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Joe Biden 'not sure' about visiting Highland Park after parade shooting
www.politico.com
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“He’s missing the boat here. This is our time to dig in and be absolutely furious because these one-half measures are not working. He’s got a real excitability problem,” said Camille Rivera, a Democratic strategist and partner at the progressive firm New Deal Strategies. “Our rights are being infringed upon and then there were two shootings [another in Philadelphia] on the exact day that people are supposed to be celebrating their ‘independence.’ I really don’t understand where this passivity comes from in this situation.”
“We’re not going to change the hearts and minds of Republicans,” Rivera added. “The fight is for independents and Democrats to get up and fight back and come out. And he is not meeting the moment. He has to meet the moment.”
There have been more than 30 mass shootings since Biden signed the bipartisan gun bill into law late last month, a dozen of which were deadly, including three on Monday and another Tuesday in Gary, Ind. Biden was on the ground after the recent massacres in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., eulogizing victims. He’s pushed through a long list of executive actions on guns and delivered a special, prime-time speech where he called it “unconscionable” that a majority of Senate Republicans wouldn’t debate fulsome gun control. He’s on the precipice of seating the first Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives director in years. He has emphasized that the modest gun bill isn’t enough and wants Congress to do more, including raising the age to purchase assault weapons to 21 from 18.
“He needs to characterize the new law as a very good first step,” said Matt Bennett, co-founder of the centrist group Third Way. But while Bennett’s emphasis was on “first,” he also took issue with the critique that Biden needs to emote each time there’s another mass shooting in the country.
“Biden has given a half dozen angry [and] sorrowful statements and they start to blur,” he said. “There’s not much more his anger will achieve.”
“Don’t poll test anything. Go say the thing that everyone is feeling: ‘Americans should be able to go celebrate the Fourth of July without getting shot. Kids should be able to go to school without there being a shooting. This is madness,’” she said. “Seize the moral high ground.”
“Enough is enough. Democrats and the people who voted for him are waiting,” she said. “You’ve got Jan. 6, bombshells, you’ve got the Supreme Court and all of it. It’s like, here you go. Now take everything and move. I don’t know what he’s waiting for.”
‘Be absolutely furious’: Dems want more from Biden after Highland Park
The president signed the first major gun bill in thirty years. He may soon get an ATF director confirmed. Some in his party still feel he’s missing the moment.
www.politico.com
excerpts:
“He’s missing the boat here. This is our time to dig in and be absolutely furious because these one-half measures are not working. He’s got a real excitability problem,” said Camille Rivera, a Democratic strategist and partner at the progressive firm New Deal Strategies. “Our rights are being infringed upon and then there were two shootings [another in Philadelphia] on the exact day that people are supposed to be celebrating their ‘independence.’ I really don’t understand where this passivity comes from in this situation.”
“We’re not going to change the hearts and minds of Republicans,” Rivera added. “The fight is for independents and Democrats to get up and fight back and come out. And he is not meeting the moment. He has to meet the moment.”
There have been more than 30 mass shootings since Biden signed the bipartisan gun bill into law late last month, a dozen of which were deadly, including three on Monday and another Tuesday in Gary, Ind. Biden was on the ground after the recent massacres in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., eulogizing victims. He’s pushed through a long list of executive actions on guns and delivered a special, prime-time speech where he called it “unconscionable” that a majority of Senate Republicans wouldn’t debate fulsome gun control. He’s on the precipice of seating the first Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives director in years. He has emphasized that the modest gun bill isn’t enough and wants Congress to do more, including raising the age to purchase assault weapons to 21 from 18.
“He needs to characterize the new law as a very good first step,” said Matt Bennett, co-founder of the centrist group Third Way. But while Bennett’s emphasis was on “first,” he also took issue with the critique that Biden needs to emote each time there’s another mass shooting in the country.
“Biden has given a half dozen angry [and] sorrowful statements and they start to blur,” he said. “There’s not much more his anger will achieve.”
“Don’t poll test anything. Go say the thing that everyone is feeling: ‘Americans should be able to go celebrate the Fourth of July without getting shot. Kids should be able to go to school without there being a shooting. This is madness,’” she said. “Seize the moral high ground.”
“Enough is enough. Democrats and the people who voted for him are waiting,” she said. “You’ve got Jan. 6, bombshells, you’ve got the Supreme Court and all of it. It’s like, here you go. Now take everything and move. I don’t know what he’s waiting for.”
