Dayton mayor to Trump: ‘You could do something Obama couldn’t do’

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While Dayton, Ohio Mayor Nan Whaley and President Trump were discussing potential avenues of action in the wake of multiple mass shootings over the weekend, Whaley told Trump he had the opportunity to “do something Obama couldn’t do” by enacting some form of an assault weapons ban.

“[Trump] was kind of intimating that President Obama didn’t get the assault weapon [ban] passed, saying ‘Well, why didn’t Obama get this done?'” Whaley told CNN. “Sen. Brown said, ‘Look, he didn’t have the votes.’ … I said ‘maybe you can get the votes, Mr. President, you can do something that Obama couldn’t do. How about you get the votes for the assault weapons ban?'”

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