“They may think they can change our lives with the stroke of a pen, but we have pens too,” Hochul said defiantly of the Supreme Court’s gun ruling. The regulations include a novel requirement to screen applicants’ social media accounts for threats.
She called a special session last week in which lawmakers passed new measures limiting where those licensed to have guns can carry them and toughening rules for obtaining the permits. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a state law and allowed most people to carry a handgun for personal protection. In New York, for instance, Hochul was undeterred by a U.S. Kathy Hochul of New York and Gavin Newsom of California have wide latitude. Well positioned heading into the fall campaign and presiding over statehouses where Democrats are in control, Pritzker and Govs. Vote!”īut in this moment, governors may have unique tools that are more conducive to swift action than the president. “We have a lot of tools at our disposal, I think we have a lot of assets at our disposal, and we have to use them.”įacing pressure to be more forceful, Biden took executive action on Friday to protect access to abortion, but noted the limits of what he could do without Congress acting and said, “For God’s sake there is an election in November. “The people that you’re telling to vote aren’t going to listen until we prove that we are handling this moment with urgency,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said in an interview, referring to the party generally.
Some Democrats warn that the lack of a strong response will be a problem if the party hopes to turn out enough voters to maintain their narrow grip on Congress in the fall midterm elections. Their willingness to speak - and act - in aggressive terms stands in contrast to Biden, who is coming under growing criticism from some Democrats for lacking a sufficiently robust response to what some in his party see as existential threats. In a summer marked by anger among Democrats over a string of mass shootings and the Supreme Court’s decision to strip women of the constitutional right to an abortion, several governors, including Pritzker, are emerging as the party’s leading voices of outrage. “I know it can be exhausting and unsettling,” he said, adding that “we’re going to get through all of this.” I’m furious,” Pritzker said.īut at the White House, President Joe Biden was more focused on reassurance than anger. “If you’re angry today, I’m here to tell you: Be angry. Pritzker tapped into the frustration of many fellow Democrats at the seeming inability of the U.S. NEW YORK - Hours after a gunman killed seven people at a July 4th parade in suburban Chicago, Illinois Gov. Pritzker attends a news conference at Highland Park Fire Department station 33., after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, July 4, 2022.
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