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of other issues as well. this issue we don t disagree has lots of different facets, but the baseline is background checks. can t really do red flag laws until you have background checks. it s the base of all other sorts of efforts to make sure we have real common sense gun legislation that works. okay. since standing in dayton talking to you a couple weeks ago i have since been in another town talking to another mayor who helped bury seven of their own in odessa, texas. my question, has the nation become resigned to the fact that this is america? and what would you say to those people who do feel that way? well, i ve talked to a lot of gun advocates since gun legislation, working on this issue a very long time. those new to it feels like it s very hashed and no illusions how difficult this will be, but for folks that have been working on this for a very long time, they say this feels different, that there is an exasperation by the
this is very gladitorial. and they seem to delight in the fact in fact they like that he s dignified. this has to be done. even though they will do what they re going to do and that will get play to a certain percentage of the american public that, by the way, is not growing, it s static. everyone else, the independents, if you look at the polling right now, independent voters need to hear this story because democrats, if you look at the polling, are very supportive of impeachment. it s not even close. that s true. if you drill down into the numbers, democrats are supportive of impeachment but it s the independents that need to hear the story. they need to hear not only about the obstruction but about the pervasive attack on our democracy that included hacking into voting systems in florida and illinois, stealing voter data, spearphishing.
prioritize payments. there s still revenue coming in to the government. so he could be reassuring the american public that, look, we re going to pay interest on treasuries. we re going to keep essential services open gary social security checks will be mailed out. gary, two things. first of all, a lot of folks are questioning the constitution constitutionality of that assertion. and the larger question is, shouldn t the president have to prioritize? should congress not essentially say, you know what, we re going to pay the bills we racked up? i think in this case, congress is saying, look, if we don t take some hard medicine here, we re going to kill the patient. and i m in the camp that really believes that we are going to suffer a monetary collapse as a result of this continued spending beyond our means. so they re utilizing the only
awareness of issues, relating to national security and foreign policy, two weeks later mitt romney waded into a diplomatic crisis with a misleading and uninformed attack on the president at exactly wrotsening time, which brings us to the present day. the campaign desperate to get back on message a video has surfaced featuring romney speaking at a closed door fund-raiser last may in florida. the auto he vent see the questionly filmed and given to the magazine mother jones. after months of asserting the president has run on a campaign of, quote, division and anger and hate, here s how mitt romney responded when asked about convincing the american public that, quote, everybody has to take care of themselves.