Posted on 05/04/2018 4:54:37 AM PDT by Magnatron
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has planned to spend $25 million on ballot measures in the 2018 midterm elections and the organization's national political director Faiz Shakir insisted Thursday that ACLU is "not a partisan organization." Its focus is building the ACLU brand similar to how the National Rifle Association (NRA) has done with its members in creating a large voting bloc.
Shakir said the "NRA voter" model could be something ACLU mimics and he called it "wonderful" during an interview Thursday night on CBSN's "Red & Blue." He said "we have much to learn" from the NRA and they have "set a model worthy of emulation" -- despite not agreeing on many issues.
"I think that is what the NRA has done well ... building an affinity with its brand, their own members ... they have built the idea of the 'NRA voter,'" Shakir said. "I hope in the next few months you're going to see the building and the flex of ACLU members."
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You may have a harder time finding such a large and passionate block of voters for the issue of gender-neutral bathroom privileges.
The ACLU is not even in the same class as the NRA.
The NRA is for Americans. The ACLU is nothing more than a commie lawyers union bent on America’s destruction.
Agreed.
It’s too bad the ACLU doesn’t protect ALL civil rights, including the right to keep and bear arms. I suspect there is a significant cadre of people who belong to both the NRA AND the ACLU.
If the ACLU was really for civil liberties it would have came out and stated publicly that the Presidents civil liberties have been violated on numerous occasions. Instead they protect Antifa and those working against America.
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