as a party … of getting caught, just when we’ve amassed the discipline and the force to get something done right away, a shiny object makes it harder for us to focus,” Buttigieg said when asked about the buybacks debate among 2020 Democrats.

• “I heard some of the comments made today on this stage,” O’Rourke said when it was his turn. “Those who are worried about the polls, …Read the Rest

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