That is gonna be trouble for Donald Trump & Republicans….
The Anti-Gun lobby HAS to be smiling….
The National Rifle Association aired an avalanche of TV ads and pushed its 5 million-plus members to the polls for Donald Trump in 2016, propelling him in the Rust Belt states that delivered him the presidency.
Now, the gun rights group is in total meltdown — and senior Republicans and Trump 2020 officials are alarmed.
In recent weeks, the NRA has seen everything from a failed coup attempt to the departure of its longtime political architect to embarrassing tales of self-dealing by top leaders. The turmoil is fueling fears that the organization will be profoundly diminished heading into the election, leaving the Republican Party with a gaping hole in its political machinery.
With the Chamber of Commerce and Koch political network withdrawing from their once-dominant roles in electing conservatives, Republicans worry that three organizations that have long formed the core of their electoral infrastructure will be effectively on the sidelines.
The predicament has so troubled some Republicans that they are calling on the famously secretive NRA to address its 2020 plans. Within the past week, senators have privately expressed concerns about the group to National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Todd Young.
“No organization has been more important to conservative voter education and engagement than the NRA. We all hope they’re able to mount the kind of effort in the 2020 cycle they have in the past,” said Gregg Keller, a former American Conservative Union executive director. “But in case they can’t, given their current situation, I hope they’re being forthright about that within the movement so others can pick up the slack.”
“The situation,” he added, “has folks nervous.”…..
image….NYTimes.Com
A good day for America when this racket folds.!
The NRA demise eportedly has the Trump campaign sweating bullets.
It should. The NRA has been an effective political arm of the Republican Party the last two decades.
I remember Mother Jones two decades ago chronicling the hostile takeover of the NRA by Wayne LaPierre and a bunch of right-wing absolutists who did not share the spectrum of views then held by NRA members.
There were parallel fights to take over, politicize, purify and purge such traditional and traditionally-conservative organizations as the Southern Baptist Convention and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Trump has now directed some of his animosity’s at the NY Governor and AG ….
Unlike Congress?
New York HAS been shutting down pieces of his businesses
NY AG scores another one….
Federal judge denies NRA attempt to declare bankruptcy in win for New York state attorney general…
Wash Post…