A handful of moderate Senate Democrats remain undecided on the nomination of David Chipman, who now works with a top gun control group
As President Joe Biden tries to go on the offensive against rising gun crime, his pick to oversee the nation’s firearm regulations is stuck in limbo in the Senate.
“I’ve spoken to him a few times, had a Zoom call with him, trying to get all the facts and figures on this stuff, his credentials,” Manchin said. He added that Chipman’s experience “seemed to be exemplary" but that he's still considering "everything else that people have concerns about.” While Biden’s White House touts its plans to combat an uptick in crime this summer by stopping the movement of illegal firearms — a central job of the ATF — Republicans are turning Chipman into a pressure point for swing-vote Democratic senators. Donald Trump Jr. is jumping into the battle over Biden’s ATF pick, calling on voters to pressure red-state centrists Manchin and Tester. And the GOP Senate campaign arm is also tracking the nomination closely.
So far this year, Biden has only seen one of his appointments, Neera Tanden for the Office of Management and Budget, fail in the Senate thanks to bipartisan opposition. The White House also withdrew the nomination of Elizabeth Klein for deputy secretary of the Interior Department after it became evident Klein didn't have the votes for confirmation.
During his confirmation hearing, Chipman came under pressure from Senate Republicans for stating last year in an interview that new gun owners without training should only bring their guns out "if the zombies start to appear." Chipman, during his hearing, described the remarks as “self-deprecating.”
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