Democrats Claim Conservative Organizations are Agents for the Kremlin

America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. These days you really have to be brave if you’re a conservative and participate in the political process. Those who feel free to wear a MAGA hat or openly profess their love of country and Christ will be hunted down, screamed at and possibly beaten. Those who served in President Trump’s campaign or administration are harassed, imprisoned and/or bankrupted by rabid partisans. The only difference between Democrats and the Putin regime is the kill ratio. However, I will say the Clintons gave ole Vladimir a run for his money.

Any person or organization that helped Donald J. Trump win the presidency has a huge target on their back. No one is immune. The National Rifle Association, the longest-standing civil rights organization and without a doubt one of the most patriotic, is under investigation by Robert Mueller’s special counsel. Democrats are alleging the NRA laundered money from Russians to the Trump Campaign. Mind you, an NRA spokesman states the FBI has not contacted their group. But that’s not going to stop Democrats:


Last month on Capitol Hill, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee who examined Russian interactions with the NRA reached a preliminary conclusion that “the Kremlin may also have used the NRA to secretly fund Mr. Trump’s campaign.”

Citing that finding, Lieu and Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., asked FBI Director Christopher Wray in a May 24 letter to expand the inquiry to also explore whether Kremlin money flowed illegally to the NRA for use in influencing House and Senate races.

“Illegal campaign contributions by a foreign nation, especially one whose interests stand in stark contrast to those of the United States, threaten the very underpinnings of our democracy and cannot remain unchallenged,” Lieu and Rice wrote.

The NRA reported spending $24.4 million to back Republican candidates for Congress in 2016.

Spokespeople for the FBI and Mueller’s office declined to comment on the letter.

The senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee echoed concerns about whether Russian money might have found its way through the NRA to congressional races. California Rep. Adam Schiff said it's also important to trace whether the Russians used the prominent gun rights group to conceal financial backing for Trump to determine "whether that would constitute leverage against our now-president" — a favor that could leave him beholden to the Kremlin.

It’s not just the NRA that’s agents for the Kremlin, the Washington Post reported Franklin Graham and other conservatives are also in cahoots with Putin:

Top officials from the National Rifle Association, whose annual meeting Friday featured an address by Trump for the third time in three years, traveled to Moscow to visit a Russian gun manufacturer and meet government officials.

About the same time in December 2015, evangelist Franklin Graham met privately with Putin for 45 minutes, securing from the Russian president an offer to help with an upcoming conference on the persecution of Christians. Graham was impressed, telling The Washington Post that Putin “answers questions very directly and doesn’t dodge them like a lot of our politicians do.”

The growing dialogue between Russians and U.S. conservatives came at the same time experts say the Russian government stepped up efforts to cultivate and influence far-right groups in Europe and on the eve of Russia’s unprecedented intrusion into the U.S. campaign, which intelligence officials have concluded was intended to elect Trump.

Who knew the conservative movement was a front for Vladimir Putin? By the way didn’t Trump pretty much win his party’s nomination in May of 2016 despite the odds? Those Russians are savvy operatives.


Source:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-the-republican-right-found-allies-in-russia/2017/04/30/e2d83ff6-29d3-11e7-a616-d7c8a68c1a66_story.html?utm_term=.acd6a1847d18


https://www.mcclatchydc.com/latest-news/article212756749.html

WV Student Suspended and Arrested for Wearing NRA Shirt

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Here is another incident of outrageous stupidity in our public schools.

Jared Marcum, an 8th grade student, was suspended, arrested and is now facing two charges after refusing to change his shirt.

 "People are saying that I did the right thing, that they're proud," Jared said.

 The 14-year-old student at Logan Middle School in Logan, West Virginia says the NRA shirt that sparked the controversy now symbolizes a fight that is just getting started.

"What they're doing is trying to take away my rights, my freedom of speech and my second amendment," Jared said.

 "You can take the firearms out of the equation, what this about is fundamental rights," Jared's father Allen Lardieri said.

 Lardieri says his questions for the school district remain unanswered.

 "I'm still confused, thoroughly confused," he said. "They school didn't even make a statement to the news agencies, much less myself."

It’s time the local communities stepped up and rid themselves of these morons who run their schools, or have an alternative like charter schools.  Or maybe privatize the system, so parents have a choice.  Libtards can submit their children to fascist indoctrination, while conservatives can actually educate theirs.  Something has to be done.

Source:  http://www.wowktv.com/story/22029456/questions-remain-unanswered-for-8th-grade-student-arrested-over-shirt

Charlotte Observer Applauds Connecticut Gun Law Stupidity

The non-thinkers at the Charlotte Observer are at it again.  The editors at this touchy-feely paper are applauding so-called “sensible gun laws” that Connecticut legislators are supposed to pass.  Here is an excerpt from that liberal rag:

Imagine Republicans and Democrats coming together on a sensible set of tougher gun laws. Impossible, right?

Except that it is happening in Connecticut, even as similar talks in Washington are in danger of falling apart. Congress needs to grow some spine and learn from the example legislators in Hartford are setting.

Today, both parties there are expected to collaborate on passing the nation’s broadest response yet to the Dec. 14 massacre of 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Ct. The bill requires universal background checks on all gun sales and forces those convicted of weapons offenses to register with the state. It would ban more so-called assault weapons than the state already does, and would require state-issued certificates for the purchase of any rifle, shotgun or ammunition.

Wait til the NRA hears about this.

I ask would any of the above proposals have stopped the Newtown massacre?  Of course not!  But that’s not the objective with the libtards at this paper, or the pandering politicians in Connecticut.  But hey, at least somebody is doing something, right? 

Connecticut already has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, and yet they weren’t able to stop Adam Lanza.  Chicago is the murder capital of the country, and their gun control laws are more onerous than Connecticut.  Rahm Emanuel has been given the moniker:  Murder Mayor.

It’s all about feelings with these people.  And when the next massacre happens, they’ll demand outright confiscation.  All the while, the true reasons for the decline of our society can be traced back to 60 years of progressive policies.  But you can’t reason with stupid people. 

Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/04/02/3955787/connecticut-shows-congress-way.html#storylink=cpy

The Liberal Elites Children are Special. Yours Aren't.

 The elites will go to great lengths to protect themselves and their children. But won't afford regular, hard working Americans the same. Their children are special. Yours are just mere rabble.  Unless, of course they can be exploited for political purposes.

Democrats Feign Outrage Over Kiddie Exploitation

The Democrats love to exploit children. It's a time honored tradition with this party. Remember LBJ's campaign ad? And let's not forget the Clintons. They were masters at the kiddie shield game. Now, Obama has taken up the cudgel. It's about time people condemned this exploitation. Or at least point out their hypocrisy. The Democrats don't like it when their own tactics are used against them. Just ask the NRA.

Rep. John Barrow is the Latest Gun-Grabber Target

The frontal assault on our liberties is raging before our eyes.  No one is immune.  Despicable organizations such as The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence are using children as human shields.  Congressman John Barrow, a democrat from Georgia, is the latest target.

I don't care for Democrats.  But as far as I'm concerned, anyone who supports our god-given rights deserves our support.

NRA Membership Soars After Newtown, Connecticut Massacre

Americans innately know when the federal government is about to make a power grab.  Guns sales have skyrocketed since the Newtown, Connecticut massacre.  And so has membership to the NRA:

The National Rifle Association, while staying mostly quiet in the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting in Connecticut, has registered an average of 8,000 new members a day since the tragedy, an NRA source told Fox News.

While this broadly aligns with trends seen after similar incidents in the past, the surge in membership this time is said to dwarf past trends.

The source, based on his access to an internal memo prepared by the organization’s membership division, said both the number of individual contributions to the NRA and their average amount have risen significantly in this period.

Amid the uptick, the NRA is planning what it describes as a “major” news conference on Friday. In its first public statement since last week's shooting, issued Tuesday by an aide to NRA President Wayne LaPierre, the organization also conveyed condolences to the murder victims' families and expressed the group's willingness to offer "meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again."

"The National Rifle Association of America is made up of four million moms and dads, sons and daughters -- and we were shocked, saddened and heartbroken by the news of the horrific and senseless murders in Newtown," the statement said on Tuesday.

"Out of respect for the families, and as a matter of common decency, we have given time for mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts before commenting."

Sources close to the issue had earlier alerted Fox News that the National Rifle Association would soon start to "push back" against gun-control proponents.

At least the NRA had the decency to step aside and allow the families of these victims to mourn before defending our God-given rights.  We can’t say the same for the Maoist gun grabbers in the Democratic Party.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/19/nra-sees-surge-in-membership-after-connecticut-school-shooting/#ixzz2Fejvm1Oa

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Liberal World

It’s a mad, mad, mad, liberal world.  Somehow, the morons believe the National Rifle Association is responsible for the Newtown, Connecticut massacre.

CREDO, a progressive grassroots group, is organizing a march on the National Rifle Association's lobbying arm in Washington, D.C. Monday.

"After the shooter Adam Lanza, no one is more to blame for the massacre of 20 first graders and six women at the Sandy Hook Elementary School than the National Rifle Association," CREDO wrote on the Facebook page where the march is being organized. "To stop the senseless killing we must first stop the NRA."

And here is further evidence of the instability of Progressives:

 

I didn’t know mental illness was so pervasive in our society.

 H/T:  Weasel Zippers

Source:  http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/progressives-plan-march-on-nra-in-dc-monday

NRA Takes a Stand Against UN Gun Grabbers

Wayne LaPierre went into the belly of the beast and took a stand. The United Nations, an organization of tyrants, has made countless schemes to disarm American citizens. The spokesman for the National Rifle Association stated under no terms will we as people relinquish our firearms. Here is an excerpt:

Mr. President, thank you for this brief opportunity to address this conference. I am Wayne LaPierre and for 21 years now, I have served as Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association of America.

The NRA is the largest and most active firearms rights organization in the world, with four million members who represent 100 million law-abiding Americans who own firearms.

On behalf of those 100 million American gun owners, I am here to announce NRA’s strong opposition to anti-freedom policies that disregard American citizens’ right to self-defense.

No foreign influence has jurisdiction over the freedoms our Founding Fathers guaranteed to us.

We will not stand idly by while international organizations, whether state-based or stateless, attempt to undermine the fundamental liberties that our men and women in uniform have fought so bravely to preserve – and on which our entire American system of government is based.

Here is a video of the whole speech:

H/T: NC Renegade

Source: http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/news-from-nra-ila/2012/07/wayne-lapierre-defends-the-second-amendment-before-the-united-nations.aspx

NRA Will Hold Democrats Accountable for Eric Holder Contempt Vote

Allegations are being made that operation Fast and Furious was a scheme to subvert our Second Amendment rights. And that the Obama administration was counting on the murders of innocent Americans such as Agent Brian Terry to invoke public outrage. This kind of scandal would act as a catalyst for strict gun control measures.

Democrats dismiss this as a preposterous conspiracy theory. But is it? We all know the totalitarian elements that make up this party. Is it so absurd to believe that prominent members of their party would conspire to take away our guns? Does anyone remember the actions of the Clinton administration?

The NRA hasn’t forgotten. And they are going to make damn sure that the Democrats hold Eric Holder accountable for his dismissive attitude to Congress.

The NRA jumped into the fray last week, sending a letter to every House lawmaker condemning Holder's "open defiance" of the GOP probe and warning that the group will be watching closely as lawmakers cast their votes on contempt.

Chris Cox, the NRA's chief lobbyist, also accused the administration of launching the Fast and Furious program as an effort to promote tougher gun control laws.


"The reason we support the contempt resolution is the same reason we first called for Attorney General Holder’s resignation more than a year ago: the Department’s obstruction of congressional oversight of a program that cost lives in support of an anti-gun agenda," Cox wrote.


The NRA's move puts intense pressure on some threatened Democrats to buck their party and vote in favor of the contempt citation. At least four Democrats — Reps. Jim Matheson (Utah), John Barrow (Ga.), Collin Peterson (Minn.) and Nick Rahall (W.V.) — have already said they'll support the measure.

Many Democrats are not happy that the NRA is weighing in on this issue. But then again, is anyone surprised by their protestations.

Source: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/235119-dems-urge-nra-to-stay-out-of-holder-contempt-fight