All-Out War Against The NRA Begins After Las Vegas Massacre
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| Pair of cowboy boots in street outside concert venue where mass shooting occured. (Via The Dailly Caller article) |
The National Rifle Association (NRA) became a convenient scapegoat following the Las Vegas mass shooting that left at least 58 people dead and more than 500 injured.
Left-wing activist group Democracy for America wasted no time fundraising off of the attack while demonizing the NRA and linking them to the violence in Las Vegas.
“The NRA is unrepentant. They and their allies in Congress don’t think there’s anything wrong with what happened in Las Vegas last night,” the group wrote in a fundraising email Monday evening. “In fact, they are doubling down in support of laws that enable white men like Stephen Paddock to use guns to terrorize their families and communities.”
MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin posted a list of every congressman who has received donations from the NRA, hyping the group’s political influence. The NRA has given roughly $3.8 million to congressional campaigns since 1998, a number that pales in comparison to the type of money moved around by left-wing donors. Left-wing financier George Soros, for example, gave more than $25 million towards Democratic candidates in 2016 alone.
Since 1998, the NRA has donated $3,555,194 to current members of Congress. Find out here who has received donations. https://t.co/QVxthRTgR1— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 2, 2017
Republicans care more about taking the NRA’s money than they do about saving lives pic.twitter.com/sCS7eqf8yh— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 3, 2017
“It is time to end the National Rifle Association,” declared GQ host Keith Olbermann in response to Sunday’s shooting.
Daily Mail columnist Piers Morgan attacked the NRA because President Trump didn’t bring up gun control while addressing the violence Monday morning.
“The NRA, a vile organization with a sinister, deadly grip on America’s lawmakers, bought Trump’s silence when they backed him during the election campaign,” Morgan wrote.
Former secretary of state and twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton used the mass shooting to attack the NRA almost immediately.
“The crowd fled at the sound of gunshots,” Clinton wrote on Twitter Monday morning. “Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer, which the NRA wants to make easier to get.”
“Our grief isn’t enough. We can and must put politics aside, stand up to the NRA, and work together to try to stop this from happening again,” she added.
Las Vegas, we are grieving with you—the victims, those who lost loved ones, the responders, & all affected by this cold-blooded massacre.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 2, 2017
Our grief isn't enough. We can and must put politics aside, stand up to the NRA, and work together to try to stop this from happening again.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 2, 2017
“The right-wing – and NRA – messaging point that nothing could have been done to prevent the horrific attack in Las Vegas is just wrong,” said Oregon Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
In an appearance on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes” Monday night, Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey declared that the American people “want the United States Congress to finally take on the NRA.” Markey accused the Republican Party of being “in the vice-like grip of the NRA.”
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Peter Hasson is Associate Editor of The Daily Caller
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