Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) told FOX News’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday night that he was wrong to call the NRA a “terror group” following the Parkland shooting, and he made clear his position that he does not “consider the NRA a terror group.”
Just three days after the Parkland high school shooting, RFK Jr. tweeted:
Parkland students are right; the NRA is a terror group
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) February 17, 2018
Hannity asked RFK Jr., “Do you still believe the NRA is a terror group?”
RFK Jr. responded, “I support the Second Amendment like I do all the amendments to the Constitution.”
Hannity then countered, “I didn’t ask you if you support the Second Amendment.” He then zeroed in on RFK Jr.’s 2018 tweet again, saying, “‘Parkland students are right. The NRA is a terror group.’ Do you believe that?”
RFK Jr. answered, “I don’t consider the NRA a terror group”:
Demonizing NRA members and gun owners is a losing strategy.
— NRA (@NRA) October 12, 2023
Be wary of people who casually place NRA members and terrorist groups in the same category one day, only to switch when they're running for office. @seanhannity pic.twitter.com/PcQ0rRFfQw
Hannity asked RFK Jr. if he regrets describing the NRA as a terror group in 2018, and RFK Jr. responded, “Well, I don’t recall tweeting it in 2018, but if I did, as I said, Sean, I don’t consider them a terror group, and I support the Second Amendment.”
Mugshot of Nikolas Cruz, suspect in the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and scenes of the shooting’s aftermath (Various: Broward County Jail, AP Images, Getty Images).
On June 29, 2023, Breitbart News noted that RFK Jr. told a NewsNation town hall he would sign an “assault weapons” ban if it reached his desk.
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