Senator Pat Toomey told the Times Herald that some Republicans opposed his amendment to expand gun background checks because they didn’t want to “be seen helping the president”.
Said Toomey: “In the end it didn’t pass because we’re so politicized. There were some on my side who did not want to be seen helping the president do something he wanted to get done, just because the president wanted to do it.”
“In subsequent comments, he tried to walk that remark part-way back by noting he meant to say Republicans across the nation in general, not just those in the Senate.”
Via The Political Wire.
