N.R.A. Suggests Trump May Retreat From Gun Control. [View all]
Source: nyt
The top lobbyist for the National Rifle Association claimed late Thursday that President Trump had retreated from his surprising support a day earlier for gun control measures after a meeting with N.R.A. officials and Vice President Mike Pence in the Oval Office.
Chris Cox, the group’s top lobbyist, posted on Twitter just after 9 p.m. that he met with Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence, saying that “we all want safe schools, mental health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people. POTUS & VPOTUS support the Second Amendment, support strong due process and don’t want gun control. #NRA #MAGA.”
Mr. Trump tweeted about an hour later: “Good (Great) meeting in the Oval Office tonight with the NRA!”
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, declined to provide any details about the previously unannounced meeting. A spokeswoman for the N.R.A.’s lobbying arm, which Mr. Cox heads, did not respond to requests for more information.
But the twin tweets suggest that it may have taken the gun rights group only about 24 hours to persuade the president to back away from the positions he took embracing Democratic gun control measures during a remarkable, televised meeting on Wednesday with members of Congress.
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