A number of pro-gun rights Republicans pushed back on the administration's argument that Alex Pretti was dangerous because he had a gun. Pretti was legally licensed to carry one.
They’re not homogeneous, for sure. Many of them support killing liberal gun owners because they’re liberals, white men included.
The ones who don’t, though, specifically only oppose this because he’s a white man. The Republicans that are pushing back on his killing would be silent if Pretti was a Black man, or a Somali refugee, or trans, or anything else other than a white man.
They’re not homogeneous, for sure. Many of them support killing liberal gun owners because they’re liberals, white men included.
The ones who don’t, though, specifically only oppose this because he’s a white man. The Republicans that are pushing back on his killing would be silent if Pretti was a Black man, or a Somali refugee, or trans, or anything else other than a white man.