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Trump’s one-man ‘good cop, bad cop’ routine with the NRA

By W. James Antle III
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Trump’s one-man ‘good cop, bad cop’ routine with the NRA

President Trump is alternating between praising the National Rifle Association and pledging to take them on in the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla.

“These are great people,” Trump said of the NRA during a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress about gun violence at the White House on Wednesday. “These are great patriots. They love our country.”

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