A Top Ted Cruz Adviser Thinks Islamists Are Infiltrating the NRA [View all]
Not sure this does not belong in Weird News but never the less...
The National Rifle Association's annual board election is typically a drama-free affair. But this year, things are getting ugly. A faction within the NRA is seeking to oust anti-tax crusader and celebrated Republican strategist Grover Norquist from the gun lobby's board of directors, where he has served since 2000.
The reasons behind the recall campaign have little to do with the Second Amendment, NRA policy, or Norquist's position on gun rights. The effort is the latest move in an ongoing crusade to convince conservatives that the founder of Americans for Tax Reform is secretly in cahoots with anti-American Islamists.
The instigator of the Norquist recall is Stu Weber, a former Green Beret and pastor from Oregon. Last August, a recall petition sponsored by Weber was posted on the website RecallGrover.com. In it, Weber wrote that Norquist "has become a confusing distraction to the NRA's mission" and that he was "aware of NRA members who are considering leaving the NRA because they have done some serious homework in regard to Mr. Norquist." While speaking with Glenn Beck last August, Weber described himself as "just a member" of the NRA. He declined to be interviewed for this story. The recall site has been taken down.
While this is the first NRA board recall measure in at least 15 years, it is not necessarily a sign of a major split within the organization. Just 450 signatures from voting members were required to get it on the ballot. Members have until May 1 to cast their votes via ballots that were mailed out in American Rifleman, the NRA's magazine.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/03/national-rifle-association-norquist-gaffney-recall
They are all eating their own.
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