Trump defends Second Amendment amid call to repeal it

By Caitlin Yilek

Published March 28, 2018 11:05am ET

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Trump defends Second Amendment amid call to repeal it — President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the Fraternal Order of Police, Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. | (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Trump defended the Second Amendment on Wednesday after a former Supreme Court justice called for its repeal a day earlier.

“THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED!,” Trump tweeted. “As much as Democrats would like to see this happen, and despite the words yesterday of former Supreme Court Justice Stevens, NO WAY. We need more Republicans in 2018 and must ALWAYS hold the Supreme Court!”

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