Republicans Fear 'Extinction in the Suburbs' Over Gun Control

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

(Bloomberg) -- After two gruesome mass shootings in a 24-hour span, some Republicans are raising alarms that their opposition to new firearm limits is making the party toxic to the suburban women and college graduates who will shape the 2020 election.

“Republicans are headed for extinction in the suburbs if they don’t distance themselves from the NRA. The GOP needs to put forth solutions to help eradicate the gun violence epidemic,” said Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor and oil-and-gas executive who supports President Donald Trump.

Last year, Eberhart said, he was having lunch with Rick Scott when the then-Florida governor learned of the massacre unfolding in Parkland. It marked the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, as a gunman used an AR-15-style rifle to kill 17 people. Eighteen months later, as the country reels from killing sprees in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Eberhart said it’s time to join Democrats and majorities of Americans who want to ban those types of guns.

“The GOP needs to make several moves such as universal background checks, eliminating loopholes and banning military-style assault weapons to neutralize the issue,” he said. “Otherwise, Republicans will lose suburban voters just like they did in the midterms on health care.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-fear-extinction-in-the-suburbs-over-gun-control/ar-AAFpy1s?li=BBnbcA1

You either evolve or die. If anything the Republicans have devolved since Reagan was their messiah.

[wryter2000]

1. Please let them become extinct

No more deaths from guns. Too many people have died but let this issue be the nails in the coffin of the Republican party.

[DBoon]

4. the only death I welcome is that of the Republican Party

nt

[uponit7771]

5. +1, they are currently a cowardly dark force. They can call themselves the "Whig" party again

[wryter2000]

6. Amen

nt

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. So what Eberhart is saying is Rethugs need to endorse Democratic Party ideas and legislation.

“The GOP needs to make several moves such as universal background checks, eliminating loopholes and banning military-style assault weapons to neutralize the issue,” he said. “Otherwise, Republicans will lose suburban voters just like they did in the midterms on health care.”

Where's the both sides do it and both parties are the same bullshit in that scenario??

[dogknob]

8. Not "endorse," co-opt.

[lapfog_1]

3. You either evolve or die

but they have "evolved".

in genetic terms they mutated into the party of Trump. And in the environment they were confronted with, there was some success with the Trump mutation (electoral collage win). That success created progeny (the Trumpists) who will now face an ecology not suited to their new genetic code. I expect them to all die off (genetically speaking) when facing a younger more diverse electorate.

I really hope this is the case.

[maxsolomon]

7. All my relatives live in Ohio suburbs

so the GOP should be good.

[pecosbob]

9. Go NRA! Bursting from the chest cavity of the GOP like one of Ridley Scott's monsters

Please, whatever you guys are doing...don't stop!

[Hortensis]

10. I only hope it's too sensible for Republican leaders

to listen to.

This is the THIRD time in a day, btw, that I've heard conservative voices demonize the NRA for forcing Republicans to oppose gun control. The NRA did it, and apparently McConnell, Boehner, Ryan, Frist, Dole, etc., were all "just following orders."