Candidates actually “accept” very little money from gun-rights groups. But this highlights one of the most pervasive misunderstandings about the NRA’s involvement in politics. The NRA has, however, spent more in third-party independent ads that either criticize Democrats or support Republicans. In fact, since 2012, Planned Parenthood alone has donated virtually the same amount ( $2.6 million) to individual candidates as the NRA ( $2.7 million).
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Rare are the stories exposing the money spent electing Democrats by unions, trial lawyers or environmental groups - all of which outspend the NRA year after year.
(Or as comedian Jimmy Kimmel diplomatically put it, the NRA has the GOP’s “ balls in a money clip.”)Įvidently, the NRA is the only special interest group that owns a testicular entrapment device. When Republicans argue in favor of Second Amendment rights, it is because they have been bought off by a disfavored lobbying group looking to profit from carnage. The double standard is clear: When Democrats work on behalf of a special interest that aborts millions of children, they are doing so from a place of conscience and ideological purity. After the Las Vegas shooting last October, The New York Times' editorial page ran a woefully misleading chart purporting to show which congressional Republicans had received the most help “from the NRA” while mocking the idea of sending “ thoughts and prayers.” Within hours of the shooting tragedy in Parkland, Fla., last week, The Washington Post had updated a page for readers to see how much money the NRA had given their member of Congress. Suddenly, the National Rifle Association is unmasked as the GOP puppet master, blocking any and all “commonsense” legislation to cut down on gun violence. More: School shootings won't change our gun laws, but bridging our divides might workĬontrast that with coverage Republicans receive after any mass shooting in America. More: It's sickening to call cop in school shooting a coward: Law enforcement instructor Instead, Democrats were showered with gushing mainstream news articles praising their fight for “women’s health care” and their personal resolve in standing up to those who want to “take away a woman's right to control her own body." Of course, nobody can forget any of that because none of it ever happened. Who can forget all the hours the news networks dedicated to blaming Democrats for the loss of millions of innocent lives after Planned Parenthood had spent nearly $50 million on elections and lobbying since 2012?
Naturally, there was a media outcry over Warren’s speech, given that she had received more than $16,000 from Planned Parenthood during her 2012 campaign. Major newspapers were saturated with stories reminding us that the left was in the pocket of Big Abortion. The vote was taking place after a summer in which the nation watched grisly undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood abortion doctors discussing the sale of fetal body parts to activists posing as researchers.
Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., took to the Senate floor to decry ongoing Republican attempts to defund Planned Parenthood.
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