PolitiTweet Archive
Home Figures About
Donate
Profile Image

Senator Dick Durbin

@SenatorDurbin ↗

  • Overview
  • Archive
  • Deleted
Deleted No
Hibernated No
Last Checked Sept. 24, 2021

Created

Mon Aug 09 23:09:14 +0000 2021

Likes

207

Retweets

47

Source

Twitter Web App

View Raw Data

JSON Data

View on Twitter

Likely Available
Profile Image

Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin

I am writing to AG Garland today to call on the Department of Justice’s Chicago firearms trafficking Strike Force to commit to a coordinated investigation and prosecution effort against these straw purchases immediately. Enough is enough. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 9, 2021

Preceded By

Profile Image

Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin

Infuriated by the news that Officer Ella French was killed and her partner wounded by a handgun obtained through a straw purchase in Indiana. I have been pushing for stronger penalties against straw purchases for years, and this is why. — PolitiTweet.org

Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes

NEW: Federal prosecutors have charged an Indiana man who allegedly acted as the so-called straw purchaser of the ha… https://t.co/gCp1VFRBOB

Posted Aug. 9, 2021

Followed By

Profile Image

Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin

I’ll be joining @AC360 on @CNN tonight to talk about infrastructure and the ongoing @JudiciaryDems investigation into Trump’s attempt to involve DOJ in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Tune in. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 10, 2021

© 2025 Politiwatch. Tweets and other media belong to their indicated owners; all other materials are licensed CC-BY-SA. If you use PolitiTweet professionally, please feel free to let us know. Note that PolitiTweet stopped archiving new tweets on April 3, 2023, when Twitter disabled our API access.