{"id":734050,"date":"2021-09-09T12:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T16:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=734050"},"modified":"2021-09-09T12:35:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T16:35:52","slug":"biden-will-withdraw-atf-nominee-amid-bipartisan-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-will-withdraw-atf-nominee-amid-bipartisan-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Will Withdraw ATF Nominee Amid Bipartisan Opposition"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fbiden-will-withdraw-atf-nominee-amid-bipartisan-opposition%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=734050&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 readability=\"27.586206896552\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/\">Biden Administration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">David Chipman had history of radical gun-control policy stances<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1161.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-160809624-1-e1617994601626.jpg 736w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-160809624-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-160809624-1-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-160809624-1-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-160809624-1-1400x909.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tDavid Chipman in 2013 (Paul J. Richards \/ AFP via Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/josh-christenson\/\" title=\"Posts by Josh Christenson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Josh Christenson<\/a> \u2022 September 9, 2021 12:30 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"83.586238116795\">\n<p>President Joe Biden will withdraw his nominee with a history of radical gun policy stances from leading the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/chipman-atf-withdraw\/2021\/09\/09\/d5804a3a-1108-11ec-a511-cb913c7e5ba0_story.html\">according<\/a> to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>David Chipman, a former ATF agent, faced slim odds of a Senate confirmation due to his longtime advocacy for strict gun control. During his confirmation hearings, Republican and Democratic senators expressed concern that his views, which included a blanket assault weapons ban, infringed on citizens&#8217; gun rights. He is currently a senior policy adviser to Giffords, a gun control advocacy group.<\/p>\n<p>Chipman has made partisan and inflammatory comments about gun rights and gun ownership over the years, many of which remain on his Facebook account, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/09\/biden-atf-pick-chipman-made-false-claims-about-shot-down-choppers-at-waco\/\">according<\/a> to the <em>New York Post<\/em>. In one post, he said AR-15 &#8220;marketing appears to target mass shooters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Reload<\/em> founder and former <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> reporter Stephen Gutowski also <a href=\"https:\/\/thereload.com\/atf-agents-corroborate-existence-of-racial-complaint-against-biden-director-nominee-fear-reprisals-and-hit-to-agency-effectiveness\/\">reported<\/a> Chipman made racist remarks to a fellow agent that led to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint being filed against him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He made some comments that he was surprised by the number of African Americans who have made it onto a specific promotional list,&#8221; the ATF official said. &#8220;His insinuation was that they had to have cheated. Which is kind of despicable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Judiciary Committee stalled over Chipman&#8217;s confirmation in June, when Democrats failed to secure the requisite votes. Sen. Ben Sasse (R., Neb.), a member of the committee, said in a statement that Biden&#8217;s withdrawal of his nominee was a foregone conclusion, given the radical views Chipman held on legal gun ownership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chipman got the axe because his far-left gun control fantasies were wildly outside the mainstream,&#8221; Sasse said. &#8220;The guy wants to ban some of the most popular rifles for home defense and hunting. He showed downright contempt for law-abiding Americans who want to protect their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the second nominee to lead an executive agency that Biden has been forced to withdraw. Neera Tanden, Biden&#8217;s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, was similarly withdrawn for holding notably partisan views.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden Administration David Chipman had history of radical gun-control policy stances  David Chipman in 2013 (Paul J. 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