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Jim Carrey said that the terror attacks of 9/11, responsible for 3,000 deaths and masterminded by Osama Bin Laden, doesn’t compare to the “gun deaths” the Hollywood actor says Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is responsible for.

During a September 3 appearance on The Hugh Hewitt show Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pledged votes for any gun control supported by President Trump.

On Tuesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that he expects to hear from the White House on what gun legislation, if any, President Trump is willing to support next week. McConnell said, [relevant remarks begin

Monday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful former Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) was shown speaking to reporters about gun control. On a universal background check bill, Klobuchar said, “Mitch McConnell is going to have to decide what side he’s

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) put out a tweet calling for expanded gun control without knowing the details of the Midland shooting. 

Kentucky sports talk host Matt Jones recently called that state’s governor, Matt Bevin, a “massive jerk” on Twitter.

During Thursday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough continued in his criticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in regards to Russia. Scarborough, who has referred to McConnell as “Moscow Mitch,” accused the Senate majority leader “doing the

Rep. Pete King (R-NY) is supporting the Democrats’ “assault weapons” ban in order to get rid of what he refers to as weapons “of mass slaughter.”

While speaking to CNN on Saturday, Representative Veronica Escobar (D-TX) stated that it is “un-American” that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) won’t bring up gun legislation in the Senate. Escobar said, “It is absolutely unreal to me that common

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) is baffled that cities can ban plastic straws, but Congress cannot unite to ban “assault weapons.”

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) is reconvening his committee a week before the rest of Congress in order to work on gun control.

While Republican leaders such as Sen. Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are giving ground on more gun laws, Republican voters support gun rights over gun control by a margin of nearly 3 to 1.

While speaking at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association Brunch on Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) referred to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as “Moscow Mitch” and criticized him for his vow to block pieces of legislation passed by

Democrat lawmaker are already looking beyond universal background checks in hopes of pressuring Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) into banning “assault weapons” too.

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared that the Senate would take up gun control in the wake of the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings, with expanded background checks “front and center.”  He added, “What we can’t do is fail to pass something.” 

The most recent FBI crime stats show that more people were killed in 2017 with hammers and clubs than were killed with rifles of any kind.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for not calling the Senate back to vote on gun legislation by saying McConnell would “rather keep taking the NRA’s blood money in exchange for

On August 8, 2019, NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre issued a statement taking exception with the gun control push currently emanating from the White House and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Twitter announced Friday that it unlocked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) campaign account after many Republican groups threatened to stop advertising on the social media platform.

Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Friday weighed in on Twitter suspending Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) reelection account after sharing a video of protesters allegedly making violent threats against the Senator while also allowing #MassacreMitch to

Actress Julianne Moore called on the Senate to come back to Washington from its recess and address what she called the “national crisis” on gun violence by passing universal background checks and red flag laws.

On Friday, 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) commented on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump’s “playbook” when it comes to gun legislation in the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. Ryan urged

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) indicated an “assault weapons” ban and other gun controls would be “front and center” when the Senate reconvenes in September.

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) stated that he believes President Trump “is open to considering broadening background checks” based on his conversations with the president. Toomey also said that if there is legislation

During a Thursday appearance on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) lamented over Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) lack of response to a letter from over 200 House Democrats urging him to cancel the chamber’s August recess to

The campaign account for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was suspended from Twitter after sharing a video of protesters allegedly making violent threats against the Senator, including a protester saying “just stab the motherfucker in the heart.” Twitter had no problem with “Massacre Mitch” trending on the platform.

House Democrats – including three members of the far-left “Squad” – are calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to reconvene the House to address white supremacy and gun violence, despite Pelosi’s calls for the pressure to stay on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

President Donald Trump spoke about gun control proposals on Wednesday, as he left the White House to visit Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas where two mass shootings occurred over the weekend.

A group of gun control activists shouted death threats as they gathered outside the Louisville, Kentucky, home of Mitch McConnell on Sunday.

Wajahat Ali, a New York Times contributing op-ed writer and CNN contributor expressed glee as “#MassacreMoscowMitch” — an apparent reference to mass shootings and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — trended on Twitter Monday and even tweeted out the hashtag himself.

Monday on MSNBC’s “Live,” 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) said in light of the House of Representatives passing a background check bill five months ago and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) not bringing it up for

In the wake of two mass shootings in less than a day, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr jumped to his Twitter account to go on the attack

Author Stephen King reacted to the deadly shootings that ravaged El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend by lashing out at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), stating that the Kentucky lawmaker “should be charged as an accomplice in these deaths.”

Lawmakers are urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to cancel the chamber’s August recess in order to respond to the two deadly shootings that took the lives of at least 29 people and injured dozens more over the weekend.

Democrat presidential hopeful Cory Booker blasted Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after the Texas and Ohio shootings, demanding the Senate be convened for a gun control vote. 

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) revealed Monday that he may only return to the U.S. Senate in September after undergoing surgery over the weekend to remove a part of his lung damaged during his 2017 assault.