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It was a pitch that found a welcome audience among Americans primed by years of bilious NRA rhetoric. Rage at elites has long been the crucial context for the organization’s gun rights message, the force it has used to mobilize its membership. It’s not just that gun rights must be protected, NRA leaders argue — it’s that they must be defended from political leaders and journalists who have contempt for everyday people’s values and ideas of how America should look. |
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PHORTO
(11/12/2016)
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| Well then, we owe the NRA an immense debt of gratitude, don't we? |
| Comment by:
Sosalty
(11/12/2016)
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| It was Hillary's to lose and she did. Thank you NRA for pointing out the obvious, if Hillary became prez, we would witness the meaningful end of our Bill of Rights. |
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