President Joe Biden realizes getting a ban on “assault weapons” will be difficult, the White House said on Nov. 28.
“We understand it’s an uphill battle. We understand that this is not easy. He gets that,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters during a press briefing in Washington.
“The president is an optimist,” she added later.
Jean-Pierre was speaking hours after several congressional Democrats acknowledged it was unlikely Democrats could convince 10 Republicans to join them in the Senate in support of the legislation, which the House of Representatives approved in July.
“Does it have 60 votes in the Senate right now? Probably not,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who has tried to gather GOP votes, said on CNN….