An unusual coalition of senators is working to persuade the president to stand up to the NRA
Pat Toomey approached Chris Murphy on the Senate floor this week with an urgent warning: We’re running out of time to sway President Donald Trump.
The odds remain slim that Trump and a Republican-controlled Senate will act amid stiff resistance from the NRA. But if background checks legislation becomes law, this unusual coalition will be key. “The president said a lot of things I deeply disagreed with. I tried my best to hold my tongue,” Murphy said of his recent talk with Trump. “I did my best to stay focused on finding common ground on guns.”
And while Murphy supported the Manchin-Toomey measure at the time, the senator representing Newtown has since sought a far more expansive set of new gun regulations, describing himself as a “hard-liner” on the matter. “I’m skeptical. This president changes his mind every 15 minutes,” added Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin . “It’d be nothing short of a political miracle.”
Collins is also working on background checks. But she too realizes the importance of the Murphy-Manchin-Toomey triumvirate.
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