Sen. Joe Manchin says former NRA staffer's background check app proposal could derail talks.
It's not often that Joe Manchin gets angry, at least not publicly, but a flash of anger bubbled up Monday as the West Virginia Democrat lashed out -- unprompted -- at a former NRA staffer now working at the White House who has become deeply involved in the ongoing bipartisan gun control talks between senators and President Donald Trump.
Momentum for a major gun control compromise appears to be slowing after a summer marred by a spate of mass shootings, and tension is mounting as days pass without a decision from the president as to what he will support, if anything, in the way of legislation. “Why is this one guy bringing this up right now?" Manchin bristled, saying that the Department of Justice has concerns about the app, as well."Why is this one guy adamantly wanting one thing done which makes no sense right now?”
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