{"id":1502905,"date":"2022-06-03T18:04:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T22:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1502905"},"modified":"2022-06-03T18:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T22:04:17","slug":"u-s-rep-supported-democrat-gun-control-after-tragedy-he-just-ended-reelection-bid-due-to-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-rep-supported-democrat-gun-control-after-tragedy-he-just-ended-reelection-bid-due-to-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Rep Supported Democrat Gun Control After Tragedy. He Just Ended Reelection Bid Due To Backlash."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-rep-supported-democrat-gun-control-after-tragedy-he-just-ended-reelection-bid-due-to-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1502905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A blue state Republican lawmaker in the U.S. House of Representatives who signaled support for Democrat gun control in the wake of the last week\u2019s tragedy in Texas has <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/03\/chris-jacobs-ends-ny-reelection-bid-after-gun-control-blowback\/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=NYPTwitter&#038;utm_medium=SocialFlow\">ended<\/a> his reelection bid due to the intense backlash he has received for his anti-Second Amendment stance.<\/p>\n<p>Disgraced Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY) received an endorsement from the National Rifle Association (NRA) when he ran for Congress back in 2020, but has decided to cave to the political Left amid pressure from the mainstream media.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/house\/3504980-gop-congressman-says-he-would-support-assault-weapons-ban\/\">stated<\/a> that he would now support banning semi-automatic long guns, which are extremely popular in the U.S., limiting magazine capacity, banning the sale of body armor to civilians, and raising the age requirement to buy firearms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Republican elected [official] that had endorsed me withdrew their endorsement,\u201d the disgraced Republican lawmaker told The Buffalo News. \u201cParty officials that supported me withdrew, most of them, and those that were going to said they would not. And so obviously, this was not well received by the Republican base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican backlash to Jacobs was led by Donald Trump Jr., who blasted Jacobs on Twitter late last week following Jacobs\u2019 remarks about being pro-gun control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Republican\u2019 @RepJacobs already caved to the gun-grabbers whose proposals won\u2019t do a single thing to protect our families &#038; children from criminals &#038; murderers,\u201d Trump Jr. tweeted. \u201cHe knows this but he can\u2019t resist getting a few glowing headlines from the mainstream media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Party state Chair Gerard Kassar blasted Jacobs, telling the New York Post that Jacobs ended up being someone different than the person they endorsed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the person we endorsed,\u201d Kassar said. \u201cWe did not endorse this Chris Jacobs \u2026 he\u2019s actually to the left of [US House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NC), the No. 3 House Republican, has recently endorsed former GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino to fill Jacobs\u2019 seat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to announce my endorsement of my friend Carl Paladino,\u201d Stefanik said. \u201cCarl is a job creator and conservative outsider who will provide Western New York and the Southern Tier with strong representation and leadership. Carl will be a tireless fighter for the people of New York in our fight to put America First to save the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A blue state Republican lawmaker in the U.S. House of Representatives who signaled support for Democrat gun control in the wake of the last week\u2019s tragedy in Texas has ended his reelection bid due to the intense backlash he has received for his anti-Second Amendment stance. Disgraced Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY) received an endorsement from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1502917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1502905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1502905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1502917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1502905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1502905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}