Trump, who will nearly certainly be the Republican presidential nominee, picked up the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, a politically powerful lobbying group which claims more than 4 million members.
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In her 2008 campaign, her slogan was “Solutions for America”.
The businessman has taken a far less restrictive stance on guns during the Republican presidential primary.
And yet, a lot of garbled words have fallen out of Trump’s face since then, and now Trump’s got his followers convinced Hillary’s taking their guns away and unleashing violent criminals upon the masses.
On Friday, Trump said the right to bear arms was the “the most basic human right”, and he promised to end gun-free zones, arguing they are a standing invitation to “sickos”.
In October 2015, Hillary Clinton was pressured by her Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders, to openly oppose the controversial global deal to deregulate trade.
“Hillary wants to disarm vulnerable Americans in high-crime neighbourhoods”, Trump said. “We all share this concern that he is in fact the most risky nominee for president we have ever faced and it is up to each and every one of us to stand up and fight back”.
Both people seeking the Democratic nomination have raised more than Trump. “Come on women, come on”. Trump told a cheering crowd. Senior policy adviser Maya Harris said Clinton believes “there are common-sense steps we can take at the federal level to keep guns out of the hands of criminals while respecting the Second Amendment”. She has called for expanding background checks to sales at gun shows and online purchases, and for reinstating a ban on assault weapons.
“Crooked Hillary Clinton is the most anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment candidate ever to run for office”.
“The reason why I stand with her is because she first stood with me”, Fulton said before introducing Clinton to more than 200 people packed inside a hotel banquet room.
Play video “USA-UK Relations Under Pres. Trump?” Altogether, 694 pledged delegates are in play on that day when Democrats also vote in California, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota and South Dakota. Despite constant clouds of criticism and controversy that has hovered over his campaign, the billionaire real estate mogul has been able to weather the storm and become the last man standing in the Republican primary.
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“We have to unite and we have to unite right now”, Cox said, before giving the NRA’s endorsement to Trump.
