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When it comes to tough decisions and delivering meaningful results for his community, David Valadao has failed Californians once again. The first meaningful gun legislation in 30 years, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was just that: a bipartisan, common sense measure to protect families and save lives.
David Valadao voted against it.
Over the weekend, the Fresno Bee Editorial Board eviscerated his dangerous and irresponsible choice.
Read more of their scathing analysis below:
The Fresno Bee: From courage to cowardice: Valadao, who voted to impeach Trump, blows it on gun vote
The Editorial Board
July 1, 2022
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No less than Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell called the recent gun-control legislation a “package of common-sense and popular solutions” that will help limit mass-shooting events.
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Too bad Rep. David Valadao of Hanford could not come around to that view.
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That all the no votes in the House were Republican shows how the gun lobby continues its stranglehold on the GOP. The result also affirms, yet again, how little the GOP in the House cares about strong policy that will help the nation.
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It is likely that Valadao made a political calculation that he needed to vote no on the gun bill to satisfy Republicans and encourage them to back him in the fall. Without Republican voter support, Valadao won’t win.
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Now Valadao will advance to November to face Democratic state Assemblymember Rudy Salas. He finished first in the primary with 45.2% of ballots cast, and likely is the most formidable foe Valadao will have faced yet in his campaigns for Congress.
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Instead of supporting good policy, Valadao chose the path of asinine politics being played by McCarthy and his lieutenants in the House.
- The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is a compilation of long-overdue measures. Simply put, Valadao blew it.
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