Two Dems donate NRA contributions after Vegas shooting

Good idea for ANY Democrat.

Two Dems donate NRA contributions after Vegas shooting
By Cristina Marcos - 10/06/17 06:20 PM EDT


Two House Democrats who were once given thousands of dollars from the National Rifle Association have donated the money elsewhere in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Democrats have been agitating for gun reforms after the massacre in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history with nearly 60 dead and more than 500 wounded.

Both Reps. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Tim Walz (D-Minn.) once held “A” ratings from the NRA, but they have have embraced gun control measures in recent years amid their party’s broader shift on firearms.

This week, Ryan donated the amount of past contributions his campaign received from the NRA — $20,000 — to three gun control advocacy groups: Everytown for Gun Safety, Americans for Responsible Solutions and Sandy Hook Promise.

Walz, meanwhile, donated the $18,900 he received from the NRA to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which provides support for families of military personnel wounded or killed during their service.

“So we just raised money from the NRA,” Mark Kelly, a former Navy captain who founded Americans for Responsible Solutions, joked Friday to reporters at the group’s headquarters in Washington.

Kelly established the group with his wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who was shot in the head at a constituent event in 2011.

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