President Joe Biden talked about guns, the Republican party, the economy’s performance after he took office, inflation, and the abortion issue on Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show Thursday.
Kimmel opened the interview with a question related to guns and schools. “There have been 27 shootings at schools,” this year, “Why haven’t we done anything about this?” asked Kimmel.
“A lot of it is intimidation by the NRA,” said the president, and immediately pivoted to the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement started by former president Trump. “This is not your father’s Republican Party. This is a MAGA party.”
Biden said, “if they vote for the rational gun policy … they’re going to lose in a hard-right Republican primary.” Biden claimed that many Republicans would like to get behind a gun policy. He also respects Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) but “he’s a leader of the party that’s moved very hard right.”…