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That we see from greg abbott right now, we're going to be able to do that. >> staying on guns for a moment, on friday, a wisconsin jury acquitted kyle rittenhouse in his murder trial. rittenhouse claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two people and wounded a third in kenosha, wisconsin, last year. what's your reaction to that verdict? >> i mean, this entire tragedy makes the case that we should not allow our fellow americans to own and use weapons that were originally designed for battlefield use, that ar-15, that ak-47 has one single solitary purpose, and that is killing pe...

Beto o'rourke doubled down on his stance to ban assault-style weapons. take a listen. >> this entire tragedy makes the case that we should not allow our fellow americans to own and use weapons that were originally designed for battlefield use. that ar-15, that ak-47 has one single solitary purpose, and that is killing people as effectively, as efficiently and as great a number and in as little time as possible. >> waj, how do democrats fight back against that? how do they speak on this issue? >> gun control, believe it or not, is wildly popular. has been for several years, about 70% of america...

See from greg abbott right now, we're going to be able to do that. >> staying on guns for a moment, on friday, a wisconsin jury acquitted kyle rittenhouse in his murder trial. rittenhouse claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two people and wounded a third in kenosha, wisconsin, last year. what's your reaction to that verdict? >> i mean, this entire tragedy makes the case that we should not allow our fellow americans to own and use weapons that were originally designed for battlefield use, that ar-15, that ak-47 has one single solitary purpose and that is killing people as e...

Climate? that's certainly not what any democrat ran on. >> absolutely, and in the polls it's not where people place their priorities on your side of the aisle when it came to what they wanted to see. however, how much credit do you give the argument that something is better than nothing? >> i give it a lot of credit. and the reason i give it a lot of credit is, chris, you know i was a co-chair for bernie sanders. i get criticized by my base, we don't have medicare for all, we don't have free public college in this bill, we don't have a $15 minimum wage in this bill, we don't have a lot of thin...

>> absolutely, and in the polls it's not where people place their priorities on your side of the aisle when it came to what they wanted to see. however, how much credit do you give the argument that something is better than nothing? >> i give it a lot of credit. and the reason i give it a lot of credit is, chris, you know i was a co-chair for bernie sanders. i get criticized by my base, we don't have medicare for all, we don't have free public college in this bill, we don't have a $15 minimum wage in this bill, we don't have a lot of things that bernie sanders, elizabeth warren believed in. we...