Republicans in panic: Biden resurrects Trump – Foreign affairs

Washington, May 28, 2022 – The paradoxical confirmation arrives from Houston, Texas: Biden has resurrected Trump and the Republican party is in panic. Almost. In Houston, 300 miles east of Uvalde, where an 18-year-old sowed death in an elementary school, the NRA Convention concludes today. And the NRA is the most powerful lobby in the United States. It is the arms lobby. Nra stands for National Rifle Association, literally the National Rifle Association. In reality it is not just about rifles, but also about pistols, submachine guns, etc. And given that the right to own guns is the second amendment to the Constitution, given that there are more guns in America than there are people, given that in the last two years, from Black Lives Matter onwards, their sale has increased by 60 percent, you understand how powerful it is. With the consent of the Americans. A powerful lobby. Despite the massacres and the innocent victims, despite the children killed, this consensus has not failed for two and a half centuries. It relies on that famous amendment which states: “Since a well-organized militia is necessary for the security of a free state, the right of citizens to possess weapons cannot be infringed”. He was referring to the war of independence against the British, but has not been repealed since and nothing indicates that it will be in the future. Let’s go back to Donald Trump. From the Houston gallery he repeated his support for the arms lobby. And this was expected: of the 16 million dollars that the NRA gives to the electoral campaign every year, two thirds go to the Republicans. For which the problem is not the excess of weapons in circulation, but the lack of prevention. Alarm from the Gop. What was not expected and what alarms the Grand old party …