<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1654547054535,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000162-07b2-d172-a563-4ffafb0a0000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1654547054535,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000162-07b2-d172-a563-4ffafb0a0000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
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But Biden will keep advocating “more” action because that is what voters “want,” according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
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“He believes that Congress should continue to act, and we are going to see how the negotiations go,” Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday. “We’re going to give it the space that it needs, and we’re not going to speak to what exactly is being discussed.”
Gun reform talks are being led by Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Thom Tillis (R-NC). A framework could include expanded background checks, red flag measures, school safety improvements, and mental health investments but not all of the suggestions Biden floated during last week’s national address, such as an assault weapons ban.
“Let me just say that the president is encouraged by the discussions that are happening currently in the Senate by the bipartisan group that’s being led by Sen. Murphy and other members,” Jean-Pierre added. “It shows the urgency of the moment.”
Retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) criticized Biden over the weekend for complicating anti-gun conversations, particularly with his prime-time speech last week after the Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, shootings.
“Since day one, he has sided with the far Left of his party and really not reached out to Republicans,” Toomey told CBS. “So, once again, the president is not being very helpful.”
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Jean-Pierre dismissed Toomey on Monday, citing the White House’s Office of Legislative Affairs’s “constant communication” with Congress.
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