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remember, universal background checks, 97% support, and yet republicans win that philosophical question. that is number one. how about this, though? how about when you run an actual political campaign around the issue of background checks. a lot of nuance enters into the debate at that point. look at this, they did this in maine in 2016, a statewide ballot referendum. this is a state hillary clinton won. background checks, poll it, 97%. they ran a campaign. there was money, debates, arguments back and forth, it lost. background checks lost in maine 52 to 48%. how about this? one of the last times we had a tragedy like we saw a couple of days ago, you had the sandy hook massacre in 2012. what happened after that? there was a push in the united states senate for background checks. there was a vote, in fact. it failed. didn t get enough votes to pass. this was in 2013. how about the politics of this? every single one of the republicans you see here, they all voted against background
first of all, there is this basic philosophical question. look, we know the democrats by and large the energy for background checks legislatively has come from the democratic party, by and large the opposition has come from the republican party, yet when you ask people which party does a better job with gun policy, the republican party wins. remember, universal background checks, 97% support, and yet republicans win that philosophical question. that is number one. how about this, though? how about when you run an actual political campaign around the issue of background checks. a lot of nuance enters into the debate at that point. look at this, they did this in maine in 2016, a statewide ballot referendum. this is a state hillary clinton won. background checks, poll it, 97%. they ran a campaign. there was money, debates, arguments back and forth, it lost. background checks lost in maine 52 to 48%. how about this? one of the last times we had a
this is as close to universal as you re going to get in polling on any question on any topic, 97%, a new poll out today, 97% of americans say they want universal criminal background checks for the purchase of a firearm. look, there is no partisan gap on this. it go across party lines, independents, democrats and republicans alike. why on earth are the politics of this complicated? there are a couple of reasons. let s take you through. first of all, there is this basic philosophical question. look, we know the democrats by and large the energy for background checks legislatively has come from the democratic party, by and large the opposition has come from the republican party, yet when you ask people which party does a better job with gun policy, the republican party wins. remember, universal background checks, 97% support, and yet republicans win that philosophical question. that is number one. how about this, though, how about when you run an actual political campaign around the issue
amen. i spoke to the president last night, and joe biden and many others. this is not just about our next lieutenant governor who is a rock star and myself, but this is a whole up and down the ballot referendum. i am in hoboken right now, and we have the first american in robby, and we are proud to stand with everybody who won last night. last question. bon jovi or bruce springsteen? i love them both, but jon is one of our closest friends. we were proud to have him and many hundreds of other friends with us. there you go. thanks for not dodging that.
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