pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman attacked members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) as “a mad fringe of gun owners.”
In April, Fetterman spoke at the Giffords-sponsored Fight for Gun Safety in Pennsylvania on how to deal with gun violence. If elected to the Senate.
“I’m not afraid of anything, and certainly not the NRA,” Fetterman said. “Let’s be clear, the NRA does not represent the overwhelming majority of what gun owners really believe and want.”
John Fetterman defended Obama’s comments calling small-town Pennsylvania people ‘bitter’
“It’s the crazy periphery of gun owners, and they’re disproportionately represented, which distorts the conversation.” he continued“And to counter, I never make a mistake. It’s typical of the average gun owner in America.”
The NRA self-reports that the organization will have about 5 million members as of 2022.
according to world population reviewThere are 236,377 registered firearms in Pennsylvania alone, and two in five Pennsylvanians own a gun.
Fetterman’s campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
A Keystone Democrat came under fire last week after resurfaced in his past statements defending former President Barack Obama’s “bitter” comments about gun owners in Pennsylvania.
While running for president, Obama was infamous for small-town Pennsylvanians being “bitter” and clinging to “guns or religion or antipathy to people who are different from them” as the reason behind their dissatisfaction. You made a great comment.
“When you go to these small towns in Pennsylvania, like so many small towns in the Midwest, jobs have been gone for 25 years and nothing will replace them.
“And it’s not surprising, then, that they become bitter and use guns or religion or antipathy toward people who are different from them or anti-immigrant sentiments and I will hang on to anti-trade sentiment,” the then-presidential candidate continued.
Fetterman, then mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, defended Obama’s coverage as he engaged in the controversial primary against then-New York Senator Hillary Clinton.
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“It’s not patronizing, it’s not condescending, it’s not elitist,” Fetterman told local media. “We need hope and planning, and we need someone who is not part of the Washington system.”
Fetterman told local media that small-town Americans were furious and frustrated, and everyone “admitted that Obama could have slipped on different terms if he could have started over.” But it’s not patronizing, condescending, or elitist.”