'Had the two TRAITOR Republicans ... voted against Pelosi, the bill would have failed,' American Firearms Association President Christopher Dorr said after the ban passed.
The bill is not expected to pass in the Senate due to the high hurdle of requiring 10 Republican votes to avoid a filibuster, while the chamber is evenly split 50-50 between Republican and Democrats.
Jacobs, who represents a district that includes Buffalo, New York—where 10 Black people were fatally shot by a white gunman at a supermarket in May—explained his vote in a statement obtained by"I strongly support the Second Amendment and the right to self-defense and have a record of doing so," Jacobs said."What I do not support is easy access to high-powered semiautomatic weapons and large capacity magazines that have time and time again resulted in mass casualty shootings.
"Henry Cuellar was one of 5 Democrats in the House who voted against the assault weapons ban," writer and progressive activist Adam Best."He continues to vote like a Republican. Remind me again why Dem leadership went to bat for him instead of getting behind an actual progressive?"
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