whether trump asked la pierre for his support or what that support would look like. the nra issued a statement on friday in response to the times reporting stating in part quote, the nra is not in clued to discuss private conversations with the president, however many accounts of the meeting as reported in the new york times are inaccurate. the nra categorically denies any discussion of the times notes that the nra has questioned the ability to hold back the 2020 campaign and voiced concerns the group may be going bankrupt and may lack the political clout it had in 2016. janessa has a look at the weather. parts of the washington area have opened ski re sorts. over 19 inches of snow. seems a little early for me but we do have that record heat that is building. even though the pacific northwest is still dealing with a few advisories for montana, this morning.
little bureaucrat as possible. walmart responded to the national gun debate yesterday when it announced it would stop selling ammunition used in military style assault rifles and high capacity magazines is while also discouraging its customers from openly carrying guns in stores even in states where it is permitted. the announcement came exactly one month after a gunman killed 22 people at a walmart store in el paso, texas. according to a memo by a walmart ceo to its associates after selling through the current inventory commitments which could take several weeks, the company will stop selling certain short barrel rifle ammunition, and all handgun ammunition. the retail giant also announced it would call on congress to increase background checks and consider a new assault rifle ban. the nra issued a statement writing in part quote it is shameful to see walmart succumb.
despite president trump s high approval among republicans, he s facing a new challenger. former one-term tea party congressman is the second republican to see if he will run against the president. walsh drew controversy with remarks about african americans and false claims about president obama among notable tweets over the years, this from just last year that reads in part quote, i have a right to call obama a muslim. months later he wrote quote obama got elected because he s black, not because he accomplished anything significant and in 2017 there is this part of the tweet i have a right to say blacks are lazy. joining us now was republican presidential candidate joe walsh. thanks for being with us. we had a chance to talk a lot over the last two weeks. good to be with you. you apologized for the past
a lot about it. i think i have done very well with that community. as you know, peter thiel and so many others are with me all the way, and they like the job i m doing. i just got a big endorsement from the log cabin group. no, i don t think so. president trump at the white house yesterday, touting a recent endorsement nor for ree elect election reelection. the endorsement prompted a letter of resignation from a member of the group s national board of directors, jennifer horn, who wrote in part quote, in order to maintain favor with this unprincipaled unscrupulous president, too many in our party are fast abandoning the moral high ground, and i fear that in this endorsement, the log cabin republicans have damaged our ability to effectively advocate
sheriff brown of ohio with the president today. democrats trying to ramp up pressure with mitch mcconnell to vote on background check bills passed by the house this year. earlier today, 213 house democrats sent mcconnell a letter urging him to call the senate back into session, cut the session short and letter reads in part quote, in february the democratic house majority took swift action to pass the bipartisan bills that save lives but has the support of more than 90% of the american people. since that time you have allowed more than 150 days to pass and countless lives have been lost including those most recently lost in gilroy, california, el paso, texas, dayton, ohio, chicago, illinois and the many others who will never make the headlines.