{"id":31362,"date":"2021-07-20T11:53:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T11:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31362"},"modified":"2021-07-20T11:53:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T11:53:52","slug":"durbin-chipman-has-a-lot-of-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31362","title":{"rendered":"Durbin &#8211; Chipman Has &#8220;A Lot Of Issues&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3699,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.politico.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/19\\\/durbin-atf-pick-issues-500170&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>File this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/07\/19\/durbin-atf-pick-issues-500170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico story<\/a><\/strong> under the &#8220;No Shit, Sherlock&#8221; label.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Majority Whip and Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) said &#8220;there are a lot of issues&#8221; over David Chipman&#8217;s nomination to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Durbin goes on to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Durbin acknowledged Monday that the whip count \u201cis not where we want it yet, but there\u2019s always a chance.\u201d&#8230;<\/p><p>\u201cMembers understand this is a highly controversial position,\u201d Durbin said Monday. \u201cIt has been left vacant because Republicans and Democrats couldn\u2019t find someone to fill the slot so it\u2019s no wonder that we\u2019re having some difficulty with it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>What I read Durbin&#8217;s statement to mean is that he hasn&#8217;t been successful in convincing Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) that the political fallout from supporting Chipman won&#8217;t be as bad as they think. They are still listed in the undecided column. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is either that or the incentives that he is offering to them have not risen to the level where they will hop onboard. By incentives I mean support for pet legislation, campaign money, and the like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Durbin and Chuck Schumer were convinced they had 50 votes to confirm Chipman, the vote would have already been held. Since they don&#8217;t, Chipman remains in limbo. The longer it goes, the less likely he is to be confirmed. All it takes is for one non-Republican to come out against Chipman and the nomination will be withdrawn. One way to read Durbin&#8217;s interview with Politico is that he is signaling the White House it is time to pull Chipman&#8217;s nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As to the issues surrounding David Chipman, I think that I and virtually every other gun owner in America would run out of fingers if we had to list them all.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File this Politico story under the &#8220;No Shit, Sherlock&#8221; label. 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