Joe Scarborough Goes On A Huge Rant At Republicans For Opposing Gun Control
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Thursday that he will introduce gun control legislation that includes a universal background check proposal, something that continues to earn wide swaths of support among the American public. A new poll from Quinnipiac University released Friday found that 88 percent of Americans — and 85 percent of gun owners — favor the proposal.
The math in the Senate, though, is trickier. Some Republicans have signaled an openness to stricter background checks, but none have publicly signed on to a measure proposed by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
"I really do believe that even if Republicans are dragging their feet now, if you have a vote on criminal and mental background checks, Republicans are not going to want to have to go around — especially the Senate candidates — are not going to want to have to go around saying, 'You know what? I opposed making it tougher for felons, for criminals to get guns,'" Scarborough said.
"'I want felons. I want convicts. I want rapists that have already been convicted to have a free pass when they go online. ... I want convicted rapists to have the freedom to go to a gun show and please, give them the freedom, give them the liberty to buy another gun they can use in a violent against against a woman,'" he continued.
Scarborough then delivered a blunt warning to his party.
"Republicans can't be against criminal and mental background checks — unless they want to lose," he said.
He added: "Good luck, Republicans, being against background checks for criminals and people with mental health."
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