Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said on Sunday that President Trump needs to let lawmakers know what gun reform measures he would sign before Republicans call bills for votes.
“The president needs to step up here and set some guidelines on what he will do,” Blunt said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“Schumer has an ‘everything or nothing’ mentality on gun legislation,” Blunt added, referring to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
“Well, call his bluff,” NBC host Chuck Todd said. {mosads}
“If the president would let us know what he’d sign if it got on his desk, we’d be much more likely to do that,” Blunt responded.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said that he will only call bills to a vote that Trump would support if they pass.
Gun reform activists are newly invigorated to push legislation forward after several mass shootings in the recent months.
The Democratic-controlled House passed a universal background check bill in February, but the Republican-majority Senate has not called it to a vote.
Trump had mentioned he supports universal background checks, but later walked back the comments and again reversed his position.