Joe Biden Discusses Plan to Fight Abortion Decision, Urges Voters to Focus on Gun Policy


President Joe Biden had a somber conversation with Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday,

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where the pair discussed gun legislation and the ongoing debate surrounding Roe v. Wade.

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During Biden’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! visit, which marked his first in-studio late-night appearance since the inauguration,

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Kimmel asked the president if he would issue an executive order regarding gun

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sales in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.

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“I have issued executive orders within the power of the presidency to be able to deal

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with everything having to do with guns, gun ownership… all the things that are within my power,” Biden replied.

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“But what I don’t want to do — and I’m not being facetious

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I don’t want to emulate Trump’s abuse of the constitution and constitutional authority.”

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