Shot…
OMG! The NRA is spending millions on candidates!
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
Chaser…
Reporter uses basic division on above tweet and you won’t believe what happens next:
A whopping $190,000/year spread out across 400+ races, huh? Planned Parenthood spent $38 million just last year. https://t.co/wnRHFHjOZQ
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 3, 2017
And it’s really just a drop in the bucket:
It takes a special brand of D.C. stupid to insinuate $3.5M over 20 years is GAME-CHANGING when last year's candidates spent $6.8 BILLION.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 3, 2017
At least some reporters get it. It’s not the donations, it’s the members:
You can frame it as blood money but $10K is meaningless when Grassley gets $3m from businesses alone and $1m from all ideological lobbying.
The strength of the NRA as an organization is its ability to organize voters into blocs, not its money. https://t.co/UpUvuAGIkp
— Matthew Stinson (@stinson) October 3, 2017
And keep in mind, there is tons of money on the other side that’s done squat:
That's exactly right…money is not the driving factor…there are much richer/bigger donors. If it was up to money, Bloomberg has way more money than the NRA will ever have. https://t.co/r1GDO4G4Kx
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) October 3, 2017
But the trashing of the NRA will go on, regardless of the truth:
How many people have to be slaughtered before GOP stands up to NRA?
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) October 2, 2017
Exit observation: Anyone can join the NRA. If libs like Rob Reiner want to change the organization, JOIN the organization.
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