Why punishing Democrats for their gun-control sit-in is dicey territory for Paul Ryan
US Congress,Paul Ryan,Politics
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For now, it seems, the one lasting impact of House Democrats' 26-hour sit-in on gun control this summer is Republicans' desire to punish them for it.
But figuring out a way to do that without fanning the flames of the gun control debate — not to mention angering gun control advocates who are more and more willing to fight fire with fire — could be politically tricky.
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