Can New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg bully pro-gun Democrats into changing their votes on a background check bill?
Bloomberg has poured millions of dollars into an ad campaign designed to pressure legislators who voted against universal background checks for guns, but will it actually “put the fear of god” in senators like Mark Pryor? Or will it turn out that this plan is “more sloppy in practice than in theory,” as CapitalNewYork.com’s Josh Benson put it?
Watch Michelle Bernard of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy, The Nation‘s Rick Perlstein and George Zornick,and Benson talk with Steve Kornacki about whether the mayor’s strategy has real potential to force changes.
Meredith Clark
Meredith Clark is a freelance writer and editor. She was previously a senior news producer for "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj," a reporter with MSNBC.com, the digital politics and culture editor at Glamour and a senior news and politics editor at Refinery29. She has written for Vulture, Rolling Stone, Self, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, The Daily Beast and Bustle. Recommended
