retreated. yesterday the white house made clear as kaitlyn notice, never mine, we have existing background laws. we don t noted to do this. now president saying he wanted to do something model. we don t know. the answer is we don t know because it changes day to day, minute to minute. here s what we know. unless the president is very clear, very specific and very skin, republicans heading into an election year will not touch the issue of gun control. so for something to happen, the president needs to be skin, specific, consistent, specific, and today, and in recent days, after the last mass shooting, he s been anything but. the only way to deal with an intractable issue is to throw full weight of the presidency behind and it to push and push and to not really let off the gas. right? yes. he could come forward and say, this is a hypothetical. we ll do this improvement. what we believe to be an improvement to background
enhanced measures, when you leaved bedminster, you seem to suggest we have strong background laws, which a lot of people read as you dialing back. i m not doing that to be cute. we have very very strong background checks right now. president trump is once again talking about gun policy following the mass shootings in el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, throughout his presidency trump has spoken about bold action on guns and then backtracked. susan page, that s a joe biden campaign video there. new one out just this morning. it comes against the backdrop of all the reporting we got last night, and again this morning from multiple sources that the president of the united states after for two weeks floating the idea that he could get universal background checks done which are popular this this country, he got a phone call, a couple phone call, but one definitive call
just earlier this year. he was able to get a single republican in his chamber on board. that s impressive in this environment. so let s get reaction from the congressman. good to see you, sir. good to see you. he s backing off. what does it mean? first of all, this is we ve seen this movie before, the president makes statements which seem to indicate he supports some common sense gun safety and then he talks to the nra and he back pedals. we know background checks work. 3 million gun sales have been denied since the law went into effect. we know they work. by the way, just to factor it in, he says he s right, we have plenty of background laws already. the problem is, one in five gun sales in this country happens without a background
congressman. good to see you, sir. good to see you. he s backing off. what does it mean? first of all, this is we ve seen this movie before, the president makes statements which seem to indicate he supports some common sense gun safety and then he talks to the nra and he back pedals. we know background checks work. 3 million gun sales have been denied since the layw went into effect. we know they work. by the way, just to factor it in, he says he s right, we have plenty of background laws already. the problem is, one in five gun sales in this country happens without a background check. so we fixed that, we passed universal background checks, we passed that back in february. it s been sitting on mitch
10 million afghans, and i m not looking to do that, but it s a war that has been going on for almost 19 years now, and frankly, it s ridiculous. but with that being said, it s a dangerous place, and we have to always keep an eye on it. i d like to look at various alternatives. one of the alternatives is going on right now. we re talking about a plan. i don t know whether or not the plan is going to be acceptable to me. maybe it s not going to be acceptable to them. but we are talking. we have good talks going, and we ll see what happens. this is more than other presidents have done. but we have brought it down. we are bringing some of our troops back. but we have to have a presence, yes. mr. president, can you clarify your position on background checks? after el paso and dayton, you seemed to be fully in support. you seemed to suggest that we already do have strong background laws, which a lot of people read as you dialing back. president trump: i m not