Dueling Speeches? Both Trump & DeSantis To Speak At Upcoming NRA Conference

The National Rifle Association Conference that will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 14-16 will feature both the 45th President Donald J. Trump and Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis but also every other declared and likely GOP candidate for president in 2024.

According to The Washington Examiner, the speaker’s list now includes Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley per The Hill, as well as several outwardly anti-Trump candidates and potential candidates such as former Vice President Mike Pence, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, and Connecticut Governor Chris Sununu.

Additional GOP powerhouses like South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio, and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb are slated to speak also.

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— NRA (@NRA) April 4, 2023

In short, at the NRA Convention, proverbial shots are expected to start flying. Whether Trump or one of his many opponents will be the first to rhetorically open fire seems to be the main thrust of the controversy so far. However, most commentators can agree that a confrontation of some sort, direct or indirect doesn’t merely seem likely but assured, placing the beleaguered NRA, stricken by legal attacks and struggling in near bankruptcy, in an awkward position as an early battlefield in the 2024 primary.

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Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre told Fox News Tuesday,

“The 2023 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum represents a significant gathering of national leaders. This event underscores the importance of defending our constitutional rights and highlights the vital role of the NRA and its members in protecting freedom and liberty. Our high-caliber speaker lineup emphasizes the significance of preserving our freedoms.”

As the rancor rises of Democrats clamoring to blame the recent tragic shooting at the Nashville Covenant Presbyterian School on gunmakers and owners instead of the insane transgender activist who ruthlessly slaughtered six people, three of them children, the NRA Conference comes at a time of unique tumult among conservatives. The anti-Trump outliers of the party are clinging to the proverbial cliffside scrabbling the rock face for purchase. And Trump’s pre-eminence in polls is only on the increase following his farcical indictment by a leftist radical Manhattan District Attorney.

According to the Examiner, citing an NRA spokesman, a direct encounter between Trump and DeSantis is unlikely given the Florida governor is presently slated to speak virtually, but crazier things have happened.

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