After the shooting deaths of 19 children and 2 adults in a Texas elementary school, former President Donald Trump will speak alongside other notable Republicans at Friday’s National Rifle Association annual meeting.

Trump tweeted Wednesday on social media that he’d keep his “longtime promise to speak in Texas in the NRA Convention”, because the U.S. requires “real solutions” and “real leadership, and not politicians or partisanship.”

“In the meantime, we all continue to pray for the victims, their families, and for our entire nation—we are all in this together!” Trump wrote the post.

Trump, Texas governor. Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz, and other GOP politicians will attend the NRA Institute for Legislative Action’s “Leadership ForumHouston is approximately four and a half hours away from Uvalde’s site of the gun massacre on Tuesday. In the two most recent weeks, this influential group was criticised for resisting many federal attempts to make gun-safety laws more strict. mass shootings at a grocery store in a predominantly Black Buffalo, N.Y.Neighborhood and Robb Elementary School, Texas.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (North Carolina Lt. Governor) According to an NRA press release, Mark Robinson will join Trump at this event. According to the NRA press release, Friday’s event will be billed as “a celebration of Second Amendment rights”.

CNBC received word Wednesday from two Texas Republicans that were scheduled to attend, Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Sen. John Cornyn. They both said that they had backed out of the shoot.

Natalie Yezbick, Cornyn spokesperson, stated in an email that “Prior the tragedy in Uvalde” we had informed the NRA that he wouldn’t be able speak because of an unexpected change in his schedule. She added that Cornyn must be present in D.C. on Friday for personal reasons.

Justin Discigil was Crenshaw’s chief-of-staff.

“We told the organizer that he couldn’t make it back to the country in order to attend Friday’s event,” Discigil emailed CNBC.

NRA-ILA didn’t immediately reply to my request for comment about the shooting, its proximity to forum or Cornyn/Crenshaw’s cancellations.

Cruz and Abbott spokespersons did not respond to CNBC immediately about the NRA events. Trump spokeswoman referred CNBC directly to the post on social media.

Cruz criticised Democrats and media on Tuesday, saying that they “have an immediate solution to trying to restrict constitutional rights for law-abiding citizens.”

“That doesn’t work. Cruz declared that this isn’t effective.

CNBC reported Wednesday that Noem would speak at the forum. A spokesman for Noem told CNBC. Noem used a promo video that was tweeted by the NRA to promote his speech. It paraphrased an old quote by Charlton Heston, “Joe Biden,” and said, “Joe Biden,” when he promised to give him his gun if you took it out of my dead, cold hands.

This massacre, which occurred Tuesday at Texas High School, was the worst school shooting ever. An 18-year old suspect was the shooter. He may have had both a gun and a rifle, and possibly even protective gear. Also, he died Tuesday.

Some Democrats who have failed to pass gun-reform legislation in the past, and were opposed by both Republicans and guns advocates, criticised the NRA immediately after the latest mass shooting.

Chuck Schumer, D.N.Y. Senate Majority leader, stated Wednesday that the other side was all too willing to pay homage to the NRA.

President Joe BidenIn a somber address Tuesday eveningCongress should tighten gun regulations.

Biden stated, “We have to as a nation ask when in God’s name will we stand up to gun lobby.”

Biden was Vice President during the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 that killed 20 children and left six people dead. The Senate failed to approve a major reform of U.S. firearm laws months later. This was backed then by Barack Obama.

Trump will be speaking Friday at the NRA annual event for the sixth time. Wayne LaPierre, NRA CEO, stated that Trump fulfilled his promise by appointing judges to the Constitution and Bill of Rights. This helped secure the freedom of future generations of Americans.