NRA endorses Democrat for Missouri governor

[Calista241]

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Source: Politico

The National Rifle Association's political arm on Tuesday endorsed Missouri Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Koster over his Republican rival Eric Greitens, touting the current state attorney general's "proven record in fighting to preserve the Second Amendment."

“Chris Koster has never wavered from his Second Amendment beliefs. For over 17 years, he has fought to preserve the constitutional rights of law-abiding Missourians,” NRA-Political Victory Fund chairman Chris W. Cox, said in a statement. “The NRA is proud to endorse Chris Koster and we urge Missouri’s gun owners and sportsmen to get out this November and vote to elect a governor with a proven record of fighting to preserve the Second Amendment.”

The NRA-PVF passed over Greitens, a Navy veteran and former SEAL who won a closely contested Republican primary in the state and ran an ad depicting him firing a machine gun while declaring that he would "take dead aim at politics as usual."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/nra-endorses-chris-koster-227771

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Wow.

[Recursion]

1. The GOP candidate has basically no political experience

and the NRA will always support a career politician if their views are even nominally aligned on gun control.

Greiten (the Republican) is a kind of interesting guy though.

[dylb]

2. reply

yep

[pintobean]

3. Greitens seems crazy as fuck.

[Recursion]

4. I didn't mean "interesting" as a compliment (nt)

[jcgoldie]

5. Greitens machine gun ad

I saw that one. He wasn't just firing a machine gun, he was shooting stuff and it was exploding. Bat shit crazy and they took it down I believe immediately following the shootings in Orlando. I'm a little shocked he isn't the NRA's guy, seems like he fits their slipper perfectly.

[pintobean]

7. No, it ran a day or two after the Pulse massacre.

[ileus]

6. All we need is a progressive stance on the 2A

and we'd have every state locked up Blue...

[Honest.Dem]

9. There are too many rural dems who are 2nd Amend. supporters. n/t

[pintobean]

10. There are plenty of urban and suburban Dem 2A supporters too

[etherealtruth]

11. I am sorry, LOCKING as a duplicate post (prohibited in LBN)

Please see the earlier post : http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141566566