rights. i don t want to take away the constitution having to do with gun ownership. we can t let that slope go to easy that we re talking about background checks that all of a sudden we re talking about let s take everybody s gun away. people need weapons, unfortunately, for protection. that s not the only walk-back of the week. just days after the reports the white house designed a payroll tax cut to combat a weakening economy, the president said this. i m not looking at a tax cut now. we don t need it. we have a strong economy. certainly a payroll tax cut president obama did that in or order to artificially jack up the economy. the latest on what we ll call a summer of flip-flops for the president. you may recall in june he changed his tune days after he originally said he would accept campaign help from foreign governments without necessarily mentioning said campaign help to the fbi, also in the month of june he warrant iran an attack on anything american will be met
with. it s not the gun that pulls the trigger. it s the person holding the gun. people don t realize, we have very strong background checks right now. you go in to buy a gun, you have to sign up. there are a lot of background checks that have been approved over the years. we can t let that slope go so easy that we re talking about background checks then all of a sudden talking about let s take everybody s gun away. people need weapons. unfortunately for protection. that word slope is an nra talking point. no. it s a trump talking point. and it s happening as the nra this morning is in even more turmoil with a shakeup in its legal team including firing its long-time outside counsel, but does that weaken its influence with the president at all? joining me now is political reporter for the new york times jeremy peters and back with me joel payne.
president trump also spoke about his conversation with nra chief executive wayne lapierre. that was yesterday. the president denied recent reporting that he told lapierre he would not pursue background checks and later added this. we have background checks. but there are loopholes in the background checks. and that s what i spoke to the nra about yesterday. they want to get rid of the loopholes as well as i do. at the same time i don t want to take away people s second amendment rights. i don t want to take away the constitution. having to do with gun ownership. and you know, we can t let that slope go so easy that we re talking about background checks, then all of a sudden we re talking about let s take everybody s gun away. people need weapons, unfortunately, for protection. that word slope, that is an nra talking point that s a trump talking point. politico reports that senate homeland security chairman republican ron johnson is casting major doubt on the prospects of si
hundreds of rounds of ammunition. it s just the latest ka is this week after credible threats were disrupted in ohio, florida, and connecticut. meanwhile congress remains stalled on gun control legislation as the president once again muddies the waters on background checks. i don t want to take away people s second amendment rights. i don t want to take away the constitution having to do with gun ownership. you know, we can t let that slope go so easy that we re talking about background checks then all of a sudden we re talking about let s take everybody s gun away. people need weapons unfortunately for protection. that is an nra talking point. it s a trump talking point. joining me now democratic governor of south carolina back with me. david, i mean, we re talking about taking everybody s gun away, who is talking about that?
we have background checks. but there are loopholes in the background checks. and that s what i spoke to the nra about yesterday. they want to get rid of the loopholes as well as i do. at the same time i don t want to take away people s second amendment rights. i don t want to take away the constitution. having to do with gun ownership. and you know, we can t let that slope go so easy that we re talking about background checks, then all of a sudden we re talking about let s take everybody s gun away. people need weapons, unfortunately, for protection. that word slope, that is an nra talking point that s a trump talking point. politico reports that senate homeland security chairman republican ron johnson is casting major doubt on the prospects of significant gun regulations, passing this fall. and we quote. the wisconsin republican said that a background checks measure based on the bill written by senators pat toomey and joe man sxhin a national red flag bill are both unlikely