Schumer: I don't know any 'Democrat who agrees' with O'Rourke on gun seizures
By Aris Folley - 09/19/19 07:54 AM EDT
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday told reporters that he doesn’t “know of any other Democrat who agrees†with Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s proposal to confiscate automatic weapons.
"I don't know of any other Democrat who agrees with Beto O'Rourke, but it's no excuse not to go forward," Schumer told reporters on a conference call Wednesday, according to the Times Union.
The minority leader's comments come as a number of Democrats, have come out in opposition to O'Rourke's proposed mandatory buyback program for assault-style weapons.
The former Texas congressman captured headlines with fiery comments he made about the proposal at the Democratic primary debate last week, saying, “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.â€
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