Trump, Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz and others are set to speak at the NRA’s annual meeting in Houston, which comes three days after the Uvalde school shooting.
Two other Texas Republicans, Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, told CNBC earlier this week that they had backed out of the conference prior to the Uvalde shooting.
Justin Discigil, Crenshaw's chief of staff, said that the congressman is unable to make it back from Kyiv, Ukraine, in time to attend the event. Noem, in a promotional video shared on the NRA's social media over the weekend, paraphrased a quote from Charlton Heston, the late actor and former NRA leader:"Joe Biden, I'll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold dead hands."on Sunday with first lady Jill Biden to"grieve with the community," the White House said.In a statement Wednesday, the NRAto the victims and families affected by the"horrific and evil crime.
The NRA and some Republican lawmakers have instead suggested the U.S should strengthen security in public spaces and focus on mental health, among other proposals to address gun violence without restricting gun ownership. Cruz, for instance, this week floated the idea that schools buildings should haveTheir critics say those arguments ignore the root of the issue.
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