. >> reporter: despite the uproar, candee parker backed the gop front runner. >> the idea that he isy with being out there and saying what he believes and not being afraid, and having a backbone to say it, i'm okay with that. >> reporter: to demonstrate how little he cares about criticism from his own party he touted a national poll showing 68% of his followers would follow him if he han as an independent. >> the husband and wife killers behind the massacre had amassed an arsenal of guns, ammunition and pipe bombs valued at over $15,000. investigators may now know where the couple got the money. reports say syed farook took out a 28$,000 loan weeks before the attack. cart carter evans has more. >> reporter: we know they had taken target practice leading up to the attack, and it appears they visited a gun range days before the rampage. syed farook visited a range to practice firing his semi automatic rifle two days before he and his wife, tashfeen malik killed 14 people in san bernardino. >> he came in like a normal guy. he was quiet. he was to himself. and he shot well. >> reporter:

. >> reporter: despite the uproar, candee parker backed the gop front runner. >> the idea that he is okay with being out there and saying what he believes and not being afraid, and having a backbone to say it, i'm okay with that. >> reporter: to demonstrate how little he cares about criticism from his own party he touted a national poll showing 68% of his followers would follow him if he ran as an independent. >> the husband and wife killers behind the massacre had amassed an arsenal of guns, ammunition and pipe bombs valued at over $15,000. investigators may now know where the couple got the money. reports say syed farook tookokut a $28,000 loan weeks before the attack. carter evans has more. >> reporter: we know they had taken target practice leading up to the attack, and it appears they visited a gun range days before the rampage. syed farook visited a range to automatic rifle two days before he and his wife, tashfeen malik killed 14 people in san bernardino. >> he came in like a normal guy. he was quiet. he was to himself. and he shot well. >> reporter: he'd had some training? >>

. >> reporter: despite the uproar, candee parker backed the gop front runner. >> the idea that he is okay with being out there and saying what he believes and not being afraid, and having a backbone to say it, i'm okay with that. >> reporter: to demonstrate how little he cares about criticism from his own party he touted a national poll showing 68% of his followers would follow him if he ran as an independent. >> the husband and wife killers behind the massacre had amassed an arsenal of guns, ammunition and pipe bombs valued at over $15,000. investigators may now know where the couple got the money.

. >> reporter: despite the uproar, candee parker backed the gop front runner. >> the idea that he is okay with being out there and saying what he believes and not being afraid, and having a backbone to say it, i'm okay with that.