Senate Republicans expressed cautious optimism on Tuesday that a deal on stronger gun control measures can be reached between Congress and the White House, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear that it’s entirely up to President Donald Trump.
“They are working on coming up with a proposal that the president will sign. Until that happens, all of this is theatrics,” McConnell said. McConnell has said on multiple occasions that he will not put anything on the floor that the president has already vowed to veto. Toomey and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., co-authored the bill that failed in the Senate following the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which dozens of school children were killed.“I would urge all of my colleagues to look at the substance of this legislation. A background check on commercial gun sales does not curb the second amendment rights,” Toomey said.“I am not of the view that Manchin-Toomey was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai. This is open to discussion,” Toomey added.
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said that he would be willing to consider bills like Manchin-Toomey if he thinks there’s bipartisan agreement.
Republicans looking to someone to tell them what to do. Since they can’t govern, they must go.
Spineless Mitch & Republican minions...Once again afraid to represent their constituents by cowering to PutinsPuppet
Whimp, limp!!.
Weak!
Passing the buck?
This man is and as long as we have republicans that live for greed will be in congress as the worst waste of taxpayers dollars in the history of congress and a vile malicious man. CBSNews CNN FoxNews MSNBC NBCNews senatemajldr SenateDems SenateGOP HouseDemocrats
Isn’t it up to Congress to pass a bill and then the president to sign it into law or veto it? If he vetoes a bill, can’t Congress override the veto? Isn’t that how this is supposed to work?
What a coward! He won’t take responsibility for his thorough lack of action and his slavishly support of Trump.
Spineless
OMG! moscowmitch is still waiting for his NRA check in the mail!
Vote the lizard out!
Mental Illnesses vs. Walking Talking Guns , humh .......
So, the GOP US Senators are, basically, no more than employees of the Trump Company.
MKhan47 Whatever happened to 'separate but equal branches of government?'
Trump isn’t a senator, but McConnell is.
First of all none of this is going to matter because crazy evil people will always find a way whether it be buying guns illegally, using a vehicle or making a bomb using a knife, so how do we fix evil?
senatemajldr That’s because senator is a coward and a gutless leader. He prefers more innocent people dying first before doing anything.
What lil b! Who took your b*lls?
senatemajldr is nothing but a rubberstamping sycophant to trump. Sad.
No Moscow Mitch gun control is entirely up to the American people!
Coward
Chicken shit
Socialist=Dem=Liberals want to take away guns from good people, They only want criminals and sick people to have them. SAD
Bull. MoscowMitch has a different excuse every day.
🐔🐔
massacre mitch abdicates responsibility to AMERICAN Citizens in stead offering allegiance to vlad the impaler, la la land lapierre, and the mango tiny trump
senatemajldr Which part of 90% public approval for gun control measures leads you to believe that a veto wouldn't be overturned?
What a cop out for ABC and McConnell. The story is McConnell abdicated his duties.
So why do we need you, Moscow Mitch, if all you do is wait for the president to pull your strings Do you not know there are THREE equal branches of Government? So..... do what you were elected to do. If tRump vetos, then so be it. DO YOUR JOB!!!!!!!
Moscow mitch has no spine.
DitchMoscowMitch2020
Moscow Mitch ' just passing the buck ' Sanate, has lots of bills,other than guns bill's Moscow Mitch 'is the head coward among Republicans 'has voting suppression bill,has stop election mettle bill, act, America working for the rich, only!🚩🚩
No it’s up to the people
Be your own man Senator. Our government was formed so not just one man has all the power. If you are scared you should probably retire.
And people keep voting the guy in. Term limits sound good.
Lap dog to Putin’s puppet.
Dear Mitch, it's your job to legislate... Not to pass the buck!!!! 👎👎👎
Moscow Mitch is the grim reaper again
NRA Russian mob money talks big.
Gun control means using both hands when you shoot. Anything else is infringement on personal liberty.
He’s disgusting!
Really?!?!
More Gun Control only equates to more Laws that will only affect the legitimate gun owners and not the Criminals or Mentally Disturbed. This past weekend in Chicago again there were several people killed and several shot as well. With some of the Strictest Gun Laws in our Nation.
McConnell has turned his Senate position into a rubber-stamp!
senatemajldr GOD FORBID you actually have a pair and do what the American people have REPEATEDLY demanded. Instead it is all about kissing the a$$ of the Grand Wizard in the west wing so as to protect MRS MoscowMitch as your need her Dept $ to buy votes for you
Who elected him? What is his job? Unacceptable! MoscowMitch
So why does Congress exist if it’s only up to the president?
TalibanTrump MoscowMitch
Why MItch? This is the deliberative body open to debate and discussion. Don't need Trump to tell you what he will accept. Yours is to determine what the people will accept and send it for signature.
Pass the buck. That's what GOP does 🙄
Ah policy makers are looking to a man with no history in policy for guidance. Makes sense.
I think you spelled NRA wrong Murder Mitch.
The OG PAB senatemajldr MassacreMitch is quick to throw realDonaldTrump under the bus so he can keep ducking his job. Does he actually do anything other than dig Kentucky into the ground? Anything to keep that murderous NRA money flowing in. Anti-American assholes.
Moscow Mitch is obeying. It’s not representing the people it’s representing the Trump Regime
Moscow Mitch is afraid to force Trump into gun reforms
🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈
Kinda like the Vietnam War, he doesn't want this decision to withdraw guns on his watch.
Just enforcing the law would solve the problem.
Why? America belongs to We the People...MoscowMitch is supposed to be working for us, we pay his salary Congress represents us and they have already bipartisan bills. That POS McConnell needs to be imprisoned for fraud and fleecing America.
Mitch will not be happy, until one of these Mass Shootings, takes place in his Hometown. Mitch goes from “Let the people decide”. To I’m waiting on the “President to decide”.
when this goes into the history books, trump will blame everything on mcconnell
So that if it succeeds, they can praise trump. But if it fails, they can blame trump. He's the perfect scapegoat.
Because they r too weak or too deep into the NRA’s pocket to make a stand on their own. Pathetic. We need to dump all these losers who do nothing for WE, THE PEOPLE
moscowmitch is now also ballessmitch. Hr is not Trumps caddy. He needs to stop acting like he is. KENTUCKY get rid of this embarrassment to your state.
Trying to pass the buck MoscowMitch do YOUR fkg job maybe & stand up to the baby! mitchneedstogo
The president can't fire Mitch so he should do what the people want not the president and if he doesn't sign I am sure we will get enough votes because 89% want it done.
Cop out. That way he pisses no one off.
Pitching blame Mitch. Step up and be a man.
If it's up to CHUMP, you can be sure NOTHING WILL GET DONE. The NRA OWNS HIM!
Our government has become party driven gutless wonders! Congress has to get off their childish infighting and do what the people want done! Trump needs to stop tweeting and act like the President!!
NRA owns MoscowMitch. He serves the NRA and himself. 🤮
BS
Oh MoscowMitch ....I mean MoscowMitchTraitor ...I mean MoscowMitchMassacre .... what a weak move.
Guess the way government is supposed to work has been changed without amending the Constitution. Isn’t that how DPRK and other Dictatorships operate? Beware America.
Well, good luck with that MitchMcConnellBlocksBills
senatemajldr - The President isn’t responsible for legislating, YOU are. Do your damn job and allow the votes. MoscowMitch
He’s too old to be thinking anymore and needs to resign. He thinks he’s waiting on that boneheaded president? Hold his breath and see what happens first.
Leaders lead & he’s passing the buck to someone who isn’t a leader just like him. Mom: “which one of you spilled the milk?” And the 2 kids point to each other. Sad men for sure
Maybe he don’t want to hear Pres. Trump blah , blah
No senatemajldr it's up to you! You have the Bill!!! Bring it to a Vote on Senate floor you coward!!
Then, Kentucky, you need to elect someone that appreciates how exactly government works. senatemajldr obviously has forgotten the importance of being a senator...
Turtle face sap sucker
people of KY your votes put mcconnell in his position, not trump's. he is to do the will of the people of KY, not NY or FL. please vote mcconnell and trump out of office
Stupidity!!
There will be blame shared in all quarters but some body must take responsibility. People need positive outcome from their legislators. Smarts heads and minds, clear positive common sense can surely come up with legislation. Don’t allow the death of common sense to stay around.
What we have here is a total lack of leadership...and humanity.
He is right on this. Trump can veto anything so it is on Trump
Pass the buck!
That is such a gullible headline. You know very well it is McConnell who has Trump by the balls on this one. McConnell is just shifting public blame to Trump.
Moscow Mitch doesn’t understand how this works apparently...
Chicken
Spineless
do your job
So the GOP senate is totally ineffective
MassacreMoscowMitch
DitchMitch2020 MoscowMitch DumpTrump2020
What was he elected for then? The good people of Kentucky don’t need this spineless jellyfish!
Pass the buck
senatemajldr realDonaldTrump GOP DNC Mr McConnell, I don’t believe it is your role to be a YESMAN to any president. If it something you know the people want, you need to sell it to the President not just bend over. Why have Senators and Representatives if all you do is cave?
The blind leading the blind.
leadership
Clearly abdicating the responsibility of the Senate.
McConnell hiding behind Trump. What a cowardly disgrace. Senators were elected to represent their constituents. Let them do their jobs!!
Mitch uses Trump as cover for everything. So pathetic and so corrupt.
I would give my left nut for a time machine right now!!
This deference to the unitary executive is anything but conservative. The GOP is best viewed as an authoritarian party.
That's not how the Constitution says Government is suppose to work. He is taking away the 'Veto Override' and giving Trump more dictator powers. I guess that is the way they do things in Moscow.
How can the Senate Majority leader make a statement like this. He is the Majority leader. He took an oath to protect the Constitution, serve the people, not the president. The president controls the Executive Branch ONLY. Now he controls The Senate.
So basically he is getting paid for nothing then?
Cowardship - realDonaldTrump and Moscowmitch
You do realize that Congress is a separate branch of government from the president's executive branch right Mitch? It's in the Constitution. Maybe give it a read. Lol
He’s the one that has to sign the bill
Kentucky, you need to vote this man out!!! If you don’t , we will hold you accountable for him blocking all bills and not letting them pass. He is not doing his job!! He won’t do anything unless Trump says. He is afraid of Trump !!
So senatemajldr confirms that he and the GOP have subdued themselves to 45! Shame on them.
So it’s not my fault game. Nothing will ever get done with this group of clowns.
TheLargerIssue Hi. R U aware MEDICAL DOCTORS have declared EDUCATIONAL WAR on a growing population of mostly MATERNAL child caregivers failing to place ABOVE ALL ELSE the emotional well being of our Nation's most precious assets! Dr. Harris: Peace.
senatemajldr is useless except for spreading cancer in the GOP. It’s so disgusting what he represents and how he fails the US daily.
So the Senate is no longer an operating branch of our Government? Basically senatemajldr is saying they only do what Trump says. VoteThemAllOut
Passing the bug.
America is now officially a dictatorship
Lilly livered cowards.
Abvicating his constitutional duty. Not surprising, he, like Trump, is there for the money they steal. GOP supporters are so gullible.
Well, then 45 needs to do something sooner rather than later!
Abdication of leadership. sad. Profile in cowardice.
As an instructor in government, do I need to redefine the role of the Senate (especially its spineless leader) as a group that agrees to pass laws only if the POTUS first consents to a proposal? The tortoise needs to come out of its shell and move forward without prodding.
Time to get these puppets out of office and vote in people that will do the job they’ve been elected to do.
Hot potato means a bagel on gun law reform.
Coward
Passing the responsibility along to another nincompoop, like a hot potato!
Not what you said earlier. You said Democrats weren’t going to use hysteria to dominate important constitutional rights to bullrush legislation.
Gutless jerk. Why is he in a “leadership” position since he doesn’t understand the concept?
Most of what’s on the books to make the voting public happy actually would not have prevent the gun violation situation but it gets votes but not life’s. Tell the truth
McConnell cop out really. r u afraid of him, seems so. ! Stand up for the people who elected you, not for Trump.
Another big pus in the Republican Party. Too scared for his job to protect our great country. MoscowsBitchIsMitch It’s ok that you got paid -all good with you. What about all those folks getting KILLED? 🤔 Just go home. To Russia, you’ve been paid byeNRA byeMitch
It’s sad a wrinkled up racist holds so many lives in his hands while Russia pays him. Lord you said remind you of your word and this man is evil and innocent blood is on his hands. Stop him!
senatemajldr - You’re the leader of a co-equal branch of government. Your refusal to pass any meaningful gun safety reform, will result in more mass shootings. It’s on you. 🚫Gun violence
He looks like a confused elderly man who just heard a loud noise in this picture.
Someone, please, remind Senate Majoriy Leader, “Moscow Mitch” that under our system of government - a constitutional republic - the Legislative Branch is a separate and equal branch of our government and it does not kowtow to the Executive branch, let alone the “chosen one.”
Since senatemajldr apparently can’t do his job, he should immediately resign. MoscowMitch
Coward McConnell says its Trumpy Boy's decision, knowing Donnie doesn't have the balls to stand up to the NRA IMPEACH MCCONNELL for DERELICTION OF DUTY
Moscow Mitch is afraid of Trump ; doesn’t care about human life, and is also owned by the NRA... how many more mass killings will it take to vote the GOP out of office...
Terrible...... Passing the Buck instead of doing what you know is right. Instead of being part of the problem become part of the solution..
Then WHY did we even elect a Senate?
moscowmitch is at it again.... not responsible for anything except getting in the way and sucking up to the Russians.
That is so typical of McConnell passing the buck to,protect himself rather than stepping up to the plate and doing his job. There is a reason we have three branches of government. The senate isn’t there to kiss the president’s ass but to move legislation forward.
You are a corrupt money hungry dude!Moscow mitch 🐢🤮
MoscowMitch is a liar and a coward. He's afraid of what will happen in the Senate if they have a vote. Whether it passed or not, the Senators voting against it would be outed as not caring about Americans being gunned down in mass shootings.
realDonaldTrump is screwed...going into election year he’s going to have to choose. Either way he looses votes.
Vote McConnell Out
But it is isn't. Me turtle was elected by citizens and works for THEM and not 45. He should be doing the PEOPLES work. Bringing bills passed by the house upfor vote in the Senate!
Translation: We have no senate. (We have no president either.)
Is it why they called you MoscowMitchMcConnell MitchMcturtle? Slow and compromised...
The blind leading the deaf.
BS. If Trump went for gun control MoscowMitchMcTraitor would kill it. Seriously, this guy's time was over in about 1955. America, wake up, take your country back and dump this throwback.
Moscow Mitch thinks dead American kids are worth your neighbor owning an assault weapon. Nice job Kentucky. When will we wake up, and reakize? There truly is no bottom to these Cult45 deplorables dishonesty. Trading dead Americans so the gun nut on your block can own an AR 15!
Yea well I i guess MoscowMitch will continue to suck up.
Faaaaantastic🙄
Does senatemajldr understand the role the legislative branch have in developing policy? ijustdontgetit
He's made it clear that he does not want to grow a spine and take some action...
Eff you senatemajldr. Grow a pair and do your job.
I wonder if he’s so old that he’s forgotten the phrase “Separate But Equal.”
How many times will they pass that hat around? And still do nothing, hoping it will all go away.
senatemajldr Did you forget what YOUR job duties are? YOU DO YOUR PART (job duties you were elected to do) or the BUCK $$$ (your pay) STOPS HERE! You let us worry about Trump! McConnell NOTE: Gun Control is NOT entirely up to Trump either. We, the People....!!!
Pass the buck.
Do you think his opinion would change..... If his kids were murdered
wolfjon4 Remember 9:11
Do your job, it's different than his!
Like MacBeth, he needs to remember the blood doesn't wash off that easily! He will forever have blood on his hands!
Well, if that is true you Republican's are a bunch of Pussy's. But we knew that!!
This sounds like a weak version of the old good cop bad cop scheme. The GOP thinks they're playing us all for fools. And judging by today's election in North Carolina, it's working on some folks.
Good, “gun control” doesn’t work. It’s a scam to control law abiding citizens.
Pass UBC. It is reasonable.
MoscowMitch: 'Mr. President, you control the Senate agenda just like the Founders intended. When you decide to do anything, let me know and we'll get right on it for you. If you decide to change your mind 10 times, we'll wait.'
Charmin has more fiber then that.
Time to come out that shell buddy
Suffering from the DTES. Donald Trump Emasculating Syndrome.
So much for the separation of the executive and legislative branches.
U are to lead Mitch, scared of the NRA U BET.
MoscowMitch should be looking to the American people for guidance, not a kleptocrat and want-to-be king.
MoscowMitch Obstructionist. 🇺🇸MoscowMitchMcTreason 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Sounds to me like McConnell is protecting the bill from reaching the president for quite the opposite reason. I think he's afraid the president would actually sign it. To me this is just obstruction.
senatemajldr Gutless wonder. MoscowMitch MassacreMitch
So, gun control that the senate should vote on, is up to an impeachable president with dimentia.
He must have severe dementia. Keeps forgetting of the responsibility he could’ve took after Sandy Hook
Mitch is a pathetic waste of skin
No chin, or backbone
I'll say it again, if you think gun control is a problem, take a class and learn to aim.
They all wash their hands; nobody wants to take the step. Why
That’s the first time ever I’ve ever been made aware of McConnell say anything was entirely up to any President of USA.
We do not need anything new. There needs to be enforcement of the laws on the books and mental health check .look at the ages of the ones doing these shootings!!!!
Indeed
No, it’s kind of up to him to convince Trump. He is enabling Trump, and there is no bipartisanship in the Senate, right now from Republicans.
Wow - so much for Article1 of the Constitution 😮
Leave it to the WH aka expect more mass shootings. Again, shooting is the easiest way to take out more people. No mass stabbings, clubbing, etc. The nuts who end up shooting have guns because it's their right. Well it's my right to want to stay alive. What is the solution?
Let go of DonTheCon s coat tails and give the majority of Americans you represent a victory this once
Puppet
Grim Reaper
McConnell, loser, squish.
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