And though the majority of Americans favour some gun control, the Republican Party has made it clear that it will block any legislation. The Democratic Party would, its leaders say, push through tougher gun control, but passing legislation would require, at present, ten Republican senators to get on board. Yet the bipartisan gun control legislation that passed in June – prompted by the 24 May school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and the first such measures passed in decades – did not prohibit the purchase of assault rifles and would not have stopped this latest massacre. Democrats currently control the White House, the House of Representatives and the Senate. We have to fight for it, defend it and earn it by voting.” Unsurprisingly, the response has disappointed many on the left. In the hours following the mass shooting in Highland Park, President Joe Biden, speaking at an event for military families, referenced the attack saying, “Each day we’re reminded there’s nothing guaranteed about our democracy, nothing guaranteed about our way of life. As news updates rolled in, reports broke that there was another attack during 4 July celebrations in Philadelphia – this time, two police officers were shot. Several people were killed by a young white man in Highland Park, a heavily Jewish neighbourhood outside of Chicago, during a holiday parade.
CAPITOL UP 5 POINTS SINCE THE MAY.This year’s Independence Day was uniquely American: 4 July celebrations were targeted by mass shooters. A COMBINED 50% OF VOTERS SAY TRUMP IS SOLELY OR MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE JANUARY 6TH RIOT AT THE U.S. > HIS APPROVAL RATING STILL STUCK AT JUST 42%. AND AS PRESIDENT BIDEN RIDES OUT HIS VACATION ON THE HIGH OF SIGNING THE 700 BILLION DOLLAR INFLATION REDUCTION ACT INTO LAW. THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR OF WHY I'M VOTING FOR THE FIRST TIME THE ECONOMY. THE PRICES ARE HIGH FOR EVERYTHING, GROCERY. VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DETAILING THEIR DRIVING FACTORS. > THAT IS SPREADING EVERYWHERE, DRAGGING. THAT NEW LEVEL OF CONCERN AS 57% OF RESPONDENTS SAYING INVESTIGATIONS OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD CONTINUE, INCLUDING 21% OF REPUBLICANS. TOP ISSUE WORRIES OVER THREATS TO DEMOCRACY OVER TAKING THE COST OF LIVING. THE POLL ALSO INDICATING A SHIFT IN VOTERS. BUT OUR POLL FOUND REPUBLICANS NOW HOLDING ONLY A SLIGHT EDGE. NOW IN MARCH, THEY LED BY 17 THAT ENERGY MAY BE PUSHING DEMOCRATS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE WHEN IT COMES TO GENERAL PREFERENCES IN THE MIDTERMS.
> WHO'S MORE EXCITED TO VOTE? REPUBLICANS ONLY LEAD BY 2 POINTS. > THE NEW NBC NEWS POLL ALSO FINDS THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE SAID OF THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE V WADE, MAYBE CLOSING WHAT'S CALLED THE ENTHUSIASM GAP. 61 1% SAY THEY'RE SO ANGRY THEY BE WILLING TO HOLD A SIGN IN PROTEST FOR AN ENTIRE DAY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. > THE ISSUES HERE ARE SOME NASTY DIVISION. I THINK BOTH PARTIES ARE NOT REALLY ADDRESSING.
2 MONTHS UNTIL THE MIDTERMS AND AMERICAN VOTERS ARE ANGRY. MORA BY GARRETT REPORTS ON HOW THIS DISCONTENT IS SHAPING THE UPCOMING ELECTION. STREAMING APPS ON ROKU > AS THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS APPROACH, A NEW NBC NEWS POLL PAINTS A PICTURE OF VOTERS WHO ARE ANGRY OR AND MORE PESSIMISTIC THAN ALMOST EVER BEFORE.