Wayne LaPierre stopped speech to ask young conservatives why they weren't cheering.

[kpete]

‘They weren’t buying what he was selling’: Wayne LaPierre stopped speech to ask young conservatives why they weren’t cheering


Scarborough said the NRA spokesman had convinced some gun owners that federal authorities were “jack-booted” thugs who wanted to disarm Americans — but a New York Times reporter who covered CPAC said this latest speech appeared to fall flat.

“He was stoking these fears not just of Second Amendment infringements, but of trampling and confiscation of individual liberties across the board,” said reporter Jeremy Peters. “That’s what he said, and it’s an interesting shift in strategy for a group like the NRA which no longer has a president in the White House to demean and to demonize and to make an enemy of, so what they’ve done is they’ve said, ‘Okay, there’s a much broader conspiracy — it’s no longer coming just from the Democrats, it’s coming from the media, it’s coming from the intel community, it’s coming from the government and they are going to get you, and the ultimate goal is to take your guns.'”

But the speech didn’t seem to go over well with younger conservative activists, Peters said, prompting LaPierre to re-enact Jeb Bush’s infamous “please clap” moment.

“The room was not with Wayne LaPierre yesterday,” Peters said. “Actually, at one point he stopped and he said, ‘I sense it’s a little quiet out there.’ It was quiet, he said, because they must be scared and all gun owners should be. But the reason they were quiet is because they weren’t buying what he was selling.”

MORE plus VIDEO:
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/werent-buying-selling-wayne-lapierre-stopped-speech-ask-young-conservatives-werent-cheering/

[Hoyt]

1. Even some of them recognize a sick Nazi when they hear one. LaPierre needs to be made the face of

armed America.

[pangaia]

11. REPUBLICANS need to be made the face of View profile armed America.

But, yeah that slimeball also...

[DemocracyMouse]

12. Huh?

What does this mean: "the face of View profile armed America.".... it's got a lot of weird, unfamiliar references. Maybe some boring old grammar would help. Not trying to be a pain, just super curious what all of that means...

[pangaia]

13. HA HA HA !! I blew that one didn;t I.. LOL

I did a copy and paste of Hoyt's comment in order to change LaPierre to Republicans.

And his 'profile' photo became part of the COPY and I didn't proof read it and... kersplert..



Should have been--

"REPUBLICAN needs to be made the face of armed America."

Thanks

[Cha]

2. Be like the ugly russian mole in the wh..

clap for yourself, stupid fearmonger LIAR.

[nocalflea]

3. "its coming from the government "

It's now President Trump's government. I think that might be one conspirator too far for this crowd.

[spanone]

4. wayne, people are tired of your hate tirades...you are a merchant of death

[Pachamama]

5. I am really going to savor watching Wayne LaPierre charged with Crimes and taking Russian Money

[IronLionZion]

6. Conservatives should fight amongst themselves

and be suspicious of their various factions and demographics. Liberals shouldn't be the only ones who do this!

[world wide wally]

7. I find it hard to believe that any of this crowd "gets it"

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Now it is the time for responsible gun owners to step up...

I never could understand the need for weapons that spew out bullets so fast, that it made your head spin. The NRA is so out of touch w/ reality and has blinded itself to what's happening in American streets and neighborhoods throughout the country. Not all of our neighborhoods have rabbits nibbling on our garden veggies and thus must be killed at once, nor do I see rampant crime running amok through the streets of this country either.

What I do see, is kids, depressed, upset, or somehow 'something' go to the weapon of their choice (usually a gun unfortunately), and taking it 'out' on everyone around them, seemingly every week.

300 million guns in the country and still not enough for the NRA. Yet, w/ so many legal guns in the hands of our citizens, where are all of the good guys (w/ guns) when crimes of this horrendous nature occur? Where? In the one sad case of the FL incident, one armed guard has been fired for failing to do their duty when the FL killings was happening. Perhaps too much gun for the guard to handle (in Cruz's hands)?

The NRA has the excuse that all guns are legal, for defense of one's self and home, via the 2nd Amendment,
but the 2nd Amendment is being flouted and abused so much, in that all guns were acceptable in the hands of non-militia personnel, not just the militia. Guns need to be classified into categories, as defensive in nature (small hand pistols and the like), or mass weapons of destruction (perhaps measured by speed and power that
bullets are delivered to the target). Depending on how these guns are classified, then the appropriate steps can be undertaken. I would think law enforcement would welcome this, as well as the numerous victims of gun violence.

I seem to remember a saying 'violence begets more violence'. Seems appropriate here. Ah, just my 2 cents' worth.

Maine's governor is trying to hijack the serious discussions about guns and violence in this country. He needs to settle down and get a life.

[SHRED]

9. I was pleasantly surprised at the lack of enthusiasm

[NJCher]

10. turning point

eom

[geardaddy]

14. I just saw this in the Wikipedia entry for LaPierre:

Despite a draft number (097)[7] that placed him in the “most likely to be drafted” category for 1970, he avoided military service during the Vietnam War.[8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_LaPierre#Early_life

He's a fucking chickenhawk.

[Blue Owl]

15. The sound of a tide turning

n/t