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(Well, Bannon - it is the end of everything for the 59 who lost their lives)
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bannon-itd-be-end-everything-trump-turned-left-gun-control
By NICOLE LAFOND Published OCTOBER 3, 2017 8:22 AM
While the attack in Las Vegas this weekend has been called the worst mass shooting in modern history, allies of President Donald Trump told Axios they dont think the President will pivot left on the gun control debate like he did on the debt ceiling.
Axios spoke with more than 20 sources inside and outside the White House since the shooting, including former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who said the reaction from Trumps base would be actually worse if he made a deal with Democrats on gun control than if he had supported comprehensive immigration reform.
Impossible: will be the end of everything, Bannon told Axios in a text message.
Longtime former Trump adviser Roger Stone made similar comments.
Base would go insane and he knows it, he said.
Other allies told Axios that the support of the National Riffle Association (NRA) is too important to the President for him to take any significant stance on gun control.
One source said Trump doesnt feel like he has to be loyal to traditional outside Republican groups because they didnt lift a finger to help him in the election, but the NRA is very much the exception.
snip -more to read at the link above.
Initech
(100,068 posts)You are a part of the problem.
HAB911
(8,890 posts)I would still hate his "sweet" guts
Johonny
(20,841 posts)so why does the average Joe six pack flock to his stale me first message?