Meanwhile, moving away from your straw grasping over this petty, little non-issue, let's look at something of importance:
Maria Butina, NRA-linked Russian, pleads not guilty to being Kremlin foreign agent
The NRA Is Going So Broke It Can’t Even Afford Coffee For Its Employees
“The National Rifle Association is doing away with free coffee and water coolers for employees at its Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters — a cost-cutting move that has NRA insiders ‘freaking out.'”
It’s worth noting that a lack of free coffee and water in the office sends NRA types into a frenzy, but seeing constant bloodshed in American schools or churches or nightclubs doesn’t seem to register.
The coffee cutback is the just latest indication that the NRA is hurting for cash. Membership revenue declined by $35 million last year, and the NRA recently rolled out its second dues increase in as many years.Perhaps the most vivid evidence of belt-tightening at the NRA was its drastically reduced spending on the 2018 midterm elections. The group shelled out just under $10 million on House and Senate candidates this cycle — less than half of what it spent on congressional races in 2014 and 2016.
How Russia Used the NRA To Give Big Money To Help Trump Win
The Republicans refused to investigate it, and the House Intelligence Committee Report ignored it.
But one of the biggest stories coming out of Washington this week was confirmation of the role of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in helping Russia funnel massive amounts of money into the Trump campaign in 2016.
Emails recently came to light proving that an NRA official served as conduit between Russia and the Trump campaign, but Republicans on the House Intelligence Committeerefused to address this scandal in their incomplete and misleading report.