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Donald Trump: “You know, it's a slippery slope. They think you approve one thing and that leads to a lot of bad things. I don't agree…”

On the recordAugust 20, 2019
You know, it's a slippery slope. They think you approve one thing and that leads to a lot of bad things. I don't agree with that. I think we can do meaningful, very meaningful background checks. I want to see it happen.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Trump expresses his support for meaningful background checks on gun purchases, rejecting the NRA's slippery slope argument.

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