Trump Threatens Mitch McConnell Over Gun Bill: 'Final Straw'   Jason Lemon - 1h ago

Former President Donald Trump came out strongly Thursday against the bipartisan gun bill, threatening Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has supported advancing the legislation along with 13 other GOP lawmakers.

© Doug Mills-Pool/Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump attacked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) over his support for a bipartisan gun bill in a TruthSocial post on Thursday. Above, McConnell listens as Trump talks to reporters while hosting Republican congressional leaders and Cabinet members in the Oval Office at the White House on July 20, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Twenty Republican and Democratic negotiators—led by GOP Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, along with Democratic Senators Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Chris Murphy of Connecticut—announced a framework for the bipartisan gun bill on June 12 after multiple mass shootings. The legislation, which would be the biggest gun reform measure to pass Congress in years, got through its first major hurdle on Tuesday with the support of 14 Republican senators.

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