{"id":733445,"date":"2021-09-09T09:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T13:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=733445"},"modified":"2021-09-09T09:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T13:35:30","slug":"white-house-to-withdraw-bidens-pro-gun-control-atf-nominee-amid-bipartisan-pushback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-to-withdraw-bidens-pro-gun-control-atf-nominee-amid-bipartisan-pushback\/","title":{"rendered":"White House To Withdraw Biden\u2019s Pro-Gun Control ATF Nominee Amid Bipartisan Pushback"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fwhite-house-to-withdraw-bidens-pro-gun-control-atf-nominee-amid-bipartisan-pushback%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=733445&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--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"41.047280122013\">\n<p>The White House is reportedly planning to withdraw David Chipman\u2019s nomination to head up the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) amid pushback from Republicans and uncertain support among Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/08\/president-biden-should-withdraw-chipman-nomination\/\">Biden\u2019s<\/a> pick has been marred with issues, including pushing questionable claims about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/politics\/politifact\/2021\/06\/01\/atf-david-chipman-branch-davidian-waco-tx-fact-check\/7491203002\/\">Waco<\/a> operation on a Reddit thread in an effort to back restrictions against \u201cso-called assault rifles,\u201d as the Daily Caller News Foundation previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/07\/david-chipman-atf-biden-waco-branch-davidians\/\">reported<\/a>. He also allegedly made a racist <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/22\/american-accountability-foundation-david-chipman\/\">comment<\/a> about black ATF agents.<\/p>\n<p>Chipman backed various <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/gun-control-frustrated-as-chipman-nomination-sputters\/\">gun control<\/a> measures on that Reddit thread and was described by CNN as a \u201cfierce advocate for gun control.\u201d He is currently a senior policy advisor at the gun control group Giffords. The Washington Post and Politico both <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QkCEN\">reported<\/a> that the administration plans to withdraw Chipman\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7278831\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"40\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7278831\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7278831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1311488593-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 08: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on gun control in the Rose Garden at the White House April 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden will sign executive orders to prevent gun violence and announced his pick of David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1311488593-scaled.jpg 8192w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1311488593-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1311488593-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1311488593-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1311488593-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 8192px) 100vw, 8192px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7278831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 APRIL 08: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on gun control in the Rose Garden at the White House April 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden will sign executive orders to prevent gun violence and announced his pick of David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/29\/david-chipman-atf-judiciary-committee\/\">Republicans<\/a> across the board opposed Chipman, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell calling him an \u201canti-gun extremist\u201d and Independent Maine Sen. Angus King previously noting he was not okay with the nomination, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/09\/white-house-withdraw-atf-nominee-510811\">reported<\/a>. While Democrats like Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana didn\u2019t openly oppose Chipman, they wouldn\u2019t give a definitive answer on where they stood, the report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/09\/white-house-withdraw-atf-nominee-510811\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The White House may withdraw Chipman\u2019s nomination in the coming days, although an official date remains unclear, according to Politico. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/07\/biden-nominate-gun-control-activist-david-chipman-atf-director\/\">(RELATED: Biden To Nominate Gun Control Activist To Lead ATF)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House is reportedly planning to withdraw David Chipman\u2019s nomination to head up the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) amid pushback from Republicans and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-733445","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\/733445","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=733445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733445\/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=733445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}