One of the livelier exchanges at the Democratic primary debate on Tuesday night was a bitter exchange between South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke. O’R…
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/Shutterstock Pete Buttigieg Fourth 2020 Democratic Party Presidential Debate, Westerville, USA - 15 Oct 2019
One of the livelier exchanges at the Democratic primary debate on Tuesday night was a bitter exchange between South Bend, Indiana MayorO’Rourke has tied his candidacy recently to a mandatory AR-15 and AK-47 weapon buyback proposal to limit the proliferation of firearms. At the last debate, when he was asked whether that meant that he was proposing to take away guns, O’Rourke responded, “Hell yes.”
At Tuesday’s debate, sponsored by CNN and The New York Times, O’Rourke took issue with Buttigieg’s description of the plan as a “shiny object” that will distract from the need to defeat Donald Trump.Buttigieg responded, “Congressman, you just made it clear that you don’t know how this is going to take weapons off the street. If you can develop the plan further, I think we can have a debate about it, but we can’t wait.
“Let’s follow their inspiration and lead, and not be limited by the polls and the consultants and the focus groups,” O’Rourke said.“The problem isn’t in the polls. It is in the policy. I don’t need lessons from you in courage, political or personal,” Buttigieg said, adding that the problem is the National Rifle Association “and their enablers in Congress and we should be united in taking the fight to them.
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