Trump, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Kristi Noem and other GOP politicians are also set to attend the NRA’s “Leadership Forum” in Houston.
But two other Texas Republicans who were slated to appear, Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, told CNBC on Wednesday that they won't attend the event. Both said they backed out prior to the shooting.
Spokespeople for Abbott and Cruz did not immediately comment on the NRA event. A spokeswoman for Trump referred CNBC to his social media post. Cruz on Tuesday criticized Democrats and media figures"whose immediate solution is to try to restrict the constitutional rights of law abiding citizens."Noem will speak at the forum, a spokesman for the governor told CNBC on Wednesday. Noem, in a promotional video tweet from the NRA on Sunday, paraphrased a quote from Charlton Heston, the late former NRA leader:"Joe Biden, I'll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold dead hands.
"The other side is all too ready to bow in obeisance to the NRA," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday morning on the Senate floor., called on Congress to tighten gun regulations.
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