First off the Democrats did NOT have control of Congress for very long at all during the Obama Administration.Just like they don’t want to solve the DACA problem, why didn’t the Democrats pass gun control legislation when they had both the House & Senate during the Obama Administration. Because they didn’t want to, and now they just talk!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2018
Courtesy of Ohio.com:
In May, 2009, Robert Byrd got sick and did not return to the Senate until July 21, 2009. Even though Franken was finally seated July 7, 2009 and Byrd returned on July 21…..Democrats still only had 59 votes in the Senate because Kennedy never returned, dying on August 25, 2009.
Kennedy’s empty seat was temporarily filled by Paul Kirk but not until September 24, 2009.
The swearing in of Kirk finally gave Democrats 60 votes (at least potentially) in the Senate. “Total control” of Congress by Democrats lasted all of 4 months. From September 24, 2009 through February 4, 2010…at which point Scott Brown, a Republican, was sworn in to replace Kennedy’s Massachusetts seat.
This is a lie that the Republicans have been telling for eight years now, and they need to be called out on it EVERY..SINGLE..TIME!
And as for the Democrats not wanting to do anything about gun control, in the five years right after Gabby Giffords was shot the Democrats introduced more than 100 gun control bills, and they were ALL blocked by the Republicans.
Very few of them even made it to the House or Senate floor.
I know that this orange POS lies like some people draw breath, but we cannot allow him to spread this bullshit on our watch .
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