> The vast majority of my 2nd Amendment-supporting friends seem to support Trump... That is probably because the Democratic party platform pushes strongly for

> The vast majority of my 2nd Amendment-supporting friends seem to support Trump... That is probably because the Democratic party platform pushes strongly for gun control. [1] I know many people who vote Republican in elections primarily because of this single issue. > ...whose authoritarian statements and actions are like nothing seen in a US President. Could you elaborate on this? I don't think Trump is a great president by any means, and several of his speeches, interviews, and Twitter rants are not very Presidential to say the least. However, I can't think of any authoritarian actions he has taken that are outside of his Constitutionally granted powers. [1] - https://www.democrats.org/party-platform#gun-violence https://www.democrats.org/party-platform#gun-violence