HUFFPOST HILL - NRA Endorses Trump; Armed Man Immediately Shot Outside White House

Today, Donald Trump addressed the NRA, in what is almost certainly a run-up to some sort of Reichstag Fire. There, he loudly touted the utility of teleprompters and reversed his past position on gun control. The only thing that could get fawning coverage of the speech off cable news was a shooting outside the White House, because life is pain. And Hillary Clinton's campaign doesn't know how a Venn diagram works, which is concerning for their ability to turn red states at least somewhat purplish. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Friday, May 20th, 2016:

NRA ENDORSES LOUD STRONG GUY - Who saw THAT coming? Christina Wilkie: "The National Rifle Association on Friday endorsed presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying that gun owners and supporters must unite to block presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. 'The damage that would be done by [Clinton’s] policies and her Supreme Court picks would destroy individual freedoms, and therefore destroy the America we all love,' said the group’s top lobbyist, Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Affairs. 'We cannot let that happen. We have to unite, and we have to unite right now.' The endorsement came after a fiery speech by NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, the group’s longtime leader. LaPierre railed against Clinton, promising that she would strip Americans of their Second Amendment rights. Trump took the stage after Cox.The NRA’s Trump endorsement came earlier than previous NRA presidential endorsements, which typically take place later in the election cycle. And it wasn’t always a sure thing. Unlike most Republican candidates for national office, Trump endorsed a ban on assault weapons earlier in his career." [HuffPost]

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