Media Matters’ Desperation To Smear NRA Comes Out In Election Hit Piece
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea
USA --(Ammoland.com)- “Wayne LaPierre Falsely Claims ‘All’ The NRA’s Money Comes From Small Donors,” Chris Brown of Media Matters sneers in triumph.
He’s focusing on an interview with Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre by Glenn Beck, where the association head was asked about how NRA could hope to match union political contributions. LaPierre’s response:
“We raise it all through 5, 10, 15, 20 dollar contributions that Americans are willing to preserve freedom. And they’re willing to support it. But, you know, that’s what NRA is about. I mean, I always say we’re about our membership and we’re about giving voice to our membership.”
GOTCHA, Brown would have us believe:
“LaPierre’s claim that the NRA’s fundraising is based exclusively on small dollar donations is false. The reality is that under LaPierre’s leadership, the NRA has built extensive financial ties to the gun industry and other corporations.”
The thing is, LaPierre wasn’t talking about “NRA fundraising” in general. He was clearly responding to a specific question about NRA political contributions.
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About David Codrea:
David Codrea is a long-time gun rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament. He is a field editor for GUNS Magazine, and a blogger at The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance. Read more at www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/david-codrea
