The walkout, «Stand for the Second,» is a response to the March 14 National School Walkout that
called for gun control policy measures while honoring the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Not exact matches
Many conservatives have been critical of the Parkland survivors» political and
policy beliefs, which isn't too surprising given that the survivors have
called for gun control measures that conservatives are opposed to.
At a fundraiser at Salvatore's Italian Gardens Friday evening, Trump
called New York's new
gun control laws a disaster, supported fracking
for natural gas and criticized Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo's tax
policies for businesses.
In his first term Cuomo used his State of the State Addresses to build what observers
call his version of «a new Democrat,» or his version of being (Bill) Clintonian - rolling out fairly moderate - to - conservative fiscal proposals, including some that targeted Western and Upstate New York
for growth, and liberal social
policies like marriage equality and
gun control.
Cuomo instead governed as a Clintonian centrist, pushing
for a socially liberal agenda (same - sex marriage, abortion rights,
gun control) that he hoped would balance out economic
policies that prompted the state's highest - ranking GOP official to
call him «a good, moderate Republican.»