{"id":31308,"date":"2021-06-22T12:38:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T12:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31308"},"modified":"2021-06-22T12:38:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T12:38:54","slug":"keep-calling-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31308","title":{"rendered":"Keep Calling Senators!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3766,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/t.co\\\/HeD4YLh5mY&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3767,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/bangordailynews\\\/status\\\/1407104510791716864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3768,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/bangordailynews.com\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/21\\\/politics\\\/susan-collins-to-vote-against-joe-bidens-controversial-atf-nominee&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bangordailynews.com\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/21\\\/politics\\\/susan-collins-to-vote-against-joe-bidens-controversial-atf-nominee&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3769,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.sinema.senate.gov\\\/contact-kyrsten&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3770,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.manchin.senate.gov\\\/contact-joe\\\/office-locations&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3771,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tester.senate.gov\\\/?p=offices&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>If you wondered whether if calling your senators to oppose the Chipman nomination is having any impact, see the tweet below. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was considered one of the squishy votes on the nomination that could go either way. She had now come out against David Chipman&#8217;s nomination to head BATFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Susan Collins to vote against Joe Biden\u2019s controversial ATF nominee<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HeD4YLh5mY\">https:\/\/t.co\/HeD4YLh5mY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bangor Daily News (@bangordailynews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bangordailynews\/status\/1407104510791716864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 21, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2021\/06\/21\/politics\/susan-collins-to-vote-against-joe-bidens-controversial-atf-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">From the article in the Bangor Daily News<\/a><\/strong> referenced in the tweet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In a statement released by the Sportsman\u2019s Alliance of Maine on Monday, Collins characterized Chipman\u2019s background as \u201cunusually divisive,\u201d saying he had \u201cmade statements that demean law-abiding gun owners.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cI am concerned that his confirmation would do significant damage to the collaborative working relationship that must exist between ATF, the firearms industry, sportsmen and women, and other law-abiding gun owners exercising their Second Amendment rights,\u201d Collins said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The calls are working. The Senate switchboard number is 202-224-3121. The operator will connect you to your senators&#8217; office. I would also suggest calling their offices around the state. It will magnify the impact of the opposition to Chipman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, if you live in Arizona, West Virginia, or Montana, bombard Senators <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinema.senate.gov\/contact-kyrsten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sinema<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchin.senate.gov\/contact-joe\/office-locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manchin<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tester.senate.gov\/?p=offices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tester<\/a><\/strong> with your calls. Click on their names for the office phone numbers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you wondered whether if calling your senators to oppose the Chipman nomination is having any impact, see the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[371,1192,699,874],"class_list":["post-31308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-batfe","tag-david-chipman","tag-presidential-nominations","tag-sen-susan-collins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31309,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31308\/revisions\/31309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}