NRA Endorses Trump, Who Once Swiped at GOPers Who ‘Walk the NRA Line’
The NRA officially endorsed a candidate today who, just four years ago, tweeted praise of President Obama‘s remarks after the Sandy Hook shooting, in which the president said, “We’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.”
That candidate is Donald Trump:
President Obama spoke for me and every American in his remarks in #Newtown Connecticut.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 17, 2012
One of the things he said in his speech to the NRA this afternoon was that he wants to get rid of gun-free zones. Well…:
Trump: "we're getting rid of gun free zones, I can tell you." Trump's properties are gun free zones.
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) May 20, 2016
Just called up Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Receptionist tells me it’s a gun-free club.
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) May 20, 2016
Just called up the Trump hotel in Chicago. Can’t bring guns there either. Receptionist tells me it’s a gun free hotel
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) May 20, 2016
Just called up the Trump hotel in Chicago. Can’t bring guns there either. Receptionist tells me it’s a gun free hotel
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) May 20, 2016
And it’s worth highlighting, on the day of this big endorsement, how Trump’s position on guns has shifted over the years. In his 2000 book The America We Deserve, Trump railed against the idea of Democrats wanting to confiscate all guns, but also said this:
The Republicans walk the NRA line and refuse even limited restrictions… I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun. With today’s internet technology we should be able to tell within 72 hours if a potential gun owner has a record.
And BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski highlighted an old interview from Trump where he said, in 1999, in an ideal world people wouldn’t have guns:
You know, interestingly, Trump philosophically isn't attached to guns. Saying in 1999 he wished no one had them. pic.twitter.com/m8HEiMAlyl
— andrew kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) May 20, 2016
[featured image via NRA]
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