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Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick has given Republicans countless reasons to vote against him in favor of a real conservative, pro-Trump candidate like Andy Meehan. Below are just a sample of over 200 FITZWATCH items. Download the full FITZWATCH document at https://meehan2020.com/fitzwatch
CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK VOTES WITH DEMOCRATS AGAIN & AGAIN to champion “Assault Weapon” bans, “Red Flag” gun confiscation laws & more gun control, accepting endorsements from anti-gun groups like Everytown for Gun Safety, Brady Campaign, & Million Mom March. Do you support our Second Amendment right to keep & bear arms?
11/1/2017 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) VOTES WITH DEMOCRATS TO BAN GUN PARTS, INCREASE TAXES ON GUN OWNERS http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/01/republican-reps-buck-nra-introduce-gun-control-bump-stocks
12/6/2017 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) PROMISED TO VOTE FOR CONCEALED CARRY RECIPROCITY… THEN VOTED AGAINST IT https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h663
2/23/2018 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) SUPPORTS BANNING “MILITARY-STYLE” WEAPONS “& WE MUST STOP AT NOTHING TO GET THERE” http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20180223/rep-brian-fitzpatrick-not-time-to-worry-about-slippery-slope-in-reducing-gun-violence
2/27/2018 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) JOINS DEMOCRATS, BECOMES ONLY REPUBLICAN TO SUPPORT HR2598 ALLOWING REMOVAL OF GUNS FROM “POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS” CITIZENS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-brian-fitzpatrick-congress-court-order-remove-guns-20180227-story.html
2/27/2018 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) JOINS DEMOCRATS, AUTHORS LEGISLATION TO RAISE AGE TO PURCHASE “ASSAULT WEAPONS” TO 21 https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/fitzpatrick-takes-leadership-role-addressing-gun-violence-community
5/12/2018 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) SCHEDULES GUN SHOP MEET & GREET, THEN CANCELS https://twitter.com/dmforcongress/status/995441997249961984
6/28/2018 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) ACCEPTS ENDORSEMENT OF ANTI-GUN ACTIVIST & FORMER DEMOCRAT CONGRESSPERSON GABBY GIFFORDS: “Fitzpatrick, in a statement, said he is grateful for her endorsement… It is a testament to the work I do to not worry about party labels & to do what is best for the people of Bucks & Montgomery counties.” https://patch.com/pennsylvania/newtown-pa/former-democratic-congresswoman-endorses-brian-fitzpatrick
7/26/2018 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) & PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS PROPOSE SWEEPING CHANGES TO HOUSE RULES TO “FORCE COMPROMISE” ON IMMIGRATION, GUN CONTROL, ENVIRONMENT https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/problem-solvers-caucus-propose-changes-to-house-rules-to-break-the-gridlock-1027404918
9/7/2018 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) JOINS DEMOCRAT SCOTT WALLACE (D-PA01), SUPPORTS STUDENT ANTI-GUN “DIE-IN” PROTESTS: “Fitzpatrick said he finds the student activists refreshing, saying they have his support… I stand behind everything these kids stand for.” http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20180907/students-plan-weekend-die-in-at-doylestown-art-festival
9/29/2018 FIREARM OWNERS AGAINST CRIME (FOAC) ENDORSES WRITE-IN CANDIDATE STEVE SCHEETZ (L-PA) FOR MIDTERM 2018 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT 01 https://foac-pac.org/voter_guides/2018%20Gen%20Voters%20Guide-Z-5A-Vers-2.pdf
10/10/2018 SCOTT WALLACE, CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK, MARGUERITE QUINN: ONE & THE SAME ON RESTRICTING GUN RIGHTS http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20181009/father-of-parkland-victim-speaks-at-gun-safety-rally-in-new-hope
10/11/2018 NEW YORK TIMES HONORS CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) AS CHAMPION OF GUN CONTROL https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/us/politics/pennsylvania-gun-control-election.html
10/12/2018 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) ACCEPTS ENDORSEMENT OF NATIONAL GUN CONTROL GROUP “EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY” FOUNDED BY DEMOCRAT BILLIONAIRE MICHAEL BLOOMBERG http://www2.philly.com/philly/columnists/clout/clout-brian-fitzpatrick-guns-philadelphia-suburbs-congress-election-20181012.html
10/18/2018 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) JOINS DEMOCRATS, ACCEPTS ENDORSEMENT OF GUN CONTROL GROUP “BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE”, SPONSORS OF “MILLION MOM MARCH” AGAINST THE 2ND AMENDMENT https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/brady-campaign-endorses-cd7s-malinowski-cd4s-smith/
10/19/2018 IN DEBATE QUESTION ON GUN RIGHTS, CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) STATES “EVERY SINGLE GUN SAFETY ORGANIZATION” HAS ENDORSED MY AGENDA OF GUN CONTROL, ASSAULT WEAPONS BANS, GUN VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDERS https://youtu.be/1UDeyOPBEuk
10/19/2018 DEBATE REVEALS CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) & SCOTT WALLACE (D-PA01) AGREE ON GUN CONTROL, HEALTHCARE, CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20181019/fitzpatrick-wallace-trade-barbs-at-candidates-forum
11/28/2018 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) JOINS TOP DEMOCRATS AT WASHINGTON, DC CELEBRATION PAID FOR BY GUN CONTROL GROUP “BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE”, SPONSORS OF “MILLION MOM MARCH” AGAINST THE 2ND AMENDMENT https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2018/11/28/house-dems-elect-jeffries-to-leadership-352685
1/8/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) JOINS DEMOCRATS, SUPPORTS “BIPARTISAN BACKGROUND CHECKS ACT” GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION, CRIMINALIZING PRIVATE GUN SALES & GIFTS http://www.philly.com/news/expanded-guns-background-checks-pat-toomey-gabby-giffords–20190108.html
1/23/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) JOINS DEMOCRATS, SUPPORTS BILL TO BAN OWNERSHIP OF “ASSAULT WEAPONS” UNTIL AGE 21
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/23/congress-guns-legislation-purchasing-age-1119920
1/14/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) JOINS NANCY PELOSI TO SUPPORT BILL HR8, BANNING ALL PRIVATE FIREARMS SALES & BORROWING OF FIREARMS, & ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL FIREARMS REGISTRY https://www.gunpowdermagazine.com/republicans-join-forces-with-pelosi-to-promote-national-gun-registry
1/23/2019 DEMOCRATS SEEK GUN-CONTROL ALLIES IN GOP, STARTING WITH CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/house-democrats-gun-agenda-start-might-get-gop-votes
2/6/2019 DEMOCRAT ANTI-GUN BILL MOVING THROUGH CONGRESS SUPPORTED BY CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01)
https://www.petaluma360.com/news/9253908-181/rep-mike-thompsons-gun-background
2/10/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) JOINS HOUSE DEMOCRATS, WILL VOTE FOR HR8: BIPARTISAN BACKGROUND CHECKS ACT OF 2019 TO CRIMINALIZE PRIVATE GUN SALES, BAN GUN OWNERSHIP UNTIL AGE 21 https://www.breitbart.com/podcast/2019/02/10/house-democrats-plan-vote-criminalize-private-gun-sales-this-week/
2/14/2019 HR8: BIPARTISAN BACKGROUND CHECKS ACT OF 2019 ADVANCES WITH SUPPORT OF CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) & HOUSE DEMOCRATS; WILL CRIMINALIZE PRIVATE GUN SALES & BORROWING, BAN GUN OWNERSHIP UNTIL AGE 21 https://thehill.com/homenews/house/429927-dems-escalate-gun-fight-a-year-after-parkland
2/20/2019 GUN CONTROL BILLS PROLIFERATE IN CONGRESS WITH SUPPORT OF CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01)
https://www.philly.com/news/guns-control-parkland-shootings-congress-harrisburg-bills-20190220.html
2/27/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) 6ABC TELEVISION INTERVIEW: WEARS PARKLAND SHOOTING BRACELET EVERY DAY; EQUATES GUN DANGERS WITH 9-11 ATTACKS
https://6abc.com/video/embed/?pid=5159479
https://6abc.com/politics/watch-feb-24-inside-story-with-matt-o-donnell-&-brian-fitzpatrick/5159494
2/27/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) VOTES WITH DEMOCRATS FOR HR8: BIPARTISAN BACKGROUND CHECKS ACT OF 2019; WILL CRIMINALIZE PRIVATE GUN SALES & BORROWING, BAN GUN OWNERSHIP UNTIL AGE 21
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/27/republicans-voted-democrats-gun-control-bill
3/28/2019 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION TO OPPOSE ERPO “RED FLAG” GUN CONFISCATION LAW CHAMPIONED BY “LONE REPUBLICAN” CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01)
https://carbajal.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=475
6/14/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) SILENT AS NESHAMINY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER JOSEPH BODRI ARRESTED, FIREARMS CONFISCATED IN “RED FLAG” ACCUSATIONS FOR ALLEGED REMARKS AT PRIVATE HOME https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20190626/hearing-for-neshaminy-teacher-charged-with-terroristic-threats-continued Bodri was arrested by Middletown police, arraigned & is out on his own recognizance after allegedly uttering threats indicating he planned to shoot Neshaminy High School Principal Ryan Staub, according to court documents. Bodri, a resident of Huntingdon Valley in Montgomery County, made the threats during a gathering of Neshaminy employees at a home on Apple Valley Drive in Middletown on June 13, documents stated. Staub called police after being advised of the alleged threats.
8/5/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) RESPONDS TO MASS SHOOTING TRAGEDIES WITH TWEET TO “CHANGE OUR LAWS & POLICIES TO… PREVENT THESE HORRIFIC ACTS FROM OCCURRING. HATE IN ALL ITS FORMS MUST END.”
https://twitter.com/RepBrianFitz/status/1158099877735358464
8/16/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) ONE OF ONLY 2 REPUBLICANS TO COSPONSOR DEMOCRAT-LED ERPO RED FLAG GUN CONFISCATION LAWS https://www.newsweek.com/gun-control-bills-democrats-judiciary-committee-1454785 H.R. 1236, the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019, introduced by Rep. Salud Carbajal of California (D-CA), is commonly known as a “red flag” law, which provides grants to states that adopt laws allowing local law enforcement to remove firearms from the possession of individuals believed to be an imminent threat to themselves or others. H.R. 1236 has 159 co-sponsors: 157 Democrats & two Republicans, CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania & Christopher Smith of New Jersey. Rep. CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA) ALSO VOTED WITH NANCY PELOSI, ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ & RASHIDA TLAIB TO CONDEMN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AS “RACIST”
8/26/2019 NYTIMES: CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) HAD NRA GRADE REDUCED TO “F” IN 2018… & “GREATEST LIABILITY IN HIS RACE MAY HAVE BEEN THE PERCEPTION THAT HE DIDN’T SUPPORT GUN CONTROL STRONGLY ENOUGH” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/26/us/politics/nra-congress-grade.html Eight Republicans had their grades reduced, compared with four in 2016 & zero in 2010. Three House Republicans — Brian Mast of Florida, Peter King of New York & CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania — now have F’s. All three were re-elected last year, & Mr. Fitzpatrick’s greatest liability in his race may have been the perception that he didn’t support gun control strongly enough.
9/5/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) IDENTIFIED AS REPUBLICAN WHO CAN “SHOW EVERY REPUBLICAN ON THE HILL THAT THE NRA CAN BE BEATEN” https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-odessa-shooting-&-3-ways-the-nra-loses-in-2020 This year, Mast & seven other Republicans voted with the Democrats in late February to pass a background-check law. The other seven were: Vern Buchanan of Florida; Mario Diaz-Balart, also of Florida; CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania; Will Hurd of Texas; Peter King of New York; Chris Smith of New Jersey; & Fred Upton of Michigan. Hurd is retiring, & others may. Of the ones who seek re-election, will they be primaried, & will the NRA back that primary opponent to the hilt? This is an absolutely crucial question. If they can stare-down NRA-backed primaries & win, even if it’s just three or four of them, that will show every Republican on the Hill that the NRA can be beaten. & that is the exact moment when this poison will start to weaken. Rep. CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA) & Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) ALSO VOTED WITH NANCY PELOSI, ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ & RASHIDA TLAIB TO CONDEMN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AS “RACIST”
9/12/2019 CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) JOINS 3 DEMOCRATS TO COSPONSOR H.R. 1236 “EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER ACT” ALLOWING “RED FLAG” CONFISCATION OF LEGALLY OWNED FIREARMS WITHOUT TRIAL OR CONVICTION https://augustafreepress.com/extreme-risk-protection-order-act-passes-house-judiciary The Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Act of 2019, H.R. 1236, passed out of the House Judiciary Committee’s gun violence prevention markup, moving it one step closer to a vote on the House floor. The bipartisan legislation was introduced by Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) & co-led by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) & Rep. CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA). The ERPO Act, also known as a ‘red flag’ law, is a bill to temporarily keep guns out of the hands of those who are deemed a threat to themselves or others. It establishes a grant program to incentivize states to adopt extreme risk laws that would reduce gun deaths & injuries, while protecting due process rights. After the Judiciary Committee markup, the bill also includes an amendment to create a federal extreme risk protection order program. The bill will now move to the House floor for final passage.
11/13/2019 PHILLY INQUIRER: QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA01) ACCEPTING CASH AND ENDORSEMENTS FROM BILLIONAIRE DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL MICHAEL BLOOMBERG’S ANTI-GUN GROUPS https://www.inquirer.com/news/mike-bloomberg-2020-pat-toomey-brian-fitzpatrick-endorse-pennsylvania-politics-20191112.html Gun-control groups backed by Bloomberg endorsed U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016 and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in 2018, lending weight to their pitch to voters that they were independent voices who could collaborate across the aisle. In both races, the lawmakers were trying to win over moderate swing voters, and each narrowly squeaked to reelection. Bloomberg’s endorsements and cash behind Pennsylvania Republicans “will present its problems,” said John Cordisco, chairman of the Democratic Party in Bucks County, where Fitzpatrick’s district is based. “There’s going to be a core of Democrats that are going to need to understand what prompted him to do that, and it just doesn’t remain within the borders of Bucks County. Other groups throughout Pennsylvania are going to be asking those same questions.” Bloomberg wasn’t alone in praising Toomey and Fitzpatrick, two of the rare Republicans to support tougher gun laws. Former Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was gravely wounded in a mass shooting, also backed both men, along with endorsing a number of Democrats.
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