During the White House daily briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders falsely blamed Obama for Trump’s cave to the NRA on gun reform.
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Q: Sarah, picking up where Jon left off regarding the National Rifle Association at that February 28th meeting with lawmakers, president trump sort of made an example of Republican senators who were afraid of crossing the NRA and he said, quote, some of you are petrified of the NRA, you can’t be petrified. Based on the plan last night, it seemed like president trump was the one petrified of the NRA because he backed away from some of the ideas he brought into the discussion and I’m asking why he chickened out, why he didn’t go forward with what he had proposed earlier.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Look, he hasn’t backed away from these things at all. They’re still outlined in the plan. But he can’t make them happen with a broad stroke of the pen. You have to have some congressional component to do some of these things and without that support, it’s not as possible. However, we are focused on things that we can do let’s not forget that the Obama administration had the white house and all of Congress for two years and didn’t do anything. This president is still laying out other priorities that he would like to say talked about and implemented, whether we have to do that on a state level.
Obama’s total control of Congress lasted for four months, not two years
The more Trump fails, the bigger this specific lie becomes from White House. Obama’s total control of Congress lasted for four months from September 24, 2009 through February 4, 2010. Obama also didn’t pass gun legislation because during that time Democrats were busy trying to pull the economy out of the great recession and working on healthcare.
Obama didn’t have a chance to pass gun reform because his window of opportunity was only four months.
Trump caved to the NRA, and the White House can’t offer a good reason why so they are blaming Obama. The Obama neurosis of the Trump administration is an epidemic. They are living in Obama’s shadow and unable to cope with the fact that Trump is failing and they don’t measure up.
Obama isn’t in office anymore. It’s Trump and only Trump who is responsible for his administration’s failures.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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