The whole NRA reporting by the mainstream media is another example of the mainstream media and fake news. They constantly talk about politicians beholden to NRA dollars. The fact of the matter is that the NRA contributions pale in comparison to other lobbying groups like Planned Parenthood. When an issue about abortion comes up, do the mainstream media ever talk about Democrats beholden to Planned Parenthood money?
There are two reasons why politicians stand up for the NRA:
1. They have 5 million + dues paying members and millions more who support their belief system. Name one other civil rights organization that has 5 million + Americans paying money to be a part of their organization? These millions of people believe in what the NRA stands for and vote accordingly.
2. The politicians actually believe in what the NRA believes in. No one questions if a Democrat believes in the tenets of Planned Parenthood.
The mainstream media have been exposed yet again in the whole way in which they report on the NRA. They are fake news...
AARP has many more. They are not "civil rights" but they are demacrap activists.
In comparison to union contributions to Democrat politicians, NRA contributions to both parties, which are based exclusively on a politician’s position on the 2nd Amendment, pale in comparison. I saw one stat - which I can’t find right now - that put NRA political contributions over the last 10 YEARS at about $123 million, whereas unions contributed BILLIONS - almost all of it to Democrats - in the 2016 election alone.
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