CNN Host To Gillibrand: ‘You Get It’ On Gun Control

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Ric Feld, File

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand isn’t exactly a frontrunner in the crowded field of Democrats trying to get the chance to take a shot at President Trump. That’s not very surprising. She didn’t really have the name recognition of an Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, or Kamala Harris, much less a Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders.

Still, she’s running, and that means she’s going to make some appearances on television.

For her, though, that’s a lot easier when the CNN host you’re talking with is in lockstep with you on gun control.

CNN host Brooke Baldwin appeared to endorse Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D., N.Y.) stance on gun control during their interview Tuesday, telling the lawmaker “you get it.”

Baldwin asked Gillibrand if she was “less hopeful” about whether laws like expanded background checks could get passed in the wake of recent mass shootings, given reports that President Donald Trump had privately backed offhis support for such measures.

Gillibrand replied Trump lacked courage and wasn’t willing to stand up to the National Rifle Association, saying there were plenty of “common-sense” measures that could be passed.

“Universal background checks, making sure we ban assault weapons and large magazines, and a federal, anti-gun …Read the Rest

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