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Three major car rental companies dump the NRA
The backlash is growing.
Luke Barnes
Feb 22, 2018, 8:20 pm
A major car rental conglomerate which operates three prominent national brands is ending its corporate relationship with the National Rifle Association, as backlash grows in the wake of the Parkland mass shooting.
Enterprise Holdings, which operates Enterprise, Alamo, and National, had a partnership with the NRA to provide discounts to members. The discounts are available to NRA members once they pay their $40 annual fee and were among the 22 corporations offering discounts and five star savings to the gun lobbys members. On Thursday, however, all three brands announced that they would be ending the program within the next month.
The announcement follows close on the heels of First National Bank of Omahas decision to end its relationship with the NRA. For more than a decade the bank has offered NRA members specially branded Visa cards, but in a tweet the bank said that customer feedback has caused us to review our relationship with the NRA. The bank did not respond to multiple inquiries by ThinkProgress asking for a more detailed explanation of its decision.
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https://thinkprogress.org/alamo-national-enterprise-dump-nra-35d326965744/
Freethinker65
(10,027 posts)volstork
(5,403 posts)Keep up the pressure!
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)Not a burst of enthusiasm (if it can be called that) that peters out, but steady and sustained. As strong as possible, obviously, but for a long time...as long as it takes.
Ohiogal
(32,016 posts)elleng
(131,006 posts)DallasNE
(7,403 posts)Is a top 10 issuer of credit cards so they are a major player here. They have been in business for over 150 years and are the largest privately owned bank in America.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Initech
(100,087 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,810 posts)LeftInTX
(25,424 posts)Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)It was totally debunked but the premise holds true. There comes a tipping point in any endeavor where there is only one way to go. I am hopeful we are there now.
PS Fuck the NRA
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I don't know what's up with the rental car companies and the NRA, but all of the biggies had some sort of deal with it. Glad to hear about Enterprise & First National.
Hertz, Budget, Avis, where are you? And more banks, please. The NRA needs to be a pariah.
RainCaster
(10,892 posts)I have been 5 star Hertz guy for many years, perhaps I can gripe at them and they will listen...
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Easy to get a contact form from their website. I told them that I can choose any rental car company when I travel but I will not be using any that continue the NRA discount.
This is not a philosophical or moral question for them. The conversation is: which way will we lose more money and customers?
Please send emails to any company that has not yet broken ties with the merchants of death.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Hertz & Avis have no ditched NRA.
BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)As usual....they kill for blood money. The $$$$$ must stop both the NRA as well as the politicians who represent the NRA and not the 67% of Americans who want to ban automatic weapons. It is the same with universal healthcare. The Big Pharm and Insur lobbies buy votes when the majority of constituents in both parties want affordable healthcare.
Our politicians are as corrupt as any other country if not more so. Representing the people is a foreign concept in the good ol USA!
ffr
(22,671 posts)Before more innocent children and teachers/administrators get killed too. As it is, with the sea of weapons already in the hands of nutty NRA conservatives, it'll be decades before we return to something close to normal, as far as our perception of safety.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)The NRA and far too many of our legislators are awash in money from the firearms industry. I hope investors will divest themselves from these greedy predators.
Also hoping the NRA's membership roll takes a drastic hit this year!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)StarryNite
(9,451 posts)I hope more and more companies drop the NRA.
appalachiablue
(41,153 posts)Bravo!
nolabear
(41,987 posts)dalton99a
(81,534 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)And all the others... as well....
Keep it up.....
THANK YOU Emma and the gang!!!!!!!!!!
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)Not from the top down, not ever.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)Lest we think it's only on the liberal blogs.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nra-backlash-major-bank-and-car-rental-giant-are-ending-partnerships-2018-02-22
handmade34
(22,756 posts)to them with a thank you.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)What happens when the NRA doesn't have all the money to do whatever it wants or to buy whoever they need? What will happen to Ted Nugent if the NRA can't afford to pay him for his phony baloney job?
czarjak
(11,284 posts)Would someone think about the poor guns?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,072 posts)blake2012
(1,294 posts)we will need to monitor this to see how much follow through the corporations really show on their commitment to sever ties with that terrorist organization.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)THIS will actually make a difference. Was this latest shooting enough? Or was it the despicable, unrepentant comments by LaPierre and NRA whore/paid actor Loesch that helped these companies decide to ax their relationships with the NRA?