President Donald Trump called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday morning about the recent mass shootings in the U.S. and Congress' role in finding a legislative solution to the problem, McConnell revealed in a radio interview with WHAS in Louisville on Thursday afternoon.
"And so I've tasked three of my committee chairmen with talking not only to their own members but the Democrats as well. We're going to have these bipartisan discussions. And when we get back, hopefully, be able to come together and actually pass something. I want to make a law, not just see this kind of political sparring going on endlessly which never produces a result," McConnell said.
While Congress has failed to reach a bipartisan consensus on broad gun control legislation and the House-passed background check bills wait in the Senate, some senators are working on other legislation to address the gun violence epidemic.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
These old, demented farts like McConnell and Pelosi need to go and make way for the new generation of political leaders to step up. All they’ve been doing is holding up progress on everything.
Moscow Mitch is waiting on instructions from the Kremlin one could guess.
He's a bought and paid for shill who's own constituents loathe him.
Well, it’s not like there are campaigns to distract from or partisan judges to slam through. It’s just people dying.
Cuz hes got to feed that turkey neck. That neck pouch
Not a surprise is it?
Of course MoscowMitchMcTreason doesn’t see a need to get back in session and decide some gun reform. After all, it’s only American lives at stake. Why interrupt vacations for lives?
Yeah it’s not like people are dying
Of course you don’t MoscowMitchMassacre
Exactly, behind the scenes they are working on it and will present it ASAP. There is nothing to review now.
Yeah, no emergency here
That’s because he is an idiot!
Democrats are you buddies now we know the truth it was all fake as. Shi. ,!
I can't stand that guy he needs to go.
Well, that probably explains why many don’t see a point in him sticking around, time for the dinosaur 🦕 to go
And he still won't bring election security legislation to the floor either. He's a traitor who keeps getting voted back into Congress by the dumbest constitutents in America.
Let them stay on their, what is it now? 6th break? Their not doing anything productive at work anyway.
MoscowMitch MoscowMitchMcTraitor MassacreMitch MassacreMoscowMitch fuckthegop fatsotrump LeningradLindsey GOPTraitors RepublicansAreWhiteSupremacists RepublicansDontCare TraitorTrump vote them all out !
could easily stop one mass shooting, and in a survey more than half of Repelicans support an assault weapons ban. Though I doubt Repubs will want to move that forward even so. But it would be bipartisan. Its popular. climate change and this two relevant areas. Ideas from repubs
Will it take Mitch that long to get there?
He's following orders like a good trained scared boy. The almighty dollar will always override morals for fellow human beings. Sad
Birds of a feather...
Mitch your the problem, you need to go!
Moscow Mitch must be defeated at the next Election.
That’s why he needs to be voted OUT
The Republican Party Is fine with military assault style weapons flooding America. Vote them out the GOP is the problem.
Moscow Mitch does not care what the people think.
Because McConnell has become a lame duck senator, keeps his lips planted on trumps ass, and is bought and paid for by the NRA.
Hey Mr. Mitch gets over a million dollars from the NRA. He has only one thing on his mind, himself.
But Donalt said this...
Typical
How about you at least show some interest?
MurdererMitch
“Majority Leader MoscowMitch McConnell said he doesn't see a point in calling the Senate back into session...” fixed it for ya
Leave our guns alone, instead why don’t you all circle around the 1st Amendment. Stop all the hate mongering, pass laws on knives, hatchets, fertilizer, pots & pans, rocks, trucks, planes, vans, busses, shoe hooks...Hate Kills!!
Neither Trump or McConnell care about the people of America.
Is McConnell a racist or just a scared ignorant, greedy , old Kentuckian needing to be “retired “. Make your state great again and vote for a replacement !!
rolandsmartin How many people need to die in order for MoscowMich to call the Senate back from “vacation”?
They should send MoscowMitch a picture of the bloodied, ravaged bullet-ridden innocent victims and maybe he’ll see the point. And to the Republicans who aren’t joining in the calls to him. Shame on them all.
Chicken!
senatemajldr SenateGOP HouseGOP realDonaldTrump Thats because the 4th member of congress NRA & their millions of donation $ to the GOP is in jeopardy FACT: with 5.5 million members they are up 0.016% of the US population How about listening to the MAJORITY for a change
Of course not this is senatemajldr time to go kiss rich and Russian asses. MoscowMich
Liar!
Translation wait a month it will quiet down and then we won’t have to do anything.
If he is SO deaf that he cannot hear 70 percent of the American People he needs to be voted out!
The Demo party can $%^$%$ off! LOL
Playing with dynamite What happens if mass shooting next week? On you Mitch, you will deserve the criticism you receive
He's right democrats just want to point the finger and blame blame blame. They all take money from the gun groups and they don't want to say it outloud. Have them list all there donors just like big pharma
He’s a NRA Puppet
rolandsmartin Why would he call them back. They got the money, they are counting the kick backs and free lobbyists perks they received for doing NOTHING. And Moscow Mitch is guarding the gates!!
If the immigration problem isnt good enough to keep working, then any other problem isnt as important!
Well no. The slaughter of 42 innocent people due to his irresponsible corrupt policies doesn’t phase the grim reaper. After all blood washes off. And we know he has no heart or soul or conscience or decency. So no surprise here. Vote diablo the hell out!
Mitch “Mr.Mocow “McConnell. Your state of Kentucky did not give you the right to go on your Donald Trump rampage and screw up the people of America’s lives. 2020 is around the corner and your chances are not guaranteed. Those who follow Trump end up without a job. You’re next.
People were killed but mitch is on vacation and isn't that more important they work 7 months a year dam what you want for 200 thousand a year.
KyraPhillips DitchMitch2020 DitchMoscowMitch
No one other than our Military should possess military grade weapons. Right to bear arms, yes, I get it, but who are you protecting yourself against w/military grade weapons? The Russian invaders that senatemajldr MoscowMitch & trump have invited into our country?
What about the majority of Americans that do?
By September, this will all be watered down and if any bill is passed, it will be narrow, minimal, and dictated by the NRA.
What do you expect of people that balance their lives on I am white so I am better than the others. CBSNews CNN FoxNews MSNBC NBCNews USSenate USHouse
Mitch would miss the fat NRA “contributions”$$$$$$$. People be damned, money rules
Then he needs to resign .
Let the subpoenas flow.
Moscow Mitch & company will do nothing, by the time the Senate comes back form their break, all this crazy talk about gun control will have died down.
so those senators who actually care about this should go back anyway, sit in the Senate all day, every day, ready to do something. SenateDems
What's a few more dead americans. Congress needs a vacation. Do you like his priorities?
Because the NRA told him not to!
And how many mass shootings will we have before September
MassacreMitch MassacreMitch MassacreMitch MassacreMitch GOPComplicitTraitors MassacreMitch MassacreMitch MassacreMitch senatemajldr MassacreMoscowMitch GOP TRAITORS. REMOVE THEM ALL, GET THIS COUNTRY BACK FROM PUTIN
senatemajldr has to pretend that he's recovering from his shoulder injury. MoscowMitch MassacreMitch
Hes hoping if he waits till the fall people will lose interest. The NRA has already told mitch and trump they better not pass any gun laws the NRA dosen't approve first.
So many elected Democrats are now hysterical lunatics. Folks like the squad and 85% of their presidential candidates have views so far out of the mainstream they are literally destroying the party. Normal people ignore hysterical lunatics and focus on facts.
Media believes if they say or print something that makes it true. Noone voted for you abc
NRAMitch
mitch also didn’t understand why Sep11 first responders were “getting so worked up.”
If this is making America great then somebody does not know the definition of great at all.
Why wait Mitch? How many more mass shootings will occur before you and your cronies reconvene at the end of August?
Lol 😂 the Democrats don’t do anything but Obstruct when their there
Bloodonhishands TerroristMitch.
TV news orgs giving McConnell credit FOR DOING NOTHING & they know the news cycle will be on something else when the Senate returns, IT'S ALL JUST LAZY AUGUST NEWS PROGRAMMING, shame on media
don’t act like it just the GOP. What does our government do in any matter? Collect checks and do very little.
And so it goes on and on !
They are simple waiting for America n Americans to forget n move on like we always do😔. They don’t realDonaldTrump n Americans don’t care. People who care looks like: Puerto Rico and Japan. Americans if you care let’s march on Washington marchonwashington9/01/19
Throw the whole government away. Useless.
We have gun care and health control.
Of course he won’t. He has to nurse a broken shoulder. Hey Moscow Mitch, how many people are and will be nursing gun shot wounds before September?
The two have so much in common: stupidity, arrogance, corruption, and also laziness.
DNC DNCWarRoom PeteButtigieg SenKamalaHarris JoeBiden ewarren SenSanders every democratic senator should march on the capital and demand Mitch recall the senate. Make this a fucking spectacle. GunControl ElectionSecurity WheresMitch Activeshooter MoscowMitch
senatemajldr MassacreMoscowMitch doesn't see the point in much these days. Kentucky
This is sad they really don't care about the lives lost.
Americans what have we become to let these evil people tell us what to do! realDonaldTrump
He just doesn’t get it
Vote him out
SO THEN PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY SHOULD GET RID OF RONALD MCCONNELL THE CARELESS ABOUT PEOPLE LIFES CLOWN !
senatemajldr MoscowMitch thinks he some kind of god but more like the devil himself
Call house back to pass Build the Wall.
Remember this people! He is no there for our safety, he’s there for himself and the $
The NRA told him not to do it.
On brand.
Especially since that goon squad was protesting outside his home at all hours. I would say screw them too!!
Someone tell old mate to f**king do something.
It's not difficult to see👀 that any action regarding the control of guns is futile..?!! This problem is much more complex and requires maximum awareness on the part of those who are willing to say something, do something at a time when it is critical to act...?!! Our society is.
He said ‘Why upset the NRA unnecessarily?’
Of course not senatemajldr You all don't actually do anything when you are there. MoscowMitch mitchmustgo
What?doesn’t see the point? How about dead bodies of the victims, isn’t that a good point?
Moscow Mitch doesn't see the point in SAVING LIVES OR EVEN TRYING TO SAVE LIVES.
Seriously?
Funny how the ONLY big thing that got done in the Obama years....was to destroy our existing healthcare system as we knew it. Just to pretend coverage for all & assure 'payments' to hospitals that were/are required to care for Illegals & indigents...!!!
He’s too busy paling around with teenage boys! Mitch’s Bitches!
I don't see a point to have McConnell ever come back to the senate. He does nothing. Never has never will.
That figures!☹️
He doesn't see the point? That says it all about him.
Of course not... MoscowMitch MassacreMitch MrObstruction senatemajldr is a TRAITOR to the People, Interests, and National Security of the US... Mr Obstruction knows no bounds... RussianAsset MrObstruction 🙄
He wants the media to stop paying attention so he can get away with doing nothing.
Turtle Man is lazy and worthless.
it’s irresponsible to not protect our american lives, treasonous not to secure our electorate. vote this tool out MoscowMitchMcConnell
DoYourDamnJobMitch
He got $1.26 mil in NRA contributions. It’s not going to happen.
I wish ABC News had this much oversight during the Obama & Biden administration
Massshootings are 'Easy' to ignore when Congress Senators have CapitalPolice and 24 hour bodyguards for themselves and their families, senatemajldr realDonaldTrump Meanwhile Americans are SittingDucks OnlineShopping ShelterInPlace
Dema are not serious! They just want to put on a show! senatemajldr LindseyGrahamSC realDonaldTrump foxandfriends
Old white men running the USA 🇺🇸
If he didn’t do it after Sandy Hook, then he will never do it. He needs to be removed from office and I’m hoping he loses his seat!
MoscowMitch has let America down so badly
His words are meaningless. We all know what he and the gop are going to do. Say all the right things then try to sneak in some immigration policy with a bipartisan gun bill and then cast the democrats as not wanting to do anything about gun legislation.
The two people doing the most damage to this country.
When one is a pointless person, you can expect a pointless response.
StayFree MoscowMitch he's carrying out his purpose. Destroying Our Government Gobal Reputation and end Democracy. Steve Bannon told you the plan, and Maya Angelou left us with the wisest advice. When someone tells you who they are 1st time, believe them.
El Paso and Dayton are already stale. Call Mitch when the pools of blood are warm and fresh.
That’s typical of him. We have a gun control and domestic terrorism crisis, yet MassacreMoscowMitch STILL won’t call for an emergency session to address the problem. Absolute disgrace.
With those, thick ass coke bottle glasses on... He'll miss the sun rise & set! Hell, he's been known to miss, seeing days! Especially when he misplace those binoculars over his eyes!
come Sept. there will still be no laws. on gun control.
Traitor turtle is awaiting orders from the NRA and his Russian comrades.
NRA + RUSSIA = RICH MITCH
You evil evil man...
Wow
Ya whts the point They got to have vacation time!
DITCH MISCOW MITCH!!!!!!
When is our government going to stop playing politics and start protecting our citizens! GREED AND MORE GREED! When will it stop?
McConnell's excuse not to call Senate back to session is invalid. The reason 'nothing would happen' is because of him in the past, 'scoring political points' with the NRA.
In other words ,my wife told me I can’t do it.
America needs gun control laws like other normal countries. Access to military style weapons transforms what was intended to be self-preservation into genocide. Somebody needs to bite the bullet without consideration for their political future. realDonaldTrump SpeakerPelosi
Nah. He just wants his vacation.
MoscowMitch worthless
By people he means Democrats. I've got news for you senatemajldr they're going to make those points anyway.
MoscowMitch is waiting to hear back from the NRA on what to do
Moscow Mitch proves once a liar always a liar.
He has to rule it all. Not a one of the Senators are challenging Moscow Mitch. He always overreach. It’s always about him. Those Senators need to check the rear and see if any evidence of a backbone ever existed. They are worthless people who do not deserve their position. VOTE!
He is banking on the historical 'moving on' that happens after past mass shootings. wewontrest nor will we forget. Get off your rear end, MoscowMitchMcTreason and do SOMETHING!!!! You are a failure.
Unbelievable
senatemajldr McConnell can't call the Senate back into session, because he hasn't got the NRA approval yet.
You wanted the job, now do your job. Not sure why senatemajldr you are so lazy?
MASSACRE MITCH supports “passing some sort of gun legislation in September.” His enthusiasm to save lives is mind numbing. NRA + RUSSIA = RICH MITCH
If he gets murdered, its his fault.
C'est la vie....
Of course you won’t call them back. You are part of the problem. NRA owns you too.
This is all a game to McConnell! senatemajldr you are a disgrace! You are out in 2020!
You're not allowing anything to happen anyway senatemajldr. Have you actually considered following the oath you swore and doing your job? People are dying - is that not enough for you?
He is waiting for more mass shootings.
They are all cowards! Vote them out!
MORON ronald & MORONET
Limit magazines to 10 rounds.
MassacreMitch
September is the soonest that they should even THINK about starting this. What? Is a few weeks going to magically do something ? NO! This is just common damn sense. NEVER make critical decisions when emotional... EVER. These are ALWAYS bad , and NEVER good
A picture of 2 Dum Fks.
ABC SAFcpoup Terror translation into American Uncoup language: 'There must be some kind of hold-up.' 'That's all we know.'
dancindoti If MassacreMitch and NRA have their way nothing will happen.
MoscowMitchMassacre
realDonaldTrump VP CNN senatemajldr SenJohnThune SenatorRounds SenSasse NBCNews MSNBC NRA spent over 30 million dollars to get Trump elected. They expect payback. Trump is a COMPROMISED President. Putin gave Trump multiple monetery loans. Unpayed, COMPROMISED.
Um...wouldn't the point to be to get the legislation enacted so that it would become more difficult to carry out mass shootings? Sounds like a pretty damn good reason to me.
And in the process of not trying to be political, Senate Hypocrite Leader tries to score political points. Poorly played, senatemajldr. Poorly played.
MoscowMitch
El Paso and Dayton's blood is already on yours and Trumps hands...why not wait?! This is f...ing ridiculous!😡😡😡😡😡😡
Slow and Steady with time for inner reflection !!
NO POINT in calling the senate back...Ummmm there were lives lost...ummmm they get back in a month....Ummmm maybe more LIVES LOST due to GUN VIOLENCE...Ummmm senatemajldr YOU ARE A COMPLETE IDIOT & obviously you could care less about LIVES LOST... Ummmm RESIGN
you're not going to do the right thing anyway, so why bother bringing them back from their vacations?
Republicans would rather shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue than pass any kind of sensible gun legislation.
Prediction. There will be another mass killing after the next Trump rally. Republicans just don’t get it.
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