schumer is calling on his chamber to act on hr-8, the bipartisan bill on background checks which the house passed way back in february. but one man will decide if that bill ever makes it to the floor. mitch mcconnell. the senate majority leader has foiled most efforts by democrats to pass common sense legislation. the phrase, massacre mitch, is even trending on twitter. so what can democrats do to enact tighter gun laws while only controlling one chamber of congress? well, joining me to answer that question, new york congressman and chair of the democratic caucus, hakeem jeffries. mr. chairman, what can the democrats do? well, we have to continue to keep the pressure on mitch mcconnell and senate republicans. as you indicated, rev, the house back in february passed hr-8. universal criminal background check legislation. supported by the overwhelming
going to alter how i operate on behalf of my constituents and the country for whom i have a significant amount of responsibility. i intend to carry out that responsibility responsibly as i always have in the past. and no matter what the obstacles. brian: the man that stood up to president obama on merrick garland s nomination that was steadfast with kavanaugh and has been pretty steadfast even stand up with the president. ainsley: his campaign manager had a really good message about this. he said why is it okay for them to tweet certain words about my boss, mitch mcconnell? and one of the words he uses he sees on twitter a lot. pete: #massacre mitch. ainsley: why are they allowed to say that and yet we can t post a video of protesters in front yard. pete: without double standards the left wouldn t have any standards at all to include twitter. this is what cailee mac nanny national press secretary for president trump had to say about this.
respected, as well. what is going on here? youav have people urging the stabbing of mitch mcconnell, they call him massacre mitch that started after i believe an msnbc host started the hashtag moves the other day. you have a fringe element whose violent behavior is achieving the outside importance. and it s obvious he distorting the political environment. as far as targeting mr. mcconnell, the senator may have opinions that they disagret toning down rhetoric. it is dangerous. as you said, somebody is going to get hurt. people are already getting killed as a result of it.it isng the blame on individuals as it is changing the larger environment that we re in here which can trigger all kinds of
have bipartisan support, legislation that would actually start to reduce the dangers to our children, to our seniors, who is dying in these massacres, the hate-inspired massacres. look at the ones we ve been through and look at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh, seniors, children, families being massacred. because assault rifles are so easy to get and there is no background checks or no waiting period. the congress of the united states could address this right now in august. you re starting to see bipartisanship coming from some people. and i give congressman pete king credit for speaking up. we need more republicans to speak up. but unless mitch mcconnell likes that phrase, massacre mitch, he has got to bring the senate back and bring this legislation to the floor. do you agree with beto o rourke who is also running for the democratic presidential nomination and other democrats that the president should not visit that city tomorrow?
has its chief spokesperson in the white house. and it has to be very clear, when trump the next day gave his platitudes and acted like we should all love each other after he s done so much to tear us apart, my message is he broke it, he owns it. he created this reality. i understand other people pull the trigger. that is not the point. he normalized hate in america. and it is going to take the people to undo. we ll all have to work together to undo it. this is not what we are as america. let s talk about gun control legislation. what is your trop priority? i think right now this congress needs to come back, this is a moment that must be addressed, i think if they don t come back there will be tremendous anger among constituents. i think mitch mcconnell has to finally live up to his constitutional role. he is being called massacre mitch right now for a reason. because he literally is refusing to allow pieces of legislation to the floor even though they