Given the hyper-partisan era in which we live, one would expect a Democrat to cheer when the presumptive Republican nominee for president appeared open to legislation she was championing.
But that isn’t what happened when Donald Trump tweeted about a proposal, championed by California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, which would ban gun sales to people on the terror watch list.
The New York Times article on the subject contains the following astonishing passage:
There are only two logical conclusions one can draw from Senator Feinstein’s sentiments.
The first possibility is that Senator Feinstein doesn’t actually believe that her bill will save any lives, but rather wants to use it as a cudgel to hammer her partisan opponents. The second option is that she does think her bill will make America safer—but simply views beating Republicans as a higher priority. Trump went and mucked that up, however.
Neither possibility speaks well for Senator Feinstein—nor, again, for that ultra-partisan era in which we find ourselves.
