Trump warns NRA it better endorse me again after Pence’s taunt

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Former President Donald Trump warned the National Rifle Association that it would be better off endorsing him for president in 2024 shortly after former Vice President Mike Pence was mercilessly hounded by supporters of the gun rights group.

Trump, 76, told attendees at the NRA’s annual convention in Indianapolis on Friday that when the organization endorsed his 2016 presidential campaign, it was an honor he compared to getting into the Wharton School of Finance or getting into Harvard. and he hoped the group would sometime. he returns again in 2024.

That was a great thing and they endorsed me early and it was a great honor, Trump said of the stamp of approval the NRA gave his campaign in May of 2016, after he became the presumptive GOP nominee.

We did a great job and they better endorse me again or they are going to have some explaining to do. They’re going to have some explaining to do, Trump said, adding, No, I believe we’re in good shape.

Trump appeared to receive the loudest applause of the day when introduced at the groups’ annual meeting.

His former No. 2, however, was booed loudly when he took the stage earlier on Friday.

I hope you give Pence a nice warm endorsement, Trump told the crowd sarcastically, then added that the former veep is a nice guy.

Trump appeared to receive the loudest ovation at the groups’ annual meeting however, booing former Vice President Mike Pence as he took the stage. Indianapolis Star-USA TODAY NETWORK/Sipa USA

I heard it was very rough. This is big news. You made news today. I don’t know what you did, but you made news today with the introduction you gave the former president added.

In his speech, Trump mentioned New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into the Trump Organization — where Trump sat for a seven-hour deposition Thursday, telling attendees that the prosecutor is also waging war against to the NRA.

The very rabid, radical leftist, crazy attorney general who will succeed me in New York state is also at war with the NRA, Trump said.

Trump also took time in his speech to refer to New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into the Trump Organization.Getty Images

It’s a shame trying to destroy this legendary organization that has been an American institution since 1871.

Trump has also announced his pro-Second Amendment policies while in the Oval Office, including withdrawing the US from the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, repealing an Obama-era rule that barred some people with mental illness from gun purchases by using Social Security Administration data, supporting rules supporting 3D printing of guns and designating gun and ammunition retailers as critical infrastructure during the pandemic COVID-19.

On the first day of my new term, I will stop Joe Biden’s war on legal gun owners, it’s a war, what they’re doing is crazy, Trump promised.

We have never been in danger like we are now,” he added.

“I’m going to take Biden’s executive order directing the federal government to target the gun industry and I’m going to tear it down and throw it out on day one. That would be the first thing.”

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