Months after Parkland shooting, Trump to embrace NRA in rally-like speech
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, who briefly pledged to fight the National Rifle Association after a February mass shooting at a Florida high school, is expected to throw his full weight behind the powerful gun rights group on Friday at an event in Dallas.
In addressing the gun lobbying groups annual convention, the Republican president will emphasize his support for gun rights in political terms, likely claiming again that Democrats want to take away Americans firearms, a White House official said.
This will be Trumps fourth speech to the powerful NRA and, with control of the U.S. Congress up for grabs in Novembers midterm elections and campaigns under way, it is expected to include familiar warnings meant to excite the Republican voter base.
These things typically are pretty rah, rah Second Amendment types of addresses, the official said, adding that Trump likely will say that Democrats oppose the constitutional amendment that protects gun ownership.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-trump/months-after-parkland-shooting-trump-to-embrace-nra-in-rally-like-speech-idUSKBN1I50ZR