Friday, February 23, 2018

DAILY BELLWETHER 02/23/2018 PRESIDENT TRUMP STANDS AGAINST ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN


Trump Still Against Assault Weapon Ban

President Trump remains opposed to an assault weapon ban as he considers steps to prevent gun violence in schools, the White House said Thursday. White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah noted Mr. Trump’s opposition to bans on military-style, semi-automatic rifles when he ran for president in 2016. “That hasn’t changed,” he said. The shooting attack by a deranged teenager last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killed 17 people and rekindled calls for a ban on assault weapons such as the AR-15 that he used. “What we are looking for are solutions that don’t ban a class of firearms for all individuals but ... Read More




Nancy Pelosi’s Border Wall Alternative includes ‘Mowing the Grass’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi suggested this week that “mowing the grass” near the U.S.-Mexico border so that illegal immigrants can’t be smuggled through thick vegetation would be a more effective measure to secure the country than President Trump’s proposed border wall. “I’m not the wall’s biggest advocate in Congress,” Mrs. Pelosi said in an interview with The Arizona Republic. “But I do know that representatives in the House and senators in that body from the border areas have some serious objection to a wall, because they know how detrimental it can be to the community trade, to all the other ... Read More



Father Of Parkland Survivor Shares Damning Details Of Call With CNN

The father of a Stoneman Douglas High School student is accusing CNN of specifically seeking out survivors of the shooting who wanted to talk about gun control, bolstering another survivor’s claims that the network tried to plant scripted questions at their Wednesday night town hall. Andrew Klein, a Republican gun-owner and the father of Ariana Klein, a junior at Stoneman Douglas, said on Fox News Thursday that he received a call from a CNN producer the day after the shooting last week. He said it was “not surprising” that the town hall was focused on strict gun control measures, as ... Read More

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