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It's NRA's time in the barrel. This is the end for Trump. GOP will (Original Post) itsrobert Jan 2019 OP
From your lips to God's ears The Blue Flower Jan 2019 #1
They say they are going broke Historic NY Jan 2019 #2
Word is several NRA officials will face felony indictments for not registering under FARA pecosbob Jan 2019 #3
+1 2naSalit Jan 2019 #10
Somebody always says "this is the end for Trump" when some new information is learned The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #4
I doubt you'll ever see that (handcuffs) but I think jaysunb Jan 2019 #7
His days are numbered awesomerwb1 Jan 2019 #5
NRA is chickenfeed compared to the russian money that the GOP can continue to get Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #6
NRA will be cast aside as long as their funds have dried up. Freethinker65 Jan 2019 #8
An almost 45% decline in contribution in only two years. LanternWaste Jan 2019 #9
Someone posts a "Trump is Done" post every week, let NOTHING HAPPENS! nt USALiberal Jan 2019 #11
I'm not a "someone" itsrobert Jan 2019 #12
I hope you are right!! But nothing close yet IMO. nt USALiberal Jan 2019 #13
this is bdamomma Jan 2019 #14
Trumps days are numbered, for sure. But the NRA isn't. Xolodno Jan 2019 #15

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
4. Somebody always says "this is the end for Trump" when some new information is learned
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:29 PM
Jan 2019

about his crimes and misdeeds - but so far, it isn't. I won't believe it until I see federal marshals haul his ass out of the White House in handcuffs.

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
7. I doubt you'll ever see that (handcuffs) but I think
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:32 PM
Jan 2019

there may be a deal that includes resignation coming soon.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
6. NRA is chickenfeed compared to the russian money that the GOP can continue to get
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:30 PM
Jan 2019

as long as they are willing to commit treason.

But I like the NRA may go away, for good. YAY for that!

Freethinker65

(10,009 posts)
8. NRA will be cast aside as long as their funds have dried up.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:43 PM
Jan 2019

The GOP cares as much about gun rights as they do about abortion rights as they do about religious freedom-if it keeps them in power and brings voters to the polls, they will pander as much as necessary as long as they can continue to enrich themselves.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
9. An almost 45% decline in contribution in only two years.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:59 PM
Jan 2019

The NRA took in $128 million in membership dues in 2017, a significant drop from its $163 million figure in 2016, and it reported just $98 million in contributions in 2017 after receiving $125 million in 2016.

Then realize that nearly one-fifth of its contributions last year came from a single (Угадай кто?) anonymous donor, who chipped in nearly $19 million to the group.

Projecting this rate of loss into the immediate future, they're now simply an organizational dinosaur looking at a meteor four years away wondering, "what's that...?"

bdamomma

(63,836 posts)
14. this is
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 09:15 PM
Jan 2019

a collaborative illegal effort to stifle the people and continue to erode democracy, by those like McConnell and his posse for Russian payoffs.

Xolodno

(6,390 posts)
15. Trumps days are numbered, for sure. But the NRA isn't.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 09:34 PM
Jan 2019

The NRA is a brand, like Sears. But unlike Sears, it doesn't profit from success. Aside from questionable donations, Republican governments hurts their revenue. Why subscribe to the NRA when you have gun humpers controlling every part of the government?

Now someone with enough intellect would say "keep donating to keep it that way"....but the NRA doesn't have a base that thinks that far ahead. So, its a feast or famine type of entity. They NEED at least two branches of government in opposition to their agenda to get funding. Ironically, their business model works that way...when they have everything they want...they have less cash to pass out. When they have fear mongering on their side, they have plenty of cash to pass out.

It's like Rush Limbaugh's worst nightmare, everyone agrees with him...and then he's out of a job.

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