Scarborough on Gun Control: ‘This Is a 90/10 Issue Now, When Will Republicans Figure It Out?’

‘Businesses have figured it out’

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SCARBOROUGH: "The politics of this have completely changed. And I don’t know if Republicans have figured it out; businesses have figured it out. The overwhelming majority of Republicans, 90 percent, 9 out of 10 support enhanced background checks, universal background checks to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers, keep guns out of the hands of people who are mentally ill-suited for guns. But, you know, in 2018, the NRA was badly outspent. They were just trounced. They don’t have the money they used to have because Wayne LaPierre and the three lobbyists in Washington, D.C. have been, according to reports, looting the coffers and buying hundreds of dollars' worth of Italian suits and trying to buy $6 million mansions. There’s a guy in south Florida, Brian Mast, he supported a ban on military style weapons, he’s a guy who went to war, lost his legs in war, he knows about war. And you know, he not only won reelection, he won with a larger margin. This is not a lose — this is what we would go around in our office and laugh off as a 90/10 issue, when somebody would get on the floor and say, 'I stand up and I support the flag,' and we'd laugh and go, 'Good courage on the 90/10 issue.' This is a 90/10 issue now. When will Republicans figure it out?"

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