Pelosi Calls Senate’s Refusal To Pass Gun Control ‘A Stain’

By Tom Knighton

Rep. Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker of the House. Right now, she has a fair bit of power in Congress, what with her party controlling the House of Representatives and all.

However, her party can’t ram legislation through, no matter how much she may try.

That’s because the Senate remains in GOP hands. The shenanigans of the Kavanaugh hearings helped make sure of that. With Republicans still holding a chamber of Congress, Pelosi and her fellow Democrats can’t ram through legislation and force the president to either decide or veto it. When it comes to guns, that’s probably a good thing.

After all, Trump has signaled his willingness to at least consider gun control in the past.

Speaking in the wake of Gilroy, however, Pelosi decided to join the chorus blaming a lack of federal gun laws for Gilroy.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sharply criticized the Senate on Monday for not advancing gun-control legislation, calling the continued inaction of the Republican-led chamber “a stain on the conscience of our nation.”

Her statement came in response to a mass shooting at a festival in Gilroy, Calif., that killed three and injured at least 15 before police fatally shot the gunman.

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Source:: Bearing Arms