It was only mid-February when Twitchy reported that the NRA had brought on Dana Loesch as an official spokesperson, which was welcome news to a lot of conservatives.
As we said then, “Conservatives know their principles are sound, but we also know the frustration of watching a lot of conservative leaders flounder when it comes to articulating and defending those principles in the liberally dominated media — not a concern with Loesch doing the talking.”
It didn’t even take until August when that statement proved true, as the NRA finally had a voice unwilling to stand silently while progressives engaged in a full-on culture war against law-abiding gun owners. Unused to resistance, anti-gun groups like the Women’s March found no recourse but to make outrageous claims, like Loesch’s NRA spot was “a direct endorsement of violence.”
Like many journalists who coasted through the Obama years, MSNBC’s Christopher Hayes appears to have awakened recently and only now noticed the NRA starting to fight fire with fire.
With entirety of federal gov in hands of the right, interesting to watch NRA convert to just pure culture war org rather than gun rights
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 4, 2017
They wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 4, 2017
So, no, we no longer have House Democrats singing spirituals and holding 25-hour catered sit-ins to demand gun control. Maybe, just maybe, the fact that Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House hasn’t emboldened the NRA so much as it has triggered “The Resistance,” who are freaking out over every progressive issue being under siege.
They could concede that the massive losses Democrats have taken are a sign that the public doesn’t want their brand of “common sense” gun control … but, nah.
"interesting" is one word.
Hardly surprising, though. Aside from obvious business interests, NRA has long been about fear of The Other. https://t.co/WpC80mdcE2
— robneyer ⚾️?♂️?? (@robneyer) August 4, 2017
It's almost as if the NRA has always been an organization whose sole purpose is to feed the grievances of conservative white men. https://t.co/0Pg9VBxk4W
— Greg (@waltisfrozen) August 5, 2017
Also interesting to see them become more and more explicitly pro white. https://t.co/SD8ifntFwV
— Patrick Thornton (@pwthornton) August 5, 2017
Shit, Obama's gone! Sales are dropping to nothing! Sound the alarm! SCARE WHITEY!!! https://t.co/BccAASKs51
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) August 5, 2017
gun sales are down under Trump–manufacturers are freaking out https://t.co/Eht5H7prep
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 5, 2017
"Your gun rights are under threat from" — desperately looks around room — "this lamp! Yes! This socialist lamp" https://t.co/RE2DeaG8a0
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 5, 2017
The NRA is a hate group. Trump's enabling of hate has provided cover for the NRA to reveal its true intent.
— GS (@gordonmsmith14) August 4, 2017
Was someone saying something about the fight for Second Amendment rights turning into a culture war?
Just for fun, how about looking at what’s actually going on legislatively.
Two new Constitutional Carry states in 2017. Campus Carry passed in Georgia. Biggest pro-gun bill in Iowa history signed this year. But ? https://t.co/XWmeNVg2dG
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 5, 2017
At the federal level, there are more than 200 cosponsors of National Right to Carry Reciprocity, Obama anti-gun regs have been overturned /2
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 5, 2017
And in federal courts around the country, litigation in RTC cases, mag bans, "assault weapon bans", & more are ongoing. /3
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 5, 2017
Thanks to its members, the NRA's doing what it's been doing for decades: winning. That's why so many members of the media are howling. 4/4
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 5, 2017
Soooo many issues wouldn't be political today if liberals hadn't invented identity politics.
— Lean Dunham (@PCrapedmymother) August 5, 2017
NARAL, Southern Poverty Law Center, NAACP, Planned Parenthood. ALL groups who ditched mission statement in favour of culture war.
— Scott Ragan (@ScottRagan) August 5, 2017
So PLEASE save the faux outrage and disdain.
— Scott Ragan (@ScottRagan) August 5, 2017
I guess only leftist driven culture war is ok
— MarcoOscuro (@OscuraPraetoria) August 5, 2017
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‘NRA got itself a token black girl’: Dana Loesch WALLOPS racist gun-grabber, defends Antonia Okaforhttps://t.co/zWafXCU1uw
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 28, 2017
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