NRA head: Sanders 'a political predator'
Source: The Hill
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 04/28/17 02:14 PM EDT
National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre on Friday tore into Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), calling him a "political predator" who lied to young people.
"Bernie Sanders was not a movement, as a fawning media called his campaign," LaPierre said before a cheering crowd at the NRA's Leadership Forum in Atlanta. "Bernie is a political predator of young voters who were lied to by school teachers and college professors."
"Stood up for his message of big government socialism. Free, free, free for me. No one told the truth about how all that free stuff was going to be paid for. It was all one big fat lie. And the media, they were in on the lie from the start, because it fit their agenda."
The NRA has had a fairly amicable relationship with Sanders in the past. Sanders early in his career voted against laws pushing background checks and waiting times for gun-buyers. But during his presidential campaign last year, Sanders sought to distance himself from the NRA and increased his calls for stricter gun control.
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Gamecock Lefty
(700 posts)being criticized by the NRA would be a badge of honor.
Stand strong, Sanders.
ananda
(28,859 posts)Wear that badge proudly, Sanders!
Initech
(100,068 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Go hunt those republican human predators any time you like, sir !!!
sic 'em, Senator !
murielm99
(30,736 posts)QC
(26,371 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)angstlessk
(11,862 posts)msongs
(67,405 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,618 posts)In this case maybe not even a nut!
killbotfactory
(13,566 posts)Oh, right, arms dealers make money off it.
Lulu KC
(2,565 posts)I looked at DU on my phone recently for the first and second time, and was invited to join the NRA and receive a free duffel bag. Has anyone else noticed this? Does it seem odd?
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...we're now siding with the NRA in order to bash Sanders.
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)LAGC
(5,330 posts)This has nothing to do with guns. Socialism has nothing to do with guns.
So why in the fuck is the NRA making a statement at all?
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)as if Bernie's statements re the Democratic Party required the NRA to jump in and attack him.
hatrack
(59,584 posts).