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kpete

(72,898 posts)
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 05:10 PM Apr 2019

NRA's Wayne LaPierre Says He Is Being Pressured To Resign by Oliver North

NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Says He Is Being Extorted, Pressured to Resign
Group’s longtime leader says Oliver North, president of the NRA, wants him out
By Mark Maremont
April 26, 2019 5:39 p.m. ET

Longtime National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre has told the group’s board he is being extorted and pressured to resign by the organization’s president, Oliver North, over allegations of financial improprieties, in an extraordinary battle roiling one of the nation’s most powerful nonprofit political groups.




https://www.wsj.com/articles/nras-wayne-lapierre-says-he-is-being-extorted-pressured-to-resign-11556314763?mod=e2twp
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/business/nra-wayne-lapierre-oliver-north.html
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hlthe2b

(113,201 posts)
2. Two despicable men fighting over the leadership of a US terrorist organization...
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 05:13 PM
Apr 2019

Maybe they should challenge each other to a duel.

Generic Other

(29,078 posts)
14. Hope the money all turns up missing
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 05:47 PM
Apr 2019

And all the trigger-happy fingers pointed at each other. Nice. An NRA stand-off.

Submariner

(13,284 posts)
17. Oliie North: A disgrace to the uniform of the United States Marines
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 06:02 PM
Apr 2019

If you're going to head up the NRA, I can't think of a better title 'Traitor'.

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