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Rantz: Anti-gun Seattle Rep. Pramila Jayapal is broken
Sep 1, 2023, 6:20 PM

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BY JASON RANTZ
The Jason Rantz Show, 3pm-7pm on KTTH
There’s something seriously wrong with Seattle Congresswoman Pramila
Jayapal.

The grandmother to the Squad, Jayapal has always occupied space in the
fringes of the Democrat party. She’s got no meaningful legislative
accomplishments despite representing a major city, because she’s an
unserious politician. She lazily spouts progressive talking points
because taking symbolic stances is easier than doing hard work. But one
recent post on X (formerly known as Twitter) is so over-the-top that it
seems important to question what Jayapal is trying to do.

“Reminder: It shouldn’t be easier to buy an assault weapon than tickets
to Barbie, Oppenheimer or the Eras Tour Concert Film,” Jayapal (or some
23-year-old staff member she mistreats) posted.

What in the world is wrong with her?

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There’s something wrong with Jayapal
While guns are a frequent target of Jayapal, her latest post is
downright irresponsible.

It’s never been more difficult to purchase so-called “assault weapons,”
a catch-all term the Radical Left uses when they see scary-looking
firearms. In Washington state, which Jayapal pretends to represent in
Congress, “assault weapons” are banned. And there’s not a single
location in the country where it’s easier to buy any firearm than get
tickets to movies Jayapal hasn’t seen and a musician she’s only casually
familiar with. She likely yelled at the young staff she notoriously
mistreats for some pop-culture references to shoehorn into the ignorant
post because she thinks it’ll appeal to Gen Z. It’s tailor-made for the
most ignorant voters who take pride in being as empty a vessel as the
congresswoman.

You can be in favor of severe gun restrictions while also rejecting her
flat-out-stupid claim. How shameless can she get?

What’s the value in so transparently and foolishly lying about access to
firearms? Of course, for anyone concerned with gun violence (like her
constituents who deal with her soft-on-crime policies that embolden
criminals to keep offending), if they believe her, they’ll be
frightened. And that’s precisely what she wants.

Bad faith attempt to ban guns
Jayapal and the rest of the Radical Left want to ban guns.

It’s an easy position for them since they are afforded more protection
than the communities their policies leave unsafe. Jayapal used taxpayer
dollars for private protection, then raided her campaign finances for
top-of-the-line home security. A proponent of cashless bail, she could
easily become the target of a prolific offender she fights to keep out
of jail. She’ll do what she can to keep herself and her family safe. If
only she afforded the same level of care to her constituents.

Instead, Jayapal aims to keep guns away from law-abiding citizens who
pose no threat. She does absolutely nothing to keep firearms from the
gang members she champions with her favored criminal justice reforms.
That her policies make us unsafe is precisely why people rightly turn to
firearms for personal protection. But she apparently can’t connect the
dots (or at least, she refuses to).

Her argument epitomizes why she’s such an ineffective lawmaker: It’s
offered in bad faith. It’s how she offers most of her political arguments.

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