President Donald Trump told an energized aucience at the Conservative Political Action Conference that he will protect the Second Amendment. (Screen capture, YouTube, ABC News)
In a rousing speech Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, President Donald Trump warned an enthusiastic audience that if Democrats regain control of Congress and the White House, tax cuts and the right to keep and bear arms are in serious jeopardy.
“If they get in,” Trump predicted, “they will repeal your tax cuts, they will put judges in that you wouldn’t believe, they’ll take away your Second Amendment, which we will never allow to happen.”
At the mention of the amendment, the crowd roared. A few moments later, when the president asked the audience to choose between keeping tax cuts or the Second Amendment, gun rights was the hands down winner considering the loud reaction.
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