Trump doubles down on NRA's agenda

[struggle4progress]

BY ASHER STOCKLER ON 9/28/19 AT 10:57 AM EDT

... In the 2016 election, suburban voters went for Trump by a slim margin, according to a detailed post-election analysis conducted by the Pew Research Center. White women comprised 41 percent of the electorate, more of them pulled the lever for Trump than did for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Yet these voters may have begun to swing the other way on gun control as Trump is doubling down on his appeals to the NRA and its supporters. A prominent Republican polling outfit recently surveyed suburban women in key House districts and found that nearly three-quarters support stricter gun measures. The poll, which was obtained by The Washington Post, also found that a majority of these suburban women believes that stricter gun laws would actually be effective, despite NRA orthodoxy.

In a Morning Consult poll conducted in August, 51 percent of suburban voters reported strong support for increased gun control, and another 25 percent reported still more tepid support for tightening gun laws. Fifty-nine percent of Republican women professed their support for more gun control.

Even a majority of voters who approve of the job Trump is doing as president said that they prefer stricter gun laws, according to the poll ...

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-gun-control-women-2020-election-nra-1461927

[ffr]

1. Every other country does it. He's not concerned in taking their laundered money

[Mike 03]

2. Hard to believe suburban women didn't ditch him long before this on other issues

like Kavanaugh, Charlottesville, the war against women's reproductive freedom, etc...

Where are the investigations into whether or not the NRA is even a legitimate US organization in light of the fact it is funnelling Russian money to influence elections and is run by grifters?

[randr]

3. Now we know what the deal is

Lsos has NRA paying for his defense and Judy is on the case

[keithbvadu2]

4. Some women would give up the right to vote in order to elect Trump

Some women would give up the right to vote in order to elect Trump

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-backers-tweet-repealthe19th-1476299001-htmlstory.html

Oct. 12, 2016, 12:15 p.m.

Trump backers tweet #repealthe19th after polls show he'd win if only men voted

As polls show that Donald Trump would overwhelmingly win if only men were allowed to vote, the GOP nominee's supporters have spawned a new Twitter hashtag: #repealthe19th.

That’s a reference to the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.