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Preview For This Week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke on Sunday dismissed criticisms that his recent rhetoric on gun control is playing into the hands of the National Rifle Association.
During the third Democratic debate on Thursday, O'Rourke said he planned to take assault rifles from civilians as part of a nationwide buy-back program in response to the spate of mass shootings afflicting the country in recent years. The emphatic comments raised concerns among his fellow Democrats that they would offer fuel for attack ads by the NRA, feeding into the idea that Democrats were out to destroy the Second Amendment.
Speaking with NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday, O'Rourke said those concerns "just show you how screwed up the priorities in Washington, D.C., are."
"I refuse to even acknowledge the politics or the polling or the fear or the NRA," O'Rourke said on “Meet the Press.“ "That has purchased the complicity and silence of members of Congress."
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/15/beto-orourke-guns-nra-1496184
During the third Democratic debate on Thursday, O'Rourke said he planned to take assault rifles from civilians as part of a nationwide buy-back program in response to the spate of mass shootings afflicting the country in recent years. The emphatic comments raised concerns among his fellow Democrats that they would offer fuel for attack ads by the NRA, feeding into the idea that Democrats were out to destroy the Second Amendment.
Speaking with NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday, O'Rourke said those concerns "just show you how screwed up the priorities in Washington, D.C., are."
"I refuse to even acknowledge the politics or the polling or the fear or the NRA," O'Rourke said on “Meet the Press.“ "That has purchased the complicity and silence of members of Congress."
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/15/beto-orourke-guns-nra-1496184
Seriously guys, if you're that paranoid about having your guns taken away to the point where you would resort to violence, you are only validating their point that you should have them taken away.
*audience laughs and applauds*
This week the Top 10 is live from Northwestern University in Chicago and jam packed! We recap the democartic debates - did a Congressman send a death threat to Beto O'Rourke? Plus Trump bans e-cigs but no mention about guns, we remember 9/11 the Trump way, Tribute Bolton was fired from the Trumper Games, we discuss the GOP talking point about safe spaces, and Dan Bishop is the latest added to our ever-growing list of People Who Somehow Got Elected. Plus in our weekly investigative piece, Top 10 Investigates, what's the latest on the opioid crisis? It turns out the criminal Sackler family may have done more damage than we think! And in our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in "Holy Shit", what's going on with Liberty University? Our resident pastor is going to do a deep dive into this subject, and Jerry Falwell Jr might be going down. Plus we also have a new People Are Dumb, because of course they always are! And our 2020 voters' guide, Keeping Up With The Candidates, is going to take a look at a guy who could be a key player in flipping the Senate blue, John Ossoff! Plus some live music from the Raconteurs!
Wed at 2:00 PM /shameless self promotion
