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Saturday was marked the so-called March for Our Lives rally where gun control advocates descended on Washington, DC to call for restrictions on Americans’ gun rights. Liberal journalists rejoiced as the event allowed them to put aside the illusion they were objective reporters and become active participants. MSNBC start the day off with Ali Velshi and Alex Witt attacking the NRA by claiming they didn’t want safer schools, shamming politicians who received donations, and dismissing those who prayed for victims.
“They are not here today. They are not a sponsor of safer schools and safer streets today and I think that’s important. And I’ve been speaking to gun lobbyists over the last few days and saying, ‘why not,’” Velshi declared as he smeared the NRA. He claimed to have spoken with people he asserted were “not talking about taking guns away.” That claim was misleading at best and a flat out lie at worst because the media couldn’t get enough of the profane Parkland kids calling for gun bans.
Velshi also suggested that he talked to a Republican after the Parkland, Florida school shooting who told him the NRA was just a “protection racket for politicians.” “Because if you are an NRA supporter and you're a politician in a particular jurisdiction and you have an A-plus rating and you do anything to change that,” he explained. “All of a sudden they’ll find someone else, if they want to, with an A-plus rating.”
It’s ludicrous to criticize any advocacy group for backing candidates and politicians who supported and agreed with their cause. Liberal groups do it too. Would gun grabbing groups like Everytown or the Brady Campaign support politicians who weren’t for gun control? No. Would Planned Parenthood support a politician that didn’t support abortion? No. But that didn’t stop Witt from trying to shame politicians who received donations and support from the NRA.
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