‘Deer are wearing Kevlar vests?’: Biden makes head-scratching statements on gun control

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3 years ago

April 29, 2021

Staff Writer

President Biden talked gun control in his recent speech, slamming high-capacity magazines.

“We need a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” Biden said. “And don’t tell me it can’t be done.”

But it was what Biden said about those who oppose a ban on large magazines and why they need so many that had some questioning.

“What’d ya think? Deer are wearing Kevlar vests?” Biden joked.

What do deer have to do with shooting people threatening my life? https://t.co/XjeH7SKZcY
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) April 29, 2021

https://twitter.com/toddstarnes/status/1387588524489199618?s=20

Biden’s line about deer wearing kevlar vests is funny because the AR-15 fires a cartridge (5.56) that is much less powerful than cartridges used to hunt deer (.308, 6.5 creedmoor, etc).

It’s also funny because we don’t care. The 2nd Amendment is about self-defense, not hunting.
— Latino Rifle Association (@LatinoRifleOrg) April 29, 2021

Biden addressed the nation and about 100 members of Congress Wednesday night. He took the opportunity to share the policies he plans on pursuing during his presidency.

“Talk to most responsible gun owners and hunters,” Biden said. “they’ll tell you that there’s no possible justification for having 100 rounds in a weapon.”

BREAKING: Senate votes down both articles of impeachment against Mayorkas in party-line vote

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20 hours ago

April 17, 2024

Sara Carter Staff

The Senate voted down two articles of impeachment Wednesday which alleged Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas engaged in the “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” regarding the southern border in his capacity as DHS secretary. The second claimed Mayorkas had breached public trust.

What resulted in a party-line vote, began with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., proposing a point of order declaring the first article unconstitutional, to which the majority of senators agreed following several failed motions by Republicans. The article was deemed unconstitutional by a vote of 51-48, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voting present.

Fox News reports:

Schumer’s point of order was proposed after his request for unanimous consent, which would have provided a set amount of time for debate among the senators, as well as votes on two GOP resolutions and a set amount of agreed upon points of order, was objected to by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.

Schmitt stated in his objection that the Senate should conduct a full trial into the impeachment articles against Mayorkas, rather than the debate and points of order suggested by Schumer’s unanimous consent request, which would be followed by a likely successful motion to dismiss the articles.

Republican senators took issue with Schumer’s point of order, as agreeing to it would effectively kill the first of the two articles. Several GOP lawmakers proposed motions, which took precedence over the point of order, to adjourn or table the point, among other things. But all GOP motions failed.

After another batch of motions to avoid voting on Schumer’s second point of order, which would deem the second article unconstitutional, the Senate agreed to it. The vote was along party lines 51-49, with Murkowski rejoining the Republicans.