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global1

(25,242 posts)
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 02:38 AM Feb 2018

A Question To Ask Any Politician That Takes Money From The NRA....

Do you feel you have blood on your hands by accepting money from the NRA?

Then I guess - as someone responded to one of my other posts tonight - we need to ask people that vote for politicians that accept money from the NRA - Do you feel you have blood on your hands for voting for these politicians that accept money from the NRA?

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A Question To Ask Any Politician That Takes Money From The NRA.... (Original Post) global1 Feb 2018 OP
Their answer... Kablooie Feb 2018 #1
Sent an e-mail to my rep........republican Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #2
Who are the Politicians? Oldtimeralso Feb 2018 #3
I read on fb.. Jack Bone Feb 2018 #4
Wow. Really? SammyWinstonJack Feb 2018 #5
Yep...not 20mins ago.. Jack Bone Feb 2018 #6
The story from Reverb Press back in 10-17 Jack Bone Feb 2018 #7
I guess it's just Senators as well...n/t Jack Bone Feb 2018 #8
A Question To Ask Any Politician That Takes Money From The NRA.... akbacchus_BC Feb 2018 #9
Part B of the question: Do you think keeping your job in Congress Ilsa Feb 2018 #10

Jack Bone

(2,023 posts)
4. I read on fb..
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 04:33 AM
Feb 2018

Sen. Heidi Hitkamp (sp?) and Sen. Rand Paul are the ONLYmembers of congress to never take any money directly from the NRA..

Jack Bone

(2,023 posts)
6. Yep...not 20mins ago..
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 04:37 AM
Feb 2018

I believe Heidi, but Rand Paul threw me for a loop....lemme go back and look for the source

Jack Bone

(2,023 posts)
7. The story from Reverb Press back in 10-17
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 04:57 AM
Feb 2018

<snip>In 2015, Scott Bixby from Mic.Com took a long, hard look at the 50 U.S. Senators — one Democrat and 49 Republicans — who voted against a bill late in April of that year that would have expanded background checks for guns bought at gun shows and through online vendors. He then poured over the data from the Center for Responsive Politics and came up with some interesting findings: Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) hadn’t received a dime in campaign funds from the NRA directly or indirectly through PACs and other groups. But the other 48 Senators had raked in a staggering $27,205,245 — over $27 million dollars — from the NRA over the course of their careers.<snip>

It's a fb link...best I can do

https://www.facebook.com/newcenturytimes/posts/1980685288858612

akbacchus_BC

(5,704 posts)
9. A Question To Ask Any Politician That Takes Money From The NRA....
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 05:01 AM
Feb 2018

Yes, any politician who accepts money from the NRA has blood on their hands. What really baffles me is that these politicians do not care about shootings in schools, the NRA calls the shots and the republican senators and governors cast a blind eye. It is all about money for these scavengers!

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
10. Part B of the question: Do you think keeping your job in Congress
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 08:47 AM
Feb 2018

takes priority over my child's life? The lives of all children in your district/state?

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