Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) let his hypocrisy show in an interview on Tuesday with CNN's Jake Tapper as he called for the attorney general to use greater authority involving gun purchases, but said he wouldn't trust Donald Trump's attorney general to use those same actions.
"You've talked a lot in this interview about the semiautomatic rifle and the Glock that the terrorist had. Your Republican colleagues do not support, at least most of them, any effort to make it so if you're on the terror watch list or the no-fly list that you can't legally buy a gun," Tapper said. "Are you going to be able to convince any of them as to your way of thinking?"
"I hope so, and I hope my Republican colleague on the House Intel committee, Peter King, who's the sponsor of the House version of that bill helps because right now if you are too dangerous to fly on a plane, you should be too dangerous to buy a gun," Swalwell said. "But, I also think, under this bill, the Attorney General has broad authorities and I think one that should be looked at is whether you come off a watch list and then later on go and buy a firearm, do we want the FBI to know about it and I think the answer is yes."
"Well, that's fine that you trust Attorney General Lynch with that power, but would you trust Donald Trump's attorney general with that power?" Tapper asked.
"No, and that's why I think Congress can actually clean that up and make sure that anyone who comes off a watchlist, if they go on to buy a firearm, we at least know about it and can maybe go back to that investigation," Swalwell said.