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U.S.
Tucker Carlson: Gun Buybacks Would Lead to ‘Civil War’
The Daily Beast By Justin Baragona,The Daily Beast 20 hours ago
Hours after The View’s Meghan McCain warned that there would be “lots of violence” if the American government enforced mandatory gun buybacks, Fox News host Tucker Carlson took that argument even further on Tuesday night and claimed buybacks would lead to a “civil war.”
Following yet another mass shooting in Texas this past weekend, Carlson led off his Tuesday night primetime program by blasting Democratic calls for mandatory buybacks of assault-style weapons. (The Odessa shooter used an AR-15, a weapon that has become commonplace in mass shootings.)
“They are not buying them back,” Carlson grumbled. “It’s gun confiscation. Nothing but that. An attempt to eliminate a constitutional right the ruling class finds inconvenient.”
“It won’t reduce gun violence,” the right-wing cable news host continued. “In fact, sending armed authorities door-to-door to seize people’s lawfully owned weapons is a sure-fire recipe for causing violence. If you cared about America and the people who live here, you would not suggest that. But they don’t hesitate.”
Carlson went on to grouse some more over Democrats pointing the finger at firearms and high-capacity magazines and clips as a root cause of America’s gun violence problem, bringing on a former Army ranger to back up his criticisms. The Fox host then brought on Democratic strategist Bernard Whitman to debate the merits of buybacks and gun reform in general, resulting in a predictably heated exchange.
After Whitman pointed out that the vast majority of American citizens support universal background checks—the Odessa shooter failed a federal background check—Carlson pivoted back to buybacks, insisting they would result in war.
“What you are calling for is civil war,” Carlson exclaimed, noting that several 2020 candidates support buybacks. “What you are calling for is an incitement to violence. It’s something—I wouldn’t want to live here when that happened, would you?!”
The Fox host went on to allege that this was really about the ruling class punishing and attacking rural America, adding that “there is no violent crime in most places where everyone owns a gun.”
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'Over the top:' McConnell still mad about #MoscowMitch, calls attention to 2020 election
USA TODAY Sarah Ladd, Louisville Courier Journal,USA TODAY 12 hours ago
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It's no secret Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn't like the nickname given him in July – "Moscow Mitch."
During a Tuesday interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show, he again condemned the name, calling it "modern-day McCarthyism" and an "over the top" smear on his career.
"Unbelievable for a Cold Warrior like me who spent a career standing up to the Russians to be given a moniker like that," McConnell told Hewitt. "It’s an effort to smear me. You know, I can laugh about things like the Grim Reaper, but calling me Moscow Mitch is over the top."
Louisville's famous politician was first called "Moscow Mitch" in July by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on his "Morning Joe" show for blocking two measures aimed at preventing foreign interference in U.S. elections a day after former special counsel Robert Mueller appeared before two House committees and reiterated how his 448-page report found the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
Mueller also warned that Russia is planning to interfere in the 2020 election "as we sit here."
McConnell has stood his ground on not passing the measures from the beginning. He said Tuesday that his opponents will "say anything and do anything."
Background: McConnell called 'Moscow Mitch' for blocking election security bills
Also: Nancy Pelosi gets laughs as she refers to McConnell as 'Moscow Mitch'
"And going back even to the breakup of the Soviet Union," he told Hewitt, "I was one of those leading the charge for expanding NATO up to the Russian border over and over again over the years."
When Hewitt asked McConnell if Democrats have "monetized anger and slander," McConnell drew attention to the upcoming election and said it's important to look past "hot rhetoric" surrounding nicknames like Moscow Mitch and instead look at the "cold, hard reality."
"That’s what the election’s about next year, and the American people somehow are going to have to sort out all of this," he said. "And what I hope they’ll do is tune a good bit of this out and focus on the facts, which are that if the Democrats get power again, they’re going to turn us into a socialist country."
"The Green New Deal, Medicare for all, add it all up, and you have fundamentally changed America into a country it’s never been before," McConnell said. "That’s what’s really at stake next year, not all of this hot rhetoric, but the cold, hard reality of what they’ll do if they get power."
McConnell is keen to hold the position he has held since 1984 in his reelection campaign against Democratic challenger Amy McGrath in a race that may get more crowded soon.
More: From 'Moscow Mitch' to 'Massacre Mitch': McConnell gets new nickname after mass shootings
Opinion: Why is McConnell so upset about being called Moscow Mitch? Maybe it hits too close to home
In a video shared by WHAS 11 Monday, U.S. Representative John Yarmuth of Louisville said he had no desire to run against McConnell but would do so if the senator agreed to debate him in public five times.
Tuesday afternoon, McConnell's campaign Twitter account shared the link and wrote, "Accepted. When is the announcement? - MM." Three hours after that post, the account tagged Yarmuth in a GIF scene from the 1992 film "Reservoir Dogs" with the quote, "Are you gonna bark all day, Little Doggy, or are you gonna bite?"
Yarmuth spokeswoman Heather Dearing hasn't yet returned a Courier Journal request for comment.
Reach breaking news reporter Sarah Ladd at sladd@courier-journal.com. Follow her on Twitter at @ladd_sarah.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: McConnell: Moscow Mitch is "over the top" smear and "unbelievable"
U.S.
Tucker Carlson: Gun Buybacks Would Lead to ‘Civil War’
The Daily Beast By Justin Baragona,The Daily Beast 20 hours ago
Hours after The View’s Meghan McCain warned that there would be “lots of violence” if the American government enforced mandatory gun buybacks, Fox News host Tucker Carlson took that argument even further on Tuesday night and claimed buybacks would lead to a “civil war.”
Following yet another mass shooting in Texas this past weekend, Carlson led off his Tuesday night primetime program by blasting Democratic calls for mandatory buybacks of assault-style weapons. (The Odessa shooter used an AR-15, a weapon that has become commonplace in mass shootings.)
“They are not buying them back,” Carlson grumbled. “It’s gun confiscation. Nothing but that. An attempt to eliminate a constitutional right the ruling class finds inconvenient.”
“It won’t reduce gun violence,” the right-wing cable news host continued. “In fact, sending armed authorities door-to-door to seize people’s lawfully owned weapons is a sure-fire recipe for causing violence. If you cared about America and the people who live here, you would not suggest that. But they don’t hesitate.”
Carlson went on to grouse some more over Democrats pointing the finger at firearms and high-capacity magazines and clips as a root cause of America’s gun violence problem, bringing on a former Army ranger to back up his criticisms. The Fox host then brought on Democratic strategist Bernard Whitman to debate the merits of buybacks and gun reform in general, resulting in a predictably heated exchange.
After Whitman pointed out that the vast majority of American citizens support universal background checks—the Odessa shooter failed a federal background check—Carlson pivoted back to buybacks, insisting they would result in war.
“What you are calling for is civil war,” Carlson exclaimed, noting that several 2020 candidates support buybacks. “What you are calling for is an incitement to violence. It’s something—I wouldn’t want to live here when that happened, would you?!”
The Fox host went on to allege that this was really about the ruling class punishing and attacking rural America, adding that “there is no violent crime in most places where everyone owns a gun.”
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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USA TODAY
'Over the top:' McConnell still mad about #MoscowMitch, calls attention to 2020 election
USA TODAY Sarah Ladd, Louisville Courier Journal,USA TODAY 12 hours ago
Reactions Reblog on Tumblr Share Tweet Email
It's no secret Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn't like the nickname given him in July – "Moscow Mitch."
During a Tuesday interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show, he again condemned the name, calling it "modern-day McCarthyism" and an "over the top" smear on his career.
"Unbelievable for a Cold Warrior like me who spent a career standing up to the Russians to be given a moniker like that," McConnell told Hewitt. "It’s an effort to smear me. You know, I can laugh about things like the Grim Reaper, but calling me Moscow Mitch is over the top."
Louisville's famous politician was first called "Moscow Mitch" in July by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on his "Morning Joe" show for blocking two measures aimed at preventing foreign interference in U.S. elections a day after former special counsel Robert Mueller appeared before two House committees and reiterated how his 448-page report found the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
Mueller also warned that Russia is planning to interfere in the 2020 election "as we sit here."
McConnell has stood his ground on not passing the measures from the beginning. He said Tuesday that his opponents will "say anything and do anything."
Background: McConnell called 'Moscow Mitch' for blocking election security bills
Also: Nancy Pelosi gets laughs as she refers to McConnell as 'Moscow Mitch'
"And going back even to the breakup of the Soviet Union," he told Hewitt, "I was one of those leading the charge for expanding NATO up to the Russian border over and over again over the years."
When Hewitt asked McConnell if Democrats have "monetized anger and slander," McConnell drew attention to the upcoming election and said it's important to look past "hot rhetoric" surrounding nicknames like Moscow Mitch and instead look at the "cold, hard reality."
"That’s what the election’s about next year, and the American people somehow are going to have to sort out all of this," he said. "And what I hope they’ll do is tune a good bit of this out and focus on the facts, which are that if the Democrats get power again, they’re going to turn us into a socialist country."
"The Green New Deal, Medicare for all, add it all up, and you have fundamentally changed America into a country it’s never been before," McConnell said. "That’s what’s really at stake next year, not all of this hot rhetoric, but the cold, hard reality of what they’ll do if they get power."
McConnell is keen to hold the position he has held since 1984 in his reelection campaign against Democratic challenger Amy McGrath in a race that may get more crowded soon.
More: From 'Moscow Mitch' to 'Massacre Mitch': McConnell gets new nickname after mass shootings
Opinion: Why is McConnell so upset about being called Moscow Mitch? Maybe it hits too close to home
In a video shared by WHAS 11 Monday, U.S. Representative John Yarmuth of Louisville said he had no desire to run against McConnell but would do so if the senator agreed to debate him in public five times.
Tuesday afternoon, McConnell's campaign Twitter account shared the link and wrote, "Accepted. When is the announcement? - MM." Three hours after that post, the account tagged Yarmuth in a GIF scene from the 1992 film "Reservoir Dogs" with the quote, "Are you gonna bark all day, Little Doggy, or are you gonna bite?"
Yarmuth spokeswoman Heather Dearing hasn't yet returned a Courier Journal request for comment.
Reach breaking news reporter Sarah Ladd at sladd@courier-journal.com. Follow her on Twitter at @ladd_sarah.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: McConnell: Moscow Mitch is "over the top" smear and "unbelievable"