i listen to my constituents. we ll do the oversight. but we re also going to work and demand that we protect people from gun violence, that we pass background checks, that we shame this senate into getting off its hands and passing hr-8. we have so much work to do. and this president is just draining the resources and using whether it s the army corps of engineers or homeland security or fema. the resources that we have promised for protection against disasters like the possible coming hurricane. this president is just daily doing such wrongdoing and the american people will tolerate it not much longer. congresswoman, we need to leave it there. congresswoman madeline dean of pennsylvania, thank you so much. thank you so much. right now tropical storm dorian is strengthening as it takes aim at puerto rico and florida. we will nearly a dozen suspicious deaths.
of a wedge issue when it comes to republican districts so it used to be the case you d have all of these democrats and republicans wearing these a rating pins. now most democrats proudly wear their f rating pins. that s been interesting to witness. i also will note that eight republicans voted for hr8. so while it ls still very partisan you do have republicans now who are coming out in support of gun safety laws and they re doing just fine in the elections also which is really interesting because it is not just democrats that are shifting. actually there are some republicans who are starting to abandon the nra s positions as well. let s talk about, you and i talk a lot about this and it sort of ends up being about a 10,000 foot level for a lot of people. the violence that is perpetrated with guns in this country is personal. what can people who watch do about it? well, the most important thing to do is to be educated on this issue, understand that there is a solution to this
know, his board tried to bill $6 million from dues paying members to buy a mansion for him that donald trump listens to that d.c. lobbyist instead of listening to conservatives, republicans, democrats, and even nra members. that s exactly right, joe, and i m going to be fair here. in february hr 8 was passed in a bipartisan measure out of the house. it was a bipartisan measure to pass hr 8, which is universal background epidemic can, righch. everybody was on agreement. it s sitting in the senate. it s mitch mcconnell who needs to move forward and donald trump. there was a bipartisan effort there. but here s the thing, when you re talking about these nra lobbyists or these lobbyists, they re picking money over people s lives. money over people s lives. you know, and the other thing, too, about it, joe, is we have a
from what we used to see several years ago even if recent elections when they would tiptoe around the issue of gun control. april, when you look at this, are you seeing any after sandy hook there was a feeling something would change. then there is seemed to be some folks, i think a lot of people who were skeptical because things didn t change after sandy hook thought who will change after el paso or dayton? do you think anything changes? you know, i thought as you said sandy hook, something was going to change. but it didn t. i thought after parkland, more would change. but it didn t. this is a very knee-jerk reaction society and particularly this president and gun issues are a piece this nation has to be grapple with for for the last 22 years i ve been in washington when i first came to washington they were talking about closing the gun show loophole. now hr-8 that is passed in the house that has not passed in the
we ve seen the american public come out. it takes the american people to change this president s mind. and as long as the pressure keeps coming, hr-8 could be a possibility. it s passed in the house. but where s the senate? where are the senate republicans? but i m i want i just have to say this. wait. i need to refute your last point. go ahead. the issue s not that we re saying that this country hasn t gone far enough, hasn t been trying to hold politicians accountable, hasn t been trying to dismantle clearly the nra for all of their wrongs and their abuses. the issue is this president s rhetoric is what is the problem. we saw barack obama cry on camera and say, what is it going to take? he was trying to help congress move. it is donald trump who will say one thing and then do another, who will say one thing and then commit to something completely different behind closed doors. that is the problem. of course we understand the republicans have been irresponsible.