Biden 'Eager' To Take On NRA After Pledging To Defeat Gun Rights Organization

President Biden is 'eager' to take on the National Rifle Association, and has refused to rule out using executive action to circumvent the Congressional process to do so, the White House signaled on Thursday.

When asked whether Biden will resort to According to the Washington Times, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the president hasn't yet formulated a strategy, but that he's 'eager' to do so, according to the Washington Times.

"First I will say that the president addressing gun violence in the country and putting in place additional safety measures is something that the president has a personal commitment to, and his history on this issue is evidence of that," said Psaki, adding "He has obviously taken on the NRA twice and won and he is happy and eager to do that in the future."

During the 2020 presidential race, Mr. Biden touted the lead role he played in passing the 1994 assault weapons ban and the Brady background check bill.

Mr. Biden has issued a series of executive actions since taking office and is facing mounting pressure to do something about cracking down on guns. -Washington Times

On January 8, Biden promised to "defeat" the NRA while he's in office - responding via Twitter to former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), who was wounded in a 2011 shooting rampage in Tucson.

"Your perseverance and immeasurable courage continue to inspire me and millions of others. I pledge to continue to work with you—and with survivors, families, and advocates across the country—to defeat the NRA and end our epidemic of gun violence," Biden's account responded.

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I guess cicle back Psaki is now EAGER Psaki. What a wordsmith!

The fact that this dumbass is leaning towards EO’s to “tackle” guns tells me he does not have the support of moderate democrats. In any case, I’m starting to believe all he will accomplish is a return to the 1994 “assault weapon” ban. We still need to be ready to contact our representatives and demand that they follow the constitution, not the ravings of a senile piece of garbage.

He won’t “accomplish” that by executive action. They don’t have the support, nor the votes.

About all you’ll get is likely a “compromise” on universal back ground checks. Not even dolts like the Gifford’s PAC is promising anything because they know what happened in ‘96. If you read the Gifford’s email blasts, their fund raising is down, and they aren’t real hopeful about anything but back ground checks. Like Slow Joe, they talk a big game, but their words are arranged to fool only fellow dolts. They know they don’t have the support, and sweeping gun control will give them a fight they don’t want and can’t win. The left is a lot more desperate than they seem.

China Joe can mouth what he wishes, but he’s still only 10 minutes to Wapner.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jljones:
If you read the Gifford’s email blasts, their fund raising is down, and they aren’t real hopeful about anything but back ground checks. [QUOTE]
So who's putting "pressure" on Joe if people aren't writing checks?

Prob the leftists - AOC, squad...

Cant ban assault weapons or tax ammunition or require insurance for gun ownership by EO...

But China Joe too dimwitted and senile to know that...

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by jljones:
If you read the Gifford’s email blasts, their fund raising is down, and they aren’t real hopeful about anything but back ground checks. [QUOTE]
So who's putting "pressure" on Joe if people aren't writing checks?

Don't discount the seriousness or impact of Universal Background Checks. They are not the same as the NICS system we have today and are a gateway to registration/confiscation.

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Prob the leftists - AOC, squad...

Cant ban assault weapons or tax ammunition or require insurance for gun ownership by EO...

But China Joe too dimwitted and senile to know that...

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Originally posted by Krazeehorse:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by jljones:
If you read the Gifford’s email blasts, their fund raising is down, and they aren’t real hopeful about anything but back ground checks. [QUOTE]
So who's putting "pressure" on Joe if people aren't writing checks?

Yes, he is too dumb and senile to know that, but that will not stop him from trying. I figure he has this "god complex" and believes that whatever he personally wants/believes is ordained by God and therefor should be made national law. I seriously question if he even remembers there is a constitution.

Gas hits highest price in 12 months as progressives, celebrities pressure Biden to cancel more pipelines
Gas Buddy analyst: 'Prices are likely to continue rising in the weeks and months ahead'

Oil, gas industry 'extremely concerned' about outright ban on drilling on federal lands
The average price of gas in the United States has hit a 12-month high, according to new data Thursday from Gas Buddy.

The average retail gas price in the United States is now $2.50 per gallon after soaring from an average price of $1.74 per gallon in April 2020. In February of last year, Gas Buddy's chart shows gas prices were about $2.42 per gallon and proceeded to rise slightly before plummeting as the coronavirus pandemic spread across the country.

Gas Buddy senior petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan told FOX Business that a significant contribution to the increase is related to the recovery from COVID-19 as well as rising oil demand globally against the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) decision to cut production.

"Unfortunately prices are likely to continue rising in the weeks and months ahead so long as we continue to see improvement in the pandemic," De Haan added, "They could rise another 15 to 35 cents a gallon by summer, [it's] all really contingent on what happens in the months ahead with COVID."

The new data comes as President Biden is facing pressure from progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to cancel the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline project as well as a letter signed by dozens of celebrities to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline for good.

Omar alleged in a letter to Biden that the Line 3 project, which began construction in December to replace the deteriorating pipeline that was built in the 1960s, had “disproportionate impacts on indigenous communities” and that the Canadian firm behind its construction, Enbridge, had an “abysmal safety and spill history in the U.S.”

She went on to explain that the greater issue at stake is climate change, arguing that “we cannot afford to build more fossil fuel infrastructure.”

“That is especially true for projects like Line 3, which are designed for the dirtiest and most carbon-intensive fossil fuel there is, tar sands crude oil,” Omar said. “Climate change is not just a risk, but a risk multiplier – all of the other known impacts of Line 3 will be greatly exacerbated by climate change.”

Enbridge defended the project in a statement to FOX Business, highlighting the multiple reviews and approvals they have received by regulatory and permitting bodies before construction.

"Enbridge has demonstrated ongoing respect for tribal sovereignty. As the result of negotiations with tribal leadership Line 3 was routed outside of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation and through the Reservation of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa," the company said. "Both Leech Lake and Fond du Lac have spoken and written repeatedly in support of project permits."

Omar’s letter to the president came a day after the Minnesota Court of Appeals denied a request by two American Indian tribes to shut down the construction of the project.

Opponents, led by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa and White Earth Band of Ojibwe, said in their petition that construction would destroy land that is protected by treaty agreements and would violate cultural and religious rights.

Enbridge said the petition had no merit and did not "recognize the exhaustive and meticulous review" of the project.

In addition, more than 200 celebrities, climate activists, indigenous leaders and more have signed a letter calling on the Biden administration to continue its commitment to addressing the climate crisis by ending the long-disputed Dakota Access Pipeline.

Names on the letter include Alyssa Milano, Leonardo DiCaprio, Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Jason Momoa, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Marisa Tomei, Joaquin Phoenix, Jane Fonda, Don Cheadle, Ed Helms, Cher, Chelsea Handler, Ava DuVernay and Amy Schumer.

The letter highlights the impact the pipeline would have on indigenous people in the area and the fight to preserve their culture. In July of 2020, a judge ordered the pipeline shut down while an environmental impact study is conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

"We urge you to remedy this historic injustice and direct the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to immediately shut down the illegal Dakota Access Pipeline while the Environmental Impact Statement process is conducted, consistent with the D.C. District Court’s decision and order. Additionally, the U.S. Army Corps must ensure a robust environmental review with significant tribal consultation, tribal consent, and a thorough risk analysis," the letter concludes. "With your leadership, we have a momentous opportunity to protect our water and respect our environmental laws and the rights of Indigenous people. This is our moment."

The calls come after Biden previously signed an executive order on his first day in office halting the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline that would transport up to 830,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Alberta, Canada, to Nebraska.

The project -- initially proposed more than a decade ago --would have sustained about 11,000 U.S. jobs in 2021 – including 8,000 union jobs – and generated $1.6 billion in gross wages, according to the Keystone XL website.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen told FOX Business' Varney and Company that he believes Biden "didn’t look into “the legalities” or “the effects on the ground” before halting the project, and is leading the effort to overturn Biden’s executive order with a dozen other state attorneys general.

“I don't think we'd have gotten 13 other state attorneys general to sign on to this if we didn't think we actually had a good legal case to bring here,” he told host Stuart Varney.

“We certainly are reviewing all of our constitutional avenues that we think we can get ourselves into district court on the federal side,” he added. “And I think we're going to be successful there.”

Knudsen added that it’s important to let the president know the decision “is not okay.”

“We're not going to take this idly and [we're] going to keep fighting to keep this project alive,” he said. “It's too vital to a state like Montana.”

Berg Pipe announced 106 workers will also face layoffs, furloughs or a reduction of hours beginning in April. A number of temporary workers have already been let go. Revoking the permit has already resulted in 1,000 layoffs at the Alberta, Canada-based TEC Energy.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/po...ancel-more-pipelines

^^ Can't wait to hear all the complaints out of California, Massachusetts and New York about that one.

It’s clear to me that Slow Joe’s handlers have him masked up in public AND in photo ops, even sitting at his desk in the Oval Office to hide his decline; that droopy stroke face crooked smile and that slightly confused, mouth agape dementia look he has a lot of the time.

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Can't wait to hear all the complaints out of California, Massachusetts and New York about that one

If they think they're paying a lot now, they haven't seen anything yet. But they're going to save the planet, doncha' know...

https://freebeacon.com/nationa...n-contacting-israel/

President Joe Biden is the first American leader in 40 years not to contact Israel’s leaders as one of his first actions in the White House, setting up what could be four years of chilly relations between America and its top Middle East ally.

Biden has already phoned multiple world leaders, including Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping, but during his 23 days in office has yet to speak with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu—making Biden the first president in modern history to punt on bolstering U.S.-Israel relations during his initial days in office. Every president going back to at least Ronald Reagan in 1981 made contact with their Israeli counterpart within a week of assuming office, according to a review of news reports.

Congressional foreign policy leaders slammed Biden’s Netanyahu snub, prompting a flurry of questions for White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who has declined to disclose when or if Biden will call the Israeli leader. Psaki also said on Friday the White House would not list Israel as a U.S. ally when asked about the relationship during her daily press briefing.

Everyone is forgetting... They want high gas prices. It feeds into their agenda. They don't give two shits, or even one, about how these prices affect anyone.

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Psaki also said on Friday the White House would not list Israel as a U.S. ally when asked about the relationship during her daily press briefing.

God blesses those who bless Israel and curses those who curse Israel.

I am on record as vehemently opposing this travesty.

Didn't obama also disrespect Israel? obiden just following the leader.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:. . .

Gas hits highest price in 12 months as progressives, celebrities pressure Biden to cancel more pipelines
Gas Buddy analyst: 'Prices are likely to continue rising in the weeks and months ahead'. . .

Sorry Balze, gas prices are high because gas companies are evil. Just ask CA Gov Newsom.

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God blesses those who bless Israel and curses those who curse Israel.

I am on record as vehemently opposing this travesty.

So who is the best Middle East partner, Israel? Or Iran?
(Actually Hound Dog, I think you make a good point).

The Bidens wish China a happy new year

notice who does the talking

https://twitter.com/i/status/1360449477446946816

video at link

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Sorry Balze, gas prices are high because gas companies are evil. Just ask CA Gov Newsom.

And the timing of the price increases is puuure coincidence. Or a plot to make Newsom look bad when he's under threat of a recall. Or something.