Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
NRA endorses Donald Trump despite history of gun control support [View all]
Source: The Guardian
NRA endorses Donald Trump despite history of gun control support
National Rifle Association endorses Trump as the only alternative
to Hillary Clinton, who group’s leaders say wants to abolish the
second amendment
Lois Beckett in Louisville, Kentucky, and Ben Jacobs in Washington
Friday 20 May 2016 22.35 BST
The National Rifle Association on Friday endorsed Donald Trump, a presidential candidate who once supported a ban on assault weapons but who the group sees as the only alternative to Hillary Clinton.
If the former secretary of state is elected in November, the NRA executive vice-president, Wayne LaPierre, told a packed convention hall: “You can kiss your guns goodbye.”
Trump, once a supporter of gun control policies that are anathema to the gun rights lobby, claimed he was surprised by the endorsement.
“I will not let you down,” he promised NRA members in his speech. “Remember that, I will not let you down.”
In a discursive address that combined his trademark improvised riffs with more unsteady moments reading from notes, the presumptive Republican nominee tried to convince the crowd that he was one of them.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
National Rifle Association endorses Trump as the only alternative
to Hillary Clinton, who group’s leaders say wants to abolish the
second amendment
Lois Beckett in Louisville, Kentucky, and Ben Jacobs in Washington
Friday 20 May 2016 22.35 BST
The National Rifle Association on Friday endorsed Donald Trump, a presidential candidate who once supported a ban on assault weapons but who the group sees as the only alternative to Hillary Clinton.
If the former secretary of state is elected in November, the NRA executive vice-president, Wayne LaPierre, told a packed convention hall: “You can kiss your guns goodbye.”
Trump, once a supporter of gun control policies that are anathema to the gun rights lobby, claimed he was surprised by the endorsement.
“I will not let you down,” he promised NRA members in his speech. “Remember that, I will not let you down.”
In a discursive address that combined his trademark improvised riffs with more unsteady moments reading from notes, the presumptive Republican nominee tried to convince the crowd that he was one of them.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/20/nra-endorses-donald-trump-convention
30 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read