Just as Trump’s
attacks on a Gold Star Family have backfired on him, the Republican Party’s war
on voting rights is also beginning to show some cracks. Over the past 2 weeks 6 major GOP voting restrictions have been blocked in court and joining me today to go through all
these important rulings and what they mean for the upcoming general election is
Ari Berman a senior contributing
writer for The Nation magazine and a
Fellow at The Nation Institute.
After the Orlando
nightclub shooting, Democrats in Congress renewed their push for a gun bill,
taking over the House floor for 26 hours in a sit-in for a vote on the
so-called “No Fly, No Buy” legislation, which would bar people on the terrorist
watch list from purchasing a gun. Yet,
not surprisingly after all was said and done, Congress once again did nothing
to address the epidemic of gun violence afflicting our Nation. However, according to Matt Fuller who covers Congress for The Huffington Post this latest effort to reform our nation’s gun
laws was stopped not by the NRA but an even more rabid and less known group
called the National Association for Gun Rights.
Matt joins me today on the show to talk all about this group and how
they were able to pressure the right members of Congress to shut down even a
watered down attempt to address gun violence on our streets.
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
Today on The Michelangelo Signorile Show on SiriusXM PROGRESS ch.127
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Donald Trump sure did have a bad weekend and we are going through all the controversies he has recently stirred, from attacking a Gold Star Family to his love affair with Russia.
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