NRA facing member backlash over Trump endorsement
The NRA’s early endorsement of Donald Trump makes any third-party bid on the right more difficult. | AP Photo
The early endorsement was a push for GOP unity. But not all NRA members are eager to fall in line.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With its last-minute decision to formally endorse Donald Trump, the
National Rifle Association put itself out in front of the fight for Republican party unity.
Just a day later, it’s already taking flak.
Chris Cox, the NRA’s top strategist, was met with raucous applause when he announced to the estimated 80,000 people gathered here for the group’s annual leadership forum on Friday that the nation’s biggest and most influential gun-rights organization was officially backing the presumptive Republican nominee.
To endorse so early in the process is virtually unprecedented for the group; they didn’t get behind Mitt Romney in 2012 and Sen. John McCain in 2008 until October.
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“I have no clue why they did it,” said Brian Abney of Missouri. He was among the much smaller contingent that showed up to the NRA’s Annual Members Meeting on Saturday,
hoping to grill the NRA’s brass about the decision to endorse a man who not long ago backed longer waiting periods to buy guns and a ban on assault weapons (which, NRA activists will tell you, is an inaccurate, anti-gun term for that category of firearms).
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But of Trump, he added, “I think of him about the same way I think of Hillary,”
noting the billionaire’s many position changes over the years. Abney said he hopes Trump can somehow win his trust, but he’s also considering a third party.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/nra-donald-trump-endorsement-backlash-223442
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All is NOT Kumbaya on the Repub. front. Distrust of Drumpf appears to be rampant.
And, they're right not to trust him any further than they can throw him.
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