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Eugene

(62,647 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:10 PM Apr 2019

New York officials hit back at Trump over backing NRA gun-rights group

Source: Reuters

POLITICS APRIL 29, 2019 / 9:02 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

New York officials hit back at Trump over backing NRA gun-rights group

Doina Chiacu
4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York’s governor assailed President Donald Trump on Monday for backing the National Rifle Association in its dispute with the state, accusing the U.S. leader of being afraid of the powerful gun lobby.

Two days after a gunman sprayed a California synagogue with bullets, killing a worshipper, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged Trump to do more to stop gun deaths.

In a statement directed at the president, Cuomo said 74,600 Americans had died from gun violence since Trump was elected in November 2016.

“You have done nothing but tweet about it,” Cuomo said. “Unlike you, President Trump, New York is not afraid to stand up to the NRA.”

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-nra/new-york-officials-hit-back-at-trump-over-backing-nra-gun-rights-group-idUSKCN1S5192
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New York officials hit back at Trump over backing NRA gun-rights group (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2019 OP
Love it! MyOwnPeace Apr 2019 #1
Except NY's gejohnston Apr 2019 #2

MyOwnPeace

(17,275 posts)
1. Love it!
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:37 PM
Apr 2019

More and more need to stand up to this "wanna-be" dictator and do what is right for the USA!

:donkey

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
2. Except NY's
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:42 PM
Apr 2019

solution isn't doing anything. Denmark had two synagogue shootings in 2015, armed security mitigated the damage, like SD. Every synagogue in Europe has either parishioners armed with pistols or security with automatic weapons, aka machine guns.
What did Cuomo say about the NYT's disgusting cartoon?

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