gave $90 million (all to Democrats) in 2016. In terms of lobbying and political contributions, the NRA and the gun industry generally spend next to nothing compared with the big players.
and a full spectrum of ideological groups from the Sierra Club to the National Rifle Association. The money they deliver to politicians, year after year, is what pays the biggest part of the bill for ...
After Harvey Weinstein’s disgrace we heard demands that his political contributions be returned ... Now that the NRA has disgraced itself (again), similar demands would seem reasonable.
And several outlets — not to mention progressive politicians — have noted the money that GOP politicians accept from the NRA. But when Senate Democrats shot down a largely popular 20-week ...
"The only 'meaningful contributions' the NRA has ever made to public safety have been malignant ones," and that won't change because of Sandy Hook, says the New York Daily News in an editorial.