Donald Trump donated tens of thousands of dollars to anti-2ndA politicians like Schumer, Spitzer, Pelosi, Cuomo, and more. I’m talking about ANDREW Cuomo the very liberal governor who gave New Yorkers the so-called “Safe Act.”
Donald changed his mind on voluminous issues, which is why I don’t trust him. I can accept changing on a few issues, but it’s as if he’s another person now.
Sorry, I don’t buy it.
Trump donated tens of thousands of dollars to essentially all New York politicians because he benefits from the business-government interactions in New York. He has to get permits and approvals, and those come more quickly when he can make a phone call to someone who wants to keep him happy. The world should not be that way, but Trump did not create those rules. "Pay to play" and he paid up.
Trump used to be an active liberal, 15 years ago, but I haven't seen any of that since 2002. That's a long time. I prefer Cruz philosophically for his consistent conservatism, but Trump looks like a much better choice than Kasich, Jeb, Christie, Rubio, Hillary, or Bernie.
You may not buy it but it is true.
It has to do with his Son, Donald junior. Donald junior is a gun guy and he converted his dad.
I can provide the details if you like...but so far every time I have offered on this site no Cruz person has taken me up on it. It seems they prefer to continue to parrot the old line that Trump was anti gun in 2000..which he was, but between 2006 and 2009 was converted.
I would mention that Charlton Heston. Supported the GCA of 1968, an act which cause us gun folks no end of grief in the 1970s and early 1980s. Heston was a vocal supporter of Johnston’s GCA of 1968 and the follow up legislation that would have restricted handguns. He was that way well into the 1970s. Then he changed and before he shuffled off this mortal coil, did good service in the cause of firearms rights.
Converts are like that sometimes.
The fact is Trumps 2nd amendment stance is actually stronger than Ted Cruz as far as a offensive strategy. Trump wants to extend the equal protection act to the 2nd amendment. Very doable and the liberals themselves paved the way with the gay marriage crap. it would be nice to se them mashing their teeth when the same principle means no state can restrict they types of guns, magazines and out of state carry permits.
Cruz id a very strong abstract supporter of the 2nd amendment, but he proposes no such line of action. I am sure he would appoint good justices, but Trump is better on this issue at the moment, unless Cruz decides to copy him.