{"id":2377,"date":"2018-03-12T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/12\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/"},"modified":"2018-03-12T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:17:00","slug":"trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Trump Mocks \u2018Blue Ribbon\u2019 Panels, Then Calls For One\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&rsquo;s new gun proposal makes it clear that he has not listened to the thousands of students across the country speaking out for common-sense gun reforms. Instead, Trump chose to side with the NRA and unveil a new proposal that does not take the meaningful steps required to ensure another tragedy like Parkland never happens again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/blue_ribbon2.jpg\" style=\"width: 503px; height: 283px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump&rsquo;s proposal includes no new gun legislation and instead would establish a federal commission to assess how to best address gun violence in schools.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/white-house-vows-to-help-arm-teachers-and-backs-off-raising-age-for-buying-guns\/2018\/03\/11\/14da0c8e-253a-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html?utm_term=.008e382daefa\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;Many of the student survivors have urged Washington to toughen restrictions on gun purchases, but such measures are fiercely opposed by the National Rifle Association, and <strong>the Trump plan does not include substantial changes to gun laws. Rather, the president is establishing a Federal Commission on School Safety<\/strong>, to be chaired by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, that will explore possible solutions, such as the age requirement for purchases, officials said.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/377872-white-house-unveils-new-gun-proposals-in-wake-of-florida-shooting\">The Hill<\/a>: &ldquo;<strong>White House officials said the administration will establish a federal commission to assess how to best address gun violence in schools, though it will not propose any legislation of its own<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump tapped Betsy DeVos to run this commission, who in a 60 Minutes interview proved how truly unqualified she is.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/answer-sheet\/wp\/2018\/03\/12\/education-secretary-betsy-devos-stumbles-during-pointed-60-minutes-interview\/?utm_term=.873a4071bfff\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;Education Secretary Betsy <strong>DeVos stumbles<\/strong> during pointed &lsquo;60 Minutes&rsquo; interview&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/972996794757140486\">Axios<\/a>: &ldquo;Sec. of Education Betsy <strong>DeVos struggles to answer fairly basic questions<\/strong> on school performance on 60 Minutes&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By his own standards, Trump is not taking this issue seriously. Less than 24 hours earlier, he derided setting up &ldquo;blue ribbon committees,&rdquo; because all they do is &ldquo;talk, talk, talk.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/1803\/10\/cnr.10.html\">Trump<\/a>: &ldquo;<strong>We can&#39;t just keep setting up blue ribbon committees<\/strong> with your wife and your wife and your husband and they meet and they have a meal and they talk. Talk, talk, talk. Two hours later, then they write a report.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&rsquo;s new gun proposal makes it clear that he has not listened to the thousands of students across the country speaking out for common-sense gun reforms. Instead, Trump chose to side with the NRA and unveil a new proposal that does not take the meaningful steps required to ensure another tragedy like Parkland never happens <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Trump Mocks \u2018Blue Ribbon\u2019 Panels, Then Calls For One\u2019 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-12T16:17:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/blue_ribbon2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/\",\"name\":\"\u2018Trump Mocks \u2018Blue Ribbon\u2019 Panels, Then Calls For One\u2019 - Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/blue_ribbon2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-12T16:17:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018Trump Mocks \u2018Blue Ribbon\u2019 Panels, Then Calls For One\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\",\"name\":\"Democrats\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018Trump Mocks \u2018Blue Ribbon\u2019 Panels, Then Calls For One\u2019 - Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_site_name":"Democrats","article_published_time":"2018-03-12T16:17:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/blue_ribbon2.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/","name":"\u2018Trump Mocks \u2018Blue Ribbon\u2019 Panels, Then Calls For One\u2019 - Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/blue_ribbon2.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-12T16:17:00+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-mocks-blue-ribbon-panels-then-calls-for-one\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018Trump Mocks \u2018Blue Ribbon\u2019 Panels, Then Calls For One\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/","name":"Democrats","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}