Bloomberg to endorse Hillary

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The Times reports that Mike Bloomberg will endorse Hillary Clinton:

“Michael R. Bloomberg, who bypassed his own run for the presidency this election cycle, will endorse Hillary Clinton in a prime-time address at the Democratic convention and make the case for Mrs. Clinton as the best choice for moderate voters in 2016, an adviser to Mr. Bloomberg said … “Mr. Wolfson also said Mr. Bloomberg was pleased by the selection of Senator Tim Kaine, a former mayor of Richmond, Va., and a strong supporter of gun control, as Mrs. Clinton’s running mate …”

Unless the Da Maya plans on opening his wallet to the Clinton/Kaine campaign I don’t see this as being that big of a deal.

Clinton/Kaine

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Hillary has chosen Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate.

While he is a bit of a disappointment to some “progressives”, he shouyld be warmly received by the antigunners.

From the NY Times:

“… Mr. Kaine, a gun owner himself, is a consistent supporter of gun control measures and has backed broad background checks and restrictions on the sale of combat-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. The 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech inspired Mr. Kaine, then the governor, to close loopholes in Virginia law that allowed some people to buy guns despite failing background checks. In the Senate, he supported the Manchin-Toomey bill, which would have expanded background checks to cover gun shows and weapons sold over the internet. He also backed banning gun sales to terrorism suspects on the government’s “no-fly” list …”

And here is a longer story from CNN, “Clinton’s new VP pick could be point man on guns.”

Here’s Kaine at 0:45 during last months phony filibuster in Congress:

Martins working across the aisle

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Whenever a Republican says they can “work across the aisle” it usually means they’ve totally caved and adopted the positions of the far Left.

Case in point:

“Both Republican Jack Martins and Democrat Tom Suozzi last Wednesday said the North Shore needs a congressman who can work across the aisle to create change in the increasingly polarized Congress … Both candidates agreed on a need for gun control … Martins, a state senator and former Mineola mayor, touted his work in Albany to pass laws with bipartisan support, such as the “common sense” SAFE Act gun control bill … “We need people who are willing to work across the aisle, people who don’t see the world in Rs and Ds, people who are willing to find common ground to get things done,” said Martins …”

Chris Cox’s RNC speech

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Here is Chris Cox’s speech from last night:

His 40 years remarks are a GOP talking point. See this interview by Mike Gallagher of Reince Priebus for more.

I would not have gone that way. Instead, I would have highlighted Mike Pence’s 2A record.

Not seeing it

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According to Newt Gingrich:

“… “If we carry New York by the margin we should, we will have changed American history,” Gingrich said at a breakfast gathering of the New York Republican delegation in downtown Cleveland …”

I’m not seeing New York turning red.  There are about 5.8 million registered Democrats in the state compared with 2.7 million Republicans, 2.4 million unaffiliated and another half million or so registered in minor parties.

“… “New York is in play,” said Rep. Chris Collins, who has a speaking slot on Tuesday at the convention’s main stage. “New York would be one of the tougher states to win. It comes down to the four boroughs, because he’s going to win Staten Island.” …”

Back that statement up.  I have not seen any evidence of this.  Even with relatively high turnout in the Nassau special election, the Republicans blew it.

The state GOP is in shambles.  Where is their GOTV organization?  Western NY?  The political center of gravity is New York City and the suburbs, not Buffalo.

Opting out of opting out

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Monroe County government in action.

Wrong message

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The New York City Employees Retirement System voted to divest itself of companies which sell firearms.  According to City Comptroller Scott Stringer:

“Today, the trustees of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System came together to divest our holdings of several gun retailers. We have seen too much violence from guns to continue to stand idly by and as fiduciaries we have a responsibility to protect our investments and the people of our City. This vote sends a strong signal across the country that government can take tangible steps to help reduce the number of guns on our streets and make progress toward ending the epidemic of gun violence.”

No, the signal it sends is that the trustees are more concerned with pushing their personal political agendas than in looking out for their pensioners best financial interests by seeking the maximum returns with minimal risks.  With gun sales way up the trustees are shirking their fiduciary responsibilities by selling profitable investments.

 

Antigunners refuse to put signs on their property

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Project Veritas shows the hypocrisy of Congressional staffers.

Bonus: Charlie Rangel makes an appearance at 2:20.

House putting off gun bills

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Gun legislation in the House has been pushed back until after the summer recess at the earliest:

“… “Given the events … we need to take a step back and show some real calmness and some real leadership and reflect on what’s happening in this country, and pursue the gun issue at a further date,” Rep. Mimi Walters (R-Calif.), the freshman class representative to GOP leadership, told The Hill after a meeting in Ryan’s office …”

And hopefully bury the issue.

“… Last week, Ryan faced dozens of GOP defections on a leadership-backed gun control measure … Conservatives argued that terrorist watchlists often wrongly include people and that the law would thus infringe on the Second Amendment. “I think it’s dead,” conservative Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) told The Hill last week …”

I’m inclined to agree.  The answer to PSH is time.  Plus it puts us closer to the election day dumpster fire which will be front and center in everybody’s mind, not gun control.

The only two Congressional races where challengers have tried to make it an issue are Anna Throne-Holst in CD-1 and Colleen Deacon in CD-24 and it does not appear to be gaining much traction in either district.