W.H. to withdraw nomination of David Chipman to head ATF due to his gun control advocacy

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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

The White House is planning to withdraw David Chipman’s nomination to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this week amid bipartisan pushback over his gun control advocacy, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.

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]

1. Good n/t

[riversedge]

2. " bipartisan pushback" damn guns!

[BeckyDem]

3. Great.

(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.)

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8. Yes, god forbid we have a gun control advocate in charge of guns.

[BeckyDem]

12. Yep.

American politics at it's most insufferable.

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14. 👍🏼

[Ninga]

4. Angus King, Jon Tester, and (rim shot) Manchin...

If ya ain’t got the votes, ya ain’t got the votes.

[Celerity]

5. Manchined? Like he did Neera Tanden?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. Yep. Though they blamed "teh Bernie"

God forbid we have someone in favor of gun control in the organization that’s supposed to control guns.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Hell, why not just nominate Wayne LaPierre to ATF...

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11. That is what I was thinking too. Old Wayne may need a new job soon if N.Y. has anything to say

about it. We gotta keep those unemployment numbers down.

[Hoyt]

15. Exactly. Guess coddling gunners is just politically expedient nowadays, until 50 kids get killed.

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17. And even after that

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26. Sandy Hook barely moved the needle....20 kids between 6 & 7 yrs. old murdered.

[Voltaire2]

7. such horseshit

we look weak as a party when we refuse to advocate for our beliefs.

[Chainfire]

13. Sometimes we act like we are afraid of offending people who already hate our guts.

[NewHendoLib]

20. this

[Elessar Zappa]

18. Biden was likely told

that enough Dems would oppose so the nomination had no chance.

[lagomorph777]

10. Isn't that exactly what we need?

Or is ATF supposed to be an NRA subsidiary?

[Mad_Machine76]

21. lKR?

The ATF is about controlling guns.

[lagomorph777]

23. Seems like it's going the other way: Guns are controlling the ATF.

[Mad_Machine76]

24. Seems like it

[Takket]

16. I know nothing about this so...

Can anyone explain to me why Democrats are upset with him? Are his measures super extreme like taking all guns away?

[Mad_Machine76]

19. It's mind-boggling

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.

[NewHendoLib]

22. this too.

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25. Its maddening.