Via Don
My heart bleeds........
On Saturday’s broadcast of “Up w/Chris Hayes,” Minnesota Democratic
Rep. Rick Nolan suggested that the National Rifle Association’s rhetoric
is at least partially responsible for the increasingly disturbing
threats he is receiving from constituents.
“I think it would be a mistake to underestimate the kind of toxic
effect that the NRA is having,” Nolan said. “I have never, ever in all
my life feared for my
security
.
And I’m not fearful of it now. But I’m a little more [concerned] than I
ever had been before. We’ve been getting a lot of
not-very-thinly-veiled threats and calls into my office. You know,
things like, ‘You tell him he better watch his back.’ Nobody has
actually come out and said they’re gunning for me, but the messages are
quite angry, vitriolic and a little bit frightening to people at my
front desk who have been taking the calls. I’m a little nervous about
it. I’ve never been nervous before. But they are very toxic in the
effect they’re having on the American public.”
The
NRA endorsed Nolan’s unsuccessful opponent in the 2012 race, then-Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack, and assigned Nolan an “F” rating because of his stance on gun control.
Oh Nolan... just wait awhile. Nervous? You don't even know the meaning of the word yet.
ReplyDeleteSo there are 80 to 100 MILLION gun owners, and 4+ million NRA members. What a nice scapegoat for them..... I guess that they have not figured out that the great majority of "Gun Holders" think the NRA is not nearly "extreme" enough.... Guess it will come as a big suprise.
ReplyDeleteguess that they have not figured out that the great majority of "Gun Holders" think the NRA is not nearly "extreme" enough.... Guess it will come as a big suprise.
DeletePrecisely.
Kind of reminds me of what was being said about the "Tea Party" not so long ago.
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