Trump Pushes Universal Background Checks, McConnell Gently Pushes Back

By Cam Edwards

President Donald Trump told members of the press at the White House today that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is “totally on board” with universal background check legislation.

“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 on board. He said ‘I’ve been waiting for your call.’ He is totally on board. I spoke to senators… senators that are hard line on the 2nd 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 Republicans are going to be great and lead the charge along with the Democrats.”

That prompted a response from McConnell’s staff, pushing back on the idea that McConnell was sold on a “universal background check bill”. Instead, they say, the Senate majority leader has only committed to a debate about the bill.

A McConnell spokesman is gently reminding people that the majority leader did not endorse anything yesterday. https://t.co/pScGAyMVoY

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) August 9, 2019

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