In the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Sen. Michael Bennet said that the president could make a big difference in the effort to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
Twelve people were shot to death in the Virginia Beach municipal building and four others were injured in Friday's rampage, allegedly carried out by an employee.
"After Columbine in Colorado, the people of this western state voted to close the gun show loophole and internet loophole," he said."It's impossible to argue that our state isn't safer because of this law. If McConnell doesn't take this on the floor, the people of America and the people of Kentucky will hold him accountable for that."
Bennet holds a mixed record on gun control. He's voted to ban high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets; he's also said he opposes restricting the right to bear arms; and, in 2009, he voted to allow Amtrak riders to check bags containing guns. His push for gun control on the campaign trail has not always been widely accepted.
"I only got in the race four weeks ago, so, George, I'm behind and anybody who wants to help, we'd love to have the help. But I also think – I hope the DNC sort of takes a look at this and reconsiders," Bennet told Stephanopoulos."I've been in the Senate for 10 years and I think the tragedy for adding voices to the Democracy, if we're basing it just on what people can raise on the internet in just a handful of weeks, I just don't think it makes any sense.
On"This Week," Stephanopoulos said,"You heard those boos right there. You know, at the State of the Union, you applauded President Trump when he said America will never be a socialist country. Are you worried that you and John Hickenlooper are out of step with the base of your party?" Bennet echoed that sentiment while criticizing Sen. Bernie Sanders' Medicare-for-all plan and advocating for his Medicare X plan, an extension of the Affordable Care Act which would provide Americans with a public option. Bennet said his plan has higher chance of being passed into legislation.
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