"Wow:" McConnell Will Support the Gun Control "Compromise" Reached by Democrats and the Liberal Fake Republicans

A couple of weeks ago, the leftwing grifter Allahpundit attacked actual conservatives for resisting gun control efforts, and called their own proposals -- involving arming guards and teachers and hardening schools -- "unserious."

What would be "serious" measures, Allahpundit? He was too cowardly and too shifty to say. Of course, it could not be missed that he was hinting very, very strongly that he was on board with the full panoply of leftwing gun control measures, but he remains a coward even as he calls for "courage" from "patriot-minded conservatives."

He doesn't want to lose his grifter job. He has no other skills and is not suitable for any other form of semi-employment. He cannot just come out and say "I'm a hard-left agitator now."

So it's always hints and innuendoes. He can attack conservatives for what they want... but he doesn't yet have the guts to admit what he wants, which is the standard Affluent White Female Liberal leftwing social agenda on guns, abortion, everything.

Oh, I guess he sure showed his AWFL stripes on masks and lockdowns and forced vaccinations, huh?

Baby steps.

But now Mitch McConnell has embraced his favored position of gun control -- oh wait, Allahpundit spun this not as gun control, which he says the Republicans are too cowardly to agree to, but mere "lunatic control" -- and so Allah feels emboldned to show a little skin and embrace this leftwing position a little more openly.

Does this deserve a "wow"?

It feels like a "wow." The Senate hasn't passed a gun bill in almost 30 years. Now here's the most powerful Republican in Congress giving it his seal of approval.

But I'm not sure it's a "wow." Look at it this way: Is there any real downside to McConnell and the Senate GOP in supporting this deal?

What's the downside? That some gun-rights supporters on the right, like Tucker Carlson, will be mad?

However mad they are, I promise they're not mad enough to affect the midterm calculus. The political climate is so horrifically bad for Democrats that a red tsunami is on the way whether or not this bill passes. It's a free play for the GOP.

And McConnell personally has nothing to lose. He's used to being a hate object for the populist base; I think he enjoys flouting them, frankly. Besides, he doesn't face voters again until 2026 and may well retire rather than do so. By coming out in favor of the gun deal early, he can serve as a lightning rod for other members of his caucus who might want to support the bill but fear a backlash in conservative media. Now that Fox primetime and talk radio have McConnell to yell at, the other Republicans in favor will go largely overlooked.

Now, consider the upsides. Democrats have been screeching for years that Republicans refuse to Do Something on gun violence, supposedly too frightened of the NRA to act for the country's benefit. Suddenly the GOP has an easy retort: "We backed the deal between John Cornyn and Chris Murphy, didn't we?" Righties can no longer be accused of paralysis after mass shootings.

Another upside: One of the two key planks of the deal, adding juvenile offenses to the federal background check system, is completely uncontroversial. Obviously kids who committed dangerous crimes when they were minors shouldn't be able to buy guns when they turn 18. Even Dan Crenshaw supports that provision despite opposing practically every other form of restricting gun access.

Yes, True Conservative: "Even Dan Crenshaw" supports this, and all of us conservatives trust Dan Crenshaw on gun control.

He really gets conservatives, huh? I think we've found the Washington Post's next Conservative Correspondent.

All the Salon Hot 25 conservatives -- almost all employed by The Dispatch, The Bulwark, and The Atlantic and of course Salem Media -- will be high-fiving each other at the Meeting of The Concerned tonight.

Is it time to get rid of Mitch McConnell or do we have to go through another round of "But judges"?

posted by Ace at 04:35 PM

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