President Donald Trump praised the National Rifle Association and its
leaders on Thursday, one day after meeting with parents, teachers and
students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last
week.
“What many people don’t understand, or don’t want to
understand, is that Wayne, Chris and the folks who work so hard at the
@NRA are Great People and Great American Patriots. They love our Country
and will do the right thing. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump said in a
Thursday morning tweet. Wayne LaPierre is the NRA’s chief executive
officer; Chris Cox is the group’s chief lobbyist.
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Several
of the parents and students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School
urged the president on Wednesday to toughen gun laws. The NRA has
forcefully lobbied against stricter laws on firearms.
Trump’s
tweet came just minutes before LaPierre took the stage at the
Conservative Political Action Conference, where he criticized Democrats
including Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut for “politicizing” the
shooting in Parkland. LaPierre said “elites” want to “eradicate all
individual freedoms.”
Source: Yahoo News
Thursday, 22 February 2018
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