NEW: Footage of radical Rebecca Cooke reveals she wants to ban assault weapons

September 27, 2024

New footage of extreme Democrat Rebecca Cooke reveals she supports a ban on assault weapons and AR-15s.

“Extreme Democrat Rebecca Cooke is running her campaign on lies about her radical record and long history as a paid political consultant for far-left Democrats. Voters see through her facade and will reject her this November because her policies are too out of touch with Western Wisconsin.” — NRCC Spokesman Mike Marinella

Read more from National Review here or see excerpts below.

‘AR-15s Have No Place at a Deer Camp’: Wisconsin Democrat Running as Moderate Calls for Banning Popular Rifle Platform
National Review
Brittany Bernstein
September 27, 2024

Rebecca Cooke, the Democratic challenger to Representative Derrick Van Orden (R., Wis), has previously said she supports a ban on assault weapons and AR-15s, according to recordings obtained by National Review.

Cooke… has not strongly highlighted her stance on gun control during the campaign. Of eleven policy priorities listed on her website, none mention gun-policy reform.

In the first of two recordings, she was asked during a campaign meet-and-greet on February 13 whether she would support an assault-weapons ban.

“I do. Yeah,” she replied, according to an audio recording of the event.

And on July 16 at the WI-03 Democrat forum, Cooke voiced support for a ban on AR-15s.

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The recordings find Cooke taking an even stricter stance on gun reform than is laid out in her biography on the website of the pro-gun control group Giffords, which has endorsed her.

“In Congress, she’ll work to close the Charleston Loophole, enact red flag laws that allow law enforcement and families to disarm those who pose a risk to themselves or others, and expand background checks to all gun sales. She’ll also be a champion for strong safe storage requirements, because she wants people to be able to responsibly own guns, while still ensuring that they can’t fall into the hands of an innocent child or someone who shouldn’t have access,” the biography reads.

Cooke’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the extent of her gun-control policy goals.
Cooke is running as a moderate in the district that has been represented by Van Orden, a conservative Republican, since 2022. The congressman is a self-described “American patriot, retired Navy SEAL and Christian.”

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