Twitter Melts Down Over Trump Comments at Gun Control Meeting: Republicans ‘Absolutely Baffled’

President Donald Trump had a bizarre meeting with lawmakers in which he said, among other things, that Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz‘s gun should’ve been taken away by police “whether they had the right or not.”

The Twitterverse is exploding with reactions to this latest completely odd statement, especially because it does anything but toe the party line – yet more proof that no one, not even the GOP, can control Donald Trump.

“Take the guns first” — Donald Trump, Republican president

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) February 28, 2018

Let’s just be clear. Trump doesn’t really know what he’s talking about at all.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) February 28, 2018

Trump is really bad at being president but genuinely good at hosting a politics-themed reality television show.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 28, 2018

at this point a Democrat could suggest full confiscation and there’s a decent chance Trump would tell Manchin and Toomey to put it in their bill

— Jim Newell (@jim_newell) February 28, 2018

Trump is literally trying to negotiate what goes in the gun bill and Feinstein looks absolutely giddy and the conservative lawmakers look absolutely baffled

— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) February 28, 2018

It really is remarkable how Republicans have constructed two alternate realities for Trump’s opinions, ignoring his very real televised and tweeted statements, and embracing whatever John Kelly says instead. Looking forward to them pretending this meeting didn’t happen

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) February 28, 2018

Meetings like this just highlight how much of a cop-out it is for congressional Republicans to insist on having Trump’s support before passing any given piece of legislation.

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) February 28, 2018

I hate playing the “What if Obama said this” game but seriously, we would be in the sixth year of the Second American Civil War right now https://t.co/MYgE57K2XU

— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) February 28, 2018

“Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump just now. pic.twitter.com/nOUViLdCjL

— Lisa Tozzi (@lisatozzi) February 28, 2018

Kinda funny how many ppl were bamboozled into believing the Muslim from Kenya was going to take away your guns.

— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) February 28, 2018

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