Former President Donald Trump came out strongly Thursday against the bipartisan gun bill, threatening Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , who has supported advancing the legislation along with 13 other GOP lawmakers. Twenty Republican and Democratic negotiators—led by GOP Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, along with Democratic Senators Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Chris Murphy of Connecticut— announced a framework for the bipartisan gun bill on June 12 after multiple mass shootings. The legislation, which would be the biggest gun reform measure to pass Congress in years, got through its first major hurdle on Tuesday with the support of 14 Republican senators . In a Thursday morning Truth Social post, Trump slammed the legislation, calling it a “career-ending bill,” and took aim at McConnell. “Mitch McConnell’s push for Republican Senators to vote for Gun Control will be the final straw. Just like he gave away the Debt Ceiling and got NOTHING in return, or handed the Dems a great sound bite and victory with the Infrastructure Bill, which is actually all about the Green New Deal, he is now forcing approval of the FIRST STEP IN TAKING AWAY YOUR GUNS! Republican Senators SHOULD NOT… Read full this story
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