Former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke to an exuberant crowd on Saturday at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association in Dallas and promised to continue his unwavering support of the Second Amendment over the next four years.
Before the speech, Trump was endorsed by the NRAs Political Victory Fund, which called on members to elect Trump and defeat President Joe Biden in November.
“It’s a true honor to be here today to receive the endorsement of the proud American patriots at the NRA,” Trump said. “In 2016 we got that endorsement and … we’ve got it again, and we’ve lived up to everything I’ve said. We’re under siege, but they didn’t move us an inch. We have to stand strong.”
Concerning the upcoming election against Joe Biden, who has made lawful gun owners the enemy during his presidency, Trump promised an overwhelming victory.
“The NRA has stood with me from the very beginning, and with your vote I will stand strong for your rights and liberties,” he said. “In four more years in the White House we’re going to do things like nobody can believe to turn our country around. We’re going to, quite simply, make America great again! We’re going to win this election at levels that nobody’s ever seen before.”
However, Trump said winning the election will require all gun owners, like those in the NRA meeting audience, to get out and cast their vote for freedom.
“One thing I’ll say, and I’ll say it as a friend, is we’ve got to get gun owners to vote,” Trump said. “If gun owners would vote, we would swamp them at levels that nobody has ever seen before. I know you’re a rebellious bunch. Let’s be rebellious and vote this time. If gun owners vote, there’s nobody that can beat us—nobody.”
About Biden, Trumps said the current president will say anything to get elected, like telling truckers he used to drive a truck or pilots he used to fly planes.
“I was going to say that he’s full of bullshit, but I don’t want to use bad language because there are a lot of young (people in here),” Trump, an avid golfer, joked. “So, I don’t want to do that!
“Biden’s biggest lie of all is saying he’s a 6.2 handicap golfer. This guy couldn’t break 200.”
Trump also said Biden is doing everything he can to keep from making public appearances and to avoid speaking live.
“He actually challenged me last week so I think we’re going to debate,” Trump said. “He can’t walk from that step to this podium. He can’t put two sentences together. Even his challenge for the debate took him seven shots. They have seven different clips.”
Unlike Biden, who when talking about the Second Amendment often rambles on about deer and kevlar vests, Trump has a better understanding of the right to keep and bear arms.
“We need the Second Amendment for safety,” he said. “Forget about going hunting and all the things you do—we need it for safety. Because you know the bad guys are not giving up their guns. The bad ones are not giving up their guns.”
Trump also spoke about independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and warned NRA members that he’s no friend of theirs.
“RFK Jr. is radical left,” Trump said. “Don’t think about it. Don’t waste your vote.
“We need a conservative person with common sense, and this guy is radical left. He calls you a ‘terrorist group.’ You can’t vote for him. He’s got no policy on anything. He calls you a ‘terrorist group,’ and I call you ‘the backbone of America.’”
Turning back to Biden, Trump said if the current president were to win in November, things would get worse, not better.
“We can’t take a chance on Joe Biden winning,” Trump said. “He’s the worst president in the history of our country by far.
“Under crooked Joe Biden, everything you stand for is under threat like never before. Our Second Amendment, which is largely why you’re here, is under siege. Our Constitution is being run through the shredder, our borders have been obliterated and inflation continues to rage. Our country is going to hell. Gangs and ruthless criminals are terrorizing our streets. And crooked Joe Biden has us teetering on the edge of World War III.”
In the end, Trump said NRA members can be the difference on who wins and who loses this fall’s election.
“For more than 150 years the NRA has been defined by men and women like all of you—loyal, hard-working citizens who believe in defending your families, your communities and your country,” Trump said. “It’s time for a president who will replace weakness with strength, turn poverty to prosperity and vanquish Joe Biden’s corrupt tyranny with a great restoration of American freedom. We have to do that.”
