Joe biden moment of silence7/7/2023 ![]() RELATED: Trump predicts Fani Willis ‘will be dropping all charges’ in rant about ‘stollen’ electionĪccording to a Ducey donor who spoke with the Post, the former governor described to them the “pressure” he felt from Trump. Although he disagreed with Trump about the outcome of the election, Ducey has sought to avoid a public battle with Trump.” The Post is reporting, “Ducey told reporters in December 2020 that he and Trump had spoken, but he declined to disclose the contents of the call then or in the more than two years since. Doug Ducey (R) just after the 2020 presidential election in an effort to pressure him to overturn the election results, reports the Washington Post.Ĭiting multiple sources, the bombshell report states that not only did the former president make a call, he also “repeatedly” attempted to get former vice president Mike Pence to join in on the pressure campaign and that Pence did call but did not press the issue. Republican lawmakers have long resisted gun laws, arguing they violate the Second Amendment.Donald Trump placed a call to former Arizona Gov. ![]() The bipartisan talks that led to the legislation were sparked by other mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.īiden and other Democrats had called on the narrowly divided Congress to take more sweeping action - including reinstating the ban on assault-style weapons often used in such massacres. The legislation also incentivizes states to adopt "red flag" laws, which allow law enforcement to remove guns from those deemed a danger to themselves or others, and it boosted background checks for gun buyers between 18 and 21 years old. The deal was the most comprehensive legislation on the issue since the 1990s.Īmong other measures, the new law focused on illegal gun traffickers and closed the so-called "boyfriend loophole" to restrict more people convicted of domestic violence from obtaining a firearm. ![]() Doug and I are praying for the dozens of people who have been hospitalized and for the loved ones of those who were lost today.Īs he referenced, Congress just passed anti-gun violence legislation that included modest firearm reforms and boosts to background checks for young people with funding for mental health, school security and more. In a written statement, Harris said, in part: "On what should be a celebratory day with family and friends, we are grieving the lives that were taken in another act of senseless gun violence in Highland Park, Illinois. "And so when we look at the issue of gun violence and when we look at the dangers that it presents to communities, it ranges and it is something that we should take very seriously," she said. "Our teachers are having to learn how to put a tourniquet on a kid if they have been shot." They go to school to learn how to teach our children, to inspire their ambition, to create the future generations of leaders, and our teachers are also in training to deal with an active shooter," Harris said. "I was just sharing with some of our heroes, our local firefighters, that part of what I'm preparing - sadly I was preparing it before, it's resonant every day - is a whole section on what our teachers go through. Harris noted she was set to travel to Chicago Tuesday morning to address the National Education Association. We are sending federal resources to local law enforcement folks on the ground to make sure that we can help them in terms of the capture of the shooter and any investigation that will follow." In separate comments during a surprise visit to a Santa Monica, California, fire station, Vice President Kamala Harris said she and Biden "have been in close coordination and we are being briefed on what's happening right now in terms of the active shooter situation. ![]()
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