{"id":2247702,"date":"2024-05-18T19:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-endorses-trump-for-president-at-annual-meeting\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T19:27:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T23:27:33","slug":"nra-endorses-trump-for-president-at-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-endorses-trump-for-president-at-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"NRA Backs Trump for President at Annual Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnra-endorses-trump-for-president-at-annual-meeting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2247702&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Randy Kozuch, the executive\u2064 director \u200bof the NRA&#8217;s lobbying arm, endorsed Donald Trump at\u200b the \u200dNRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits \u2063in Dallas. Trump thanked Kozuch and urged gun owners to vote in 2024, \u200bcalling them a &#8220;rebellious bunch.&#8221; Trump&#8217;s remarks resembled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: 'The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed'\">campaign rally<\/a>, emphasizing the importance of voting. Randy Kozuch, the executive director of the NRA&#8217;s lobbying arm,\u200c announced the endorsement of Donald Trump at the NRA Annual Meetings in Dallas.\u200b In response,\u2062 Trump encouraged \u200bgun \u200downers\u2064 to\u200c vote in 2024, labeling them a &#8220;rebellious bunch.&#8221; Trump&#8217;s appeal mirrored a campaign rally, stressing the significance of voting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Randy Kozuch, the executive director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>National Rifle Association<\/a>\u2019s lobbying arm, offered the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/second-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gun rights advocacy<\/a> group\u2019s presidential endorsement to presumptive Republican nominee <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The move did not come as a surprise, as the NRA previously endorsed Trump in 2016 and 2020. Kozuch made the announcement as he introduced the former president to the crowd at the NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Trump thanked Kozuch before addressing the audience. He called gun owners a \u201crebellious bunch,\u201d claiming that they tend not to vote and encouraging them to change that in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be rebellious and vote this time, OK?\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The former president\u2019s remarks were largely reminiscent of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-calls-for-gop-to-reject-culture-of-losing-at-feenstra-family-picnic\/\" title=\"DeSantis urges GOP to reject 'losing culture' at Feenstra Family Picnic.\">traditional campaign rally<\/a>, but he briefly discussed the Second Amendment, which he told attendees was \u201cunder siege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith me, they\u2019d never get anywhere, and we need that Second Amendment,\u201d Trump said. \u201c \u2026 We need it for safety because the bad guys are not giving up their guns, you know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump also warned that if President Joe Biden wins another term in the White House, his \u201cregime\u201d would be \u201ccoming for your guns, 100% certain,\u201d citing the president\u2019s \u201c40-year record of trying to rip firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president also weighed in on independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who referred to the NRA as a \u201cterror group\u201d in the aftermath of the deadly 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Parkland students are right; the NRA is a terror group<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/965009496836784128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe calls you a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">terrorist group<\/a>,\u201d Trump said. \u201cCan\u2019t vote for him. Somebody said, well, you know, they like his policy on vaccine. The other day, he said \u2018No, no,\u2019 he\u2019ll go for the vaccine. He\u2019s got no policy on anything. He\u2019s radical left. He always has been. His family is angry at him because he\u2019s doing this\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Kennedy challenged Trump to a debate at next weekend\u2019s Libertarian National Convention in Washington. The former president is scheduled to deliver remarks there, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-man-trying-to-shake-up-yales-secretive-governing-body\/\" title=\"Meet the Man Trying to Shake Up Yale\u2019s Secretive Governing Body\">independent candidate<\/a> has been invited to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Biden are scheduled to meet on the debate stage in just under six weeks. CNN will host the in-studio event on June 27 in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randy Kozuch, the executive director of the NRA&#8217;s lobbying arm, endorsed Donald Trump for president. This endorsement to Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was expected, as the NRA had endorsed him in 2016 and 2020. 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