and he missed the chance, then he came out the next day and he attempted to resolve that with a statement that he didn t really seem to have his heart in, then the next day when he was supposed to be talking about infrastructure and jobs, he decided instead to have a bit of a tantrum about how he had he was really right all along and the rest of the world was wrong. the moment that we re at is that this is a real danger. hate groups have endangered human populations from the dawn of time, mass hatred is the most dangerous movement in the world in history and we need to denounce it when we see it. it was a failure by the president, he still has a chance, i suppose, to get on the right side of this issue, but he
it s not going to happen unless the american people, unless we make our voices heard. the heartening thing, the thing i take heart in, is that is genuinely happening. you have seen people like rupert murdoch, bill o reilly, michael gerson, george w. bush s speech writer, all coming out, talking about this middle ground that so clearly exists, things like background checks, the assault weapons ban, that we can do to keep dangerous guns out of the hands of dangerous people without conflicting with paul ryan s love of hunting. that s why like i said, 74% of nra members support background checks to keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons and domestic abusers and dangerously mentally ill. that middle ground exists. the american public knows it exists. we just have to close that disconnect that exists between what the american public wants and what our elected officials and presidential candidates are doing about it. that s shameful, that disconnect. jonathan capehart, dan makes a v