Thread by @KathrynMathias1

@sandibachom Okay, so I'm not the only one that thought he said the quiet part out loud. (Paraphrased in following) Trump essentially said he has excellent relationship with NRA. They supported him early on in his campaign. He repaid them by getting them 2 judges on SCOTUS that are pro-2A

@sandibachom Thread: 1/9 Found a vid online, posted by WAPO. I'll share their link at end of this thread. I listened & transcribed the salient parts. It will take a few tweets threaded together, to post this.
Reporter: … NRA strong supporter … what … (too hard to hear most of it)

@sandibachom 2/9 0:11 Trump: I think I could, but I don’t think I’ll be there. I have a great relationship w the NRA. They supported me very early & that’s been a great decision they made. We have Justice Kavanaugh, we have Justice Gorsuch & they feel very strongly about the second amendment

@sandibachom 3/9 The NRA’s made a great decision supporting me & nobody-else would have won, aside from everything-else. I have a very good relationship (uh uh change it?), I have a great relationship with the NRA. I have a lot of respect for the people at the NRA,

@sandibachom 4/9 & I have already spoken to them on numous (?) occasions, numerous (emphasized) occasions, and frankly [at 0:52 mark is where the beginning of the soundbite on news is usually played] we need intelligent background checks okay? [& more about background checks]

@sandibachom 5/9 1:12 Trump: I spoke to friends of mine that are pretty hard-line Senators, hard line, & when I say that I say that in a positive way. Hard-line on the second amendment, & they understand – we don’t want insane people, mentally ill people, bad people, dangerous people.

@sandibachom 6/9 We don’t want guns in the hands of the wrong people. [at 1:41] Reporter: when you talked to Wayne Lapierre several times, did he warn you that background checks could cost you politically (& more, too hard to hear)

@sandibachom 7/9 1:49 Trump: No no. I had a good talk w Wayne, & I like Wayne. & as you know they supported me very early. Far earlier than anybody thought possible, especially me not being a politician. & that support has now paid off. We have two Supreme Court Justices that are phenomenal

@sandibachom 8/9 Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. And I mean they’re phenomenal people. And they’re big believers in the second amendment, which Wayne is also, and I am.

@sandibachom 9/9 Fin. I transcribed while listening. Any errors are mine. Source video: from Washington Post YouTube: )