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Gun control is about who controls America : Tucker Carlson slams Joe Biden s new executive orders restricting firearms as a targeted attack on Trump voters
Tucker Carlson opened his show on Thursday by railing against Joe Biden s new executive actions on gun control
Carlson asserted that almost nothing in Biden s speech hours earlier was true and accused him of intentionally trying to mislead the American public The Biden administration is using the full force of government to disarm peaceful voters who voted for Donald Trump, he said
Carlson also attacked Biden s nominee to lead the ATF, David Chipman, calling him a conspiracy nut
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Maggie Seidel, former policy director for South Dakota s governor, is Finseca s new SVP of public affairs and marketing.
James Aherne is the new TPA services VP at Transamerica.
Minnesota Blue s interim CEO is a former Minnesota Supreme Court chief justice.
Finseca has hired Maggie Seidel to be senior vice president of public affairs and marketing. She will help the Washington-based group promote the value of life and annuity agents and other financial professionals.
Seidel previously served as a senior advisor and policy director for Krisi Noem, the governor of South Dakota. She joined Noem’s staff in 2019.
President Biden unveiled a series of executive orders designed to curb gun violence
He said nothing I m about to recommend in any way impinges on the Second Amendment, and blasted phony arguments
House minority leader Kevin McCarthy vowed to pursue every option be it legislative or judicial to counter them
AG Merrick Garland stood behind him
New orders will crack down on the proliferation of ghost guns, tighten requirements on pistol braces, require DOJ to publish red flag legislation and report on gun trafficking
Donald Trump Jr. hit back against the regulatory moves by asking how Hunter Biden could lie on his own background check to get a gun