But even failed to specifically reference white supremacists. New this morning, the National Rifle association is warning President Trump. Cnn learned nra chief Wayne Lapierre spoke to the president on tuesday. The Washington Post reports lapierre told trump his support for background checks on gun purchases would not be popular among his supporters. Heres what the president said about background checks on wednesday. Im looking to do background checks. I think background checks are important. I dont want to put guns into the hands of mentally unstable people. Im all in favor of it. The president has gone back and forth. The white house says he is torn between wanting to do more and the fact that doing more will cause a revolt in his base. The president spent wednesday visiting the scenes. By all accounts he was well received by the people he met but that did not stop the president from lashing out as he was on the plane flying from dayton to el paso. He complained that his visit was fa