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White House to withdraw nomination of David Chipman to head ATF in face of bipartisan pushback over his gun-control advocacy
President Biden nominated Chipman, who worked at ATF for more than two decades before joining the gun control group led by former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), in April as part of a larger effort to curb gun violence.
The White House declined to comment. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely about the nominee.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/chipman-atf-withdraw/2021/09/09/d5804a3a-1108-11ec-a511-cb913c7e5ba0_story.html
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)riversedge
(70,047 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)(The move comes amid concerns among moderate Democrats and independent Maine Sen. Angus King -- along with GOP senators -- over Chipman's past record on gun control.)
spanone
(135,778 posts)American politics at it's most insufferable.
Ninga
(8,272 posts)If ya aint got the votes, ya aint got the votes.
Celerity
(43,062 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,308 posts)God forbid we have someone in favor of gun control in the organization thats supposed to control guns.
Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)Chainfire
(17,458 posts)about it. We gotta keep those unemployment numbers down.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)PSPS
(13,577 posts)spanone
(135,778 posts)Voltaire2
(12,939 posts)we look weak as a party when we refuse to advocate for our beliefs.
Chainfire
(17,458 posts)NewHendoLib
(60,006 posts)Elessar Zappa
(13,896 posts)that enough Dems would oppose so the nomination had no chance.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Or is ATF supposed to be an NRA subsidiary?
Mad_Machine76
(24,391 posts)The ATF is about controlling guns.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Mad_Machine76
(24,391 posts)Takket
(21,526 posts)Can anyone explain to me why Democrats are upset with him? Are his measures super extreme like taking all guns away?
Mad_Machine76
(24,391 posts)that people are upset about having a head of the ATF- which is responsible for controlling guns- who supports.......gun control. But obsession with sucking up to guns and the people whom jerk off to guns and ammo mags I guess is more important to some folks I guess.