Manchin Blames Gun-Vote Loss on Opposition Twisting Facts
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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin blamed the vote yesterday to reject expanded background checks of gun purchasers on the National Rifle Association’s “twist” of facts.
Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, said the NRA’s campaign against his compromise plan didn’t represent law-abiding gun owners’ willingness to accept reasonable controls to help keep guns from mentally ill people and criminals. Yesterday, Manchin’s proposal fell six votes short of the 60 needed for adoption by the 100-member Senate.