UH OH! Matthew Dowd TRIGGERED by what NRA's LaPierre said at #CPAC (Founders unavailable for comment)

Doug P. | 3:56 PM on February 22, 2018

The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre was among speakers at #CPAC 2018 today, and he offered this defense of gun rights:

.@NRA's Wayne LaPierre: Right to bear arms is "not bestowed by man but granted by God to all Americans as our American birthright." #CPAC2018 pic.twitter.com/SSMQZnJ6Fm

— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 22, 2018

ABC News’ Chief Political Analyst Matthew Dowd was beside himself:

This is simultaneously one of the most deluded, pathetic and scary thing i have ever heard. Explains a lot though. I guess he missed the part in the Bible about beating swords into plowshares, and loving your enemies. https://t.co/MAuovD6v1k

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) February 22, 2018

And if you needed any more reason to doubt a claim from Dowd, Jay Carney was among those agreeing with him:

And slept through his high school American history class. https://t.co/FiudXCe18m

— Jay Carney (@JayCarney) February 22, 2018

Meanwhile, the Founders are unavailable for comment about Dowd’s tweet:

It's me, a super smart conservative commentator who's never heard of natural law philosophy or read the Founders pic.twitter.com/ASVxtqwAUQ

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) February 22, 2018