Rep. Andrew Clyde dropped a bombshell bit of information on the behind-the-scenes arm twisting from House Republican leadership on the debt ceiling fight, telling War Room host Steve Bannon that he was told by at least one unnamed member that his bill to stop the ATF’s new pistol brace rule from being enforced would be held in limbo unless he cast an assenting vote to the debt ceiling package crafted by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the Biden administration.
“I was called about 12:30 or so on Wednesday and I was told by leadership that if I didn’t vote for the rule that it would be very difficult to bring my bill to the floor. Now remember, the bill that I have is H.J. Res 44, this is the pistol brace rule. This is a bill that takes down the overreach by the ATF . The ATF is trying to become Congress here and create a law that they don’t have the authority to create. A law that makes felons out of tens of thousands, actually millions if you look at what CRS (Congressional Research Service) says about how many pistol brace owners there are.”
Despite the heavy-handed attempt to corral Clyde’s vote, the congressman was one of 70 Republicans and and 46 Democrats voting against the debt ceiling legislation. Coincidentally or not, H.J. Res 44 has not been heard on the House floor despite the fact that the new pistol brace rule is now in effect… at least for those gun owners who aren’t members of the Firearms Policy Coalition, the Second Amendment Foundation, and Gun Owners of America, all of whom have now been granted at least temporary relief by federal judges who’ve issued partial injunctions against the rule’s enforcement.
By Cam Edwards
