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How The NRA May Have Influenced Trump's Changing Tone On Background Checks

There are more signals this week that President Trump is softening his support to expand background checks on guns. This comes less than a month after three mass shootings in California, Texas and Ohio. We look at what influence the National Rifle Association has had on Trump’s change in tone.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with Anita Kumar (@anitakumar01), White House correspondent at Politico.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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