{"id":93642,"date":"2023-06-16T13:09:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93642"},"modified":"2023-06-16T13:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:10:06","slug":"93642","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93642","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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Keeping that nice cushy seat on the .gov gravy train means a lot more to a politician than almost anything else.<\/p>\n

Key Republican won’t help Dems force gun control vote<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, I wrote about how House Democrats\u00a0<\/span>intended to push a vote on gun control<\/span><\/a>\u00a0despite leadership having no interest in scheduling one.<\/span><\/p>\n

To do that, they\u2019ve got to have a few Republicans cross the lines and side with them while having literally every Democrat in the House hold the line.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It seems they\u2019ve hit a bit of a snag, though.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the Republicans they were likely counting on has\u00a0<\/span>decided he wants no part of this plan<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A rare House Republican who <\/span><\/span>supports stricter gun measures <\/span><\/a>said he won\u2019t back a Democratic effort to end-run Speaker Kevin McCarthy and force a vote on a trio of bills to implement those restrictions.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt some point we need to start thinking about getting things done rather than sending messages across the floor of the House,\u201d Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., said in an interview Thursday.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very intellectually dishonest way of proceeding when you don\u2019t have any strategy\u201d to pass the bills through the Senate, he said.<\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., unveiled the strategy to try to go around McCarthy, R-Calif., at a Democratic meeting this week, two sources said.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Fitzpatrick was one of Democrats\u2019 few, if only, natural allies to get a majority of the House to support the move. His opposition deals a major blow to the push, which will require at least a half-dozen House Republicans to sign the discharge petition to force a vote.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

So why would Fitzpatrick not join in this. After all, one of the measures being pushed is one he co-authored. Wouldn\u2019t he like to see it pass?<\/p>\n

Fitzpatrick says he wants to focus on building support for the measure itself, but I think there\u2019s more to it than that.<\/p>\n

While he likes gun control, he\u2019s still part of the Republican Party. He knows good and well that helping with an end-around the House leadership like this might get\u00a0this\u00a0bill passed, but it\u2019ll also make it less likely he\u2019ll have the party\u2019s support at various points down the road.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know, like re-election?<\/strong><\/p>\n

He may want gun control, but I\u2019m sure there are a lot of other things he\u2019d like to do that would be a lot harder if he goes against his leadership.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet with Fitzpatrick out, the odds of gathering the other Republicans needed to push gun control votes aren\u2019t looking good. He was, perhaps, their best shot. With him gone, it\u2019s unlikely they\u2019ll get enough others to cross party lines and join them.<\/p>\n

As I said earlier this week, though, that\u2019s probably good news for vulnerable Democrats. A lot of them don\u2019t want to raise much of a stink on gun control because they know it might not play particularly well back home. They\u2019ll be good foot soldiers for the party, but it may put a spotlight on them they\u2019d rather not be in.<\/p>\n

People like Reps. Hakeem Jefferies and Lucy McBath haven\u2019t thought that through.<\/p>\n

Then again, they apparently figure they\u2019re safe, so screw everyone else.<\/p>\n

Either way, it looks like this effort isn\u2019t going to happen and that\u2019s likely good news for gun rights.<\/p>\n

However, even if it had, those measures would still have had to go to the Senate where they\u2019d be filibustered into oblivion. This really isn\u2019t about gun control and never was. It was about trying to hurt Republicans in purple districts because they think gun control is a winning issue.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all it ever was and don\u2019t fool yourself into thinking otherwise.<\/p>\n

And, frankly, it went out the window. Maybe Fitzpatrick realized it and simply refused to play that particular game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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