Watch out, South Carolina! Former President Donald Trump is packing — or at least he wants to be.<br /><br />The 77-year-old made eyes at a Glock pistol with his face emblazoned on it during a pitstop at Palmetto State Armory in Columbia Monday, expressing a desire to purchase the weapon.<br /><br />“I gotta buy one,” the former president exclaimed as he beamed at the deadly firearm.<br /><br />However, it would have been a crime for Trump to acquire the weapon, since he’s currently facing 91 felony counts across four separate indictments.<br /><br />Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung appeared to have briefly forgotten that fact, posting a clip of the former president examining the gun on X, formerly known as Twitter.<br /><br />President Trump purchases a @GLOCKInc in South Carolina!” exclaimed Cheung, who apparently deleted the post when he realized the implication.<br /><br />Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accompanied Trump on the Palmetto State visit. She has cultivated speculation of being his vice president pick.<br /><br />“President Trump doing a little shopping in South Carolina! He will protect our great Second Amendment!!” Greene wrote.<br /><br />Other conservatives mocked the photo op.<br /><br />“Kind of upset we didn’t get to see Trump test his shoot a supporter on 5th Ave. theory,” cracked Spectator contributing editor Stephen L. Miller.<br /><br />“When everything about your campaign is just for show …” noted pseudonymous commentator A.G. Hamilton.<br /><br />In the past, Trump has suggested that he carries a firearm, emphasizing that he likes to be “unpredictable.”<br /><br />Trump later held a rally in the Charleston suburb of Summerville, where he warned about the stakes of the election and tried to quiet down jeers directed at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).<br /><br />“I’ll tell you what, when I need help with the left, he’s great,” the 45th president said of Graham. “He’s great, and he’s my friend, too … He helps me on the left, we need help sometimes. Republicans shouldn’t need help with the left, but he helps me.<br /><br />Trump is staring down a 34-count indictment from Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg over allegedly concealing business records to hide hush money payments, a 40-count indictment related to alleged hoarding of classified documents, a four-count federal indictment for his attempt to remain in power after the 2020 election, and a 13-count Georgia indictment for similar alleged offenses.<br /><br />The former president has strenuously denied wrongdoing across the board and decried the legal onslaught against him as election interference.<br /><br />A Trump campaign spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<br /><br />Trump will skip Wednesday night’s second Republican primary debate in Simi Valley, Calif. to hold a rally with striking auto workers in Michigan, one day after President Biden is expected to join protesters on the picket line.<br /><br />#donaldtrump <br />#southcarolina <br />#TRUMPINDICTMENT <br />#2024presidentialelection
