“Nobody will touch your weapons,” Trump assures NRA members

HARRISBURG: At a National Rife Association gathering in Pennsylvania on Friday, former President Donald Trump gave thousands of participants the assurance that, should he be elected in November, their guns would be secure. At the NRA presidential event in Harrisburg, Trump said with confidence that “nobody will ever lay a finger on your firearms.” Not going to occur. During this speech, attention turned to South Carolina, where Nikki Haley will have her last opportunity to challenge Trump’s supremacy in the GOP primary on February 27.

Shortly after winning the Nevada caucuses handily and taking advantage of President Joe Biden’s difficult day, Trump made his way to Pennsylvania to speak to the National Rifle Association. Trump used the Great American Outdoor Show as a venue to highlight his steadfast support for gun rights, which are a top concern for Republican supporters. After this, the former president and Haley have scheduled a series of rival campaign appearances in South Carolina, which will precede the state’s primary on February 24.
Trump is counting on a decisive win in South Carolina to deliver a severe blow to Haley, who has yet to triumph in a GOP primary. Haley, the two-time elected governor of South Carolina, is optimistic that her home state advantage will help her do well, but maintaining her lead in the contest until Super Tuesday on March 5 is still crucial. ‘We’re leading everyone,’ said Trump, expressing his confidence. Is it possible for us to schedule the election on Tuesday of next week? I just want that.
Reporters had questioned Trump earlier in the day, and he had said he was surprised that Haley had decided to go on with her campaign. He said, ‘I don’t see why she keeps going. It doesn’t really matter whether she goes on. I believe it is detrimental to the party. In my opinion, it’s detrimental to her as well. Trump had no opposition in the Nevada caucuses, where Haley declined to take part. However, GOP voters who chose to support “none of these candidates” eclipsed Haley, who came in a distant second.
Aside from Haley’s heartbreaking loss in Nevada, Trump had a very good week. Attempts to utilize the Constitution’s Insurrection Clause to keep him off the ballot in 2024 were met with skepticism by the Supreme Court. During a hearing on Colorado’s decision to remove Trump from their primary vote owing to his reluctance to accept the results of the 2020 election, which culminated in the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, justices on both the conservative and liberal wings voiced doubts.
Subsequently on same day, the much expected report by special counsel Robert Hur was released, which found no basis for filing criminal charges against President Joe Biden despite a harsh criticism of him. The study emphasized evidence suggesting that Biden knew he had highly sensitive knowledge on military and diplomatic policy in Afghanistan while he was a private citizen and shared it. Voters expressed worries about the president’s age and competency due to the report’s wording, which was a hot topic of discussion.
With financial troubles, dwindling membership, and internal strife, Trump gave his ninth speech to the NRA at the same time as his diminished position in this election cycle. The longstanding NRA CEO, Wayne LaPierre, stepped down last month in advance of a trial in New York. He was accused of extravagantly spending money on private jet travel, boat excursions, safaris in Africa, and other ostentatious benefits on behalf of the organization. In 2020, LaPierre and three other defendants were sued by the attorney general of New York, who charged them with gross mismanagement and self-enrichment. The NRA attempted to move to Texas and filed for bankruptcy, but a court rejected the motion.