{"id":1517350,"date":"2022-06-15T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517350"},"modified":"2022-06-15T13:50:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T17:50:32","slug":"sen-cornyn-says-senate-may-not-reach-a-deal-on-two-parts-of-gun-control-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cornyn-says-senate-may-not-reach-a-deal-on-two-parts-of-gun-control-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Cornyn Says Senate May Not Reach a Deal on Two Parts of Gun Control Bill"},"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%2Fsen-cornyn-says-senate-may-not-reach-a-deal-on-two-parts-of-gun-control-bill%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=1517350&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>The \u201cconcern\u201d here may have less to do with whether the two sides can get together than whether they can get together *soon.* Supporters of the bill want it passed before the July 4th recess, knowing that gun-rights advocates will use that period to organize and try to pressure Senate Republicans in favor into changing their minds. But in order for the bill to pass before then, they need it to hit the Senate floor and start moving ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>As in, within the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>So the fact that they\u2019ve hit a snag \u2014 two snags, actually \u2014 doesn\u2019t mean the bill is dead. But it increases the chances that it\u2019ll eventually die by extending the timetable for passage past the recess. Big news.<\/p>\n<p>I think Cornyn has been operating in good faith during this process, sincerely wanting to reach a deal, but the suspicions between lefties and righties on guns run so deep that liberals on Twitter today are accusing him of having intended to sabotage the bill all along. \u201cHERE WE GO,\u201d they\u2019re saying, pointing to these tweets:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CORNYN: \u201cI don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re at that point yet, but because if we can settle these two issues, I think we&#8217;re on our way, but I am concerned now, given the time it takes and the need to complete our work, really by tomorrow, that we got to settle these issues\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankthorp\/status\/1537076305602269184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More from CNN:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cornyn: \u201cOne of the issues has to do is whether the funds that we will vote for will be available to states that don&#8217;t have red flag laws, but do have crisis intervention programs and things like mental health courts, veterans courts, assisted outpatient treatment programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1537076494677286915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The other issue: \u201cWell, the other issue has to do with the way that nontraditional relationships are handled in terms of domestic violence and misdemeanors. We got to come up with a good definition of what that actually means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1537076689745895424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That last bit refers to the so-called \u201cboyfriend loophole.\u201d Currently, domestic abusers are barred by federal law from owning guns if they were married to, lived with, or had a child with their victim. What about someone who abuses his girlfriend but doesn\u2019t live with her, though? The bipartisan group may be struggling with how to define the scope of a relationship such that domestic violence committed within its parameters is grounds for losing one\u2019s Second Amendments. Should the \u201cboyfriend loophole\u201d apply only to romantic relationships? If so, how many dates are needed before we should worry about violence in the aftermath of a break-up?<\/p>\n<p>I guess the idea is that if you\u2019ve dated someone briefly and \u201conly\u201d committed a misdemeanor in menacing her, you shouldn\u2019t lose your right to a gun. I guess?<\/p>\n<p>As for what Cornyn says about grant money, he\u2019s vague. Does he mean that he wants states without red-flag laws to receive <em>some<\/em> federal money for mental-health treatment but not as much money as states that have RFLs? Or does he mean they should receive the <em>same<\/em> amount and apportion the funds as they see fit to try to stop lunatics before they shoot up a school? Because if it\u2019s the latter, it would destroy the incentive to pass red-flag laws that the feds are supposedly trying to create. The grant idea was a compromise between left and right \u2014 in lieu of passing a federal red-flag law, Congress would set aside money to try to induce the states to set up their own.<\/p>\n<p>If Cornyn\u2019s position is now that states should get funding whether or not they set up a red-flag system, I imagine that might be a meaningful problem. And if they end up unable to compromise on it, there won\u2019t be much left to the legislation. There\u2019ll be some money for mental health plus the new background check system that includes juvenile records. Assuming <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/allahpundit\/2022\/06\/14\/aoc-expanding-background-checks-to-include-juvenile-records-in-the-senate-gun-bill-might-be-racist-n476129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AOC and the Squad<\/a> don\u2019t tank that in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s just a negotiating tactic?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is either a big problem or a way to get people to speed things and finish the legislation ASAP. Will probably know for sure tomorrow <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TFXyGgSt72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/TFXyGgSt72<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Burgess Everett (@burgessev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burgessev\/status\/1537086058978066432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Or maybe it\u2019s Cornyn losing his nerve:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Monday, Tucker Carlson said red flag law proposal would lead to gun confiscation, and attacked the Republican senators who supported it, calling out Cornyn specifically for \u201cDemocratic talking points\u201d from Pelosi and the DNC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sme7cJVW9w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/sme7cJVW9w<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fcJjbyjH1x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/fcJjbyjH1x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattGertz\/status\/1537082003182477312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I don\u2019t know. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PunchbowlNews\/status\/1536833535490899978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Punchbowl<\/a>, yesterday he made a presentation to GOP senators claiming that 84 percent of Americans who live in households with at least one gun support the package as described in the outline last weekend. No Republican official wants to piss off Fox News primetime, but Cornyn\u2019s not up for reelection until 2026. If the numbers are on his side on this, he can certainly shrug Tucker off.<\/p>\n<p>Does this sound like a guy who\u2019s losing his nerve?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) at hearing on the impact of gun violence on kids:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time one of these shootings occurs we hear people say, \u2018Do something\u2019 \u2026 Unfortunately, there are also people who say, \u2018Do nothing,\u2019 and I for one am not going to be part of that cause.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bVFJH7xWnD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/bVFJH7xWnD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1537093150568849409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, political media is mulling over Mitch McConnell\u2019s surprising announcement yesterday that <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/allahpundit\/2022\/06\/14\/wow-mcconnell-says-hell-support-senate-gun-deal-n476237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he\u2019ll vote yes on the bill<\/a> assuming that it accurately reflects the outline announced last weekend. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mitch-mcconnells-support-tougher-gun-laws-reflects-changed-political-l-rcna33537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC story<\/a> astutely describes McConnell\u2019s strategic thinking in getting to yes. He knows Americans are exasperated at seeing Congress forever paralyzed in the wake of mass shootings. He\u2019s also eager to weaken the left\u2019s campaign to eliminate the filibuster by showing voters that the Senate can still compromise. Mainly, though, he\u2019s worried about losing suburban voters:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>One day after the 2020 election, he said he\u2019s \u201cdisturbed by the loss of support in the suburbs\u201d for GOP candidates. \u201cIf you look at our situation, the Republican situation nationally, I think we need to win back the suburbs. We need to do better with college-educated voters than we\u2019re doing lately, and we need to do better with women.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Liam Donovan, a lobbyist and former Republican campaign operative, attributed the intra-party shift to a growing prevalence of mass shootings and a \u201crealignment of the GOP coalition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuburban Romney voters who had once been squarely part of the base are now up for grabs, if not beginning to lean Democrat, and this is the sort of issue that could make a big difference at the margin, both in the midterms and going forward,\u201d Donovan said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They\u2019re going to get something done here, whether or not it contains money for red-flag laws, for the simple reason that neither side can afford to take the political blame for failure.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of an exit question, read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/mcconnell-is-going-the-wrong-way-on-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Williamson<\/a> on a glaring omission from the Senate gun deal. Why aren\u2019t Republicans pushing to incentivize prosecutors to enforce gun laws already on the books, he asks? If you want stop the enormous number of violent crimes committed by habitual offenders, making sure they\u2019re locked up when they violate extant gun laws is an easy way to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cconcern\u201d here may have less to do with whether the two sides can get together than whether they can get together *soon.* Supporters of the bill want it passed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517350","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\/1517350","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}