Looks like cash-strapped NRA can't afford as many GOP politicians this year

[turbinetree]

By Eric Boehlert - October 3, 2018

Amid huge deficits, the NRA has pulled back from Republican campaigns.

Republicans trying to fend off a Democrats blue wave this year are going to have do it without much aid from a longtime, deep-pocketed ally, the National Rifle Association.

At a time when it’s reeling from falling revenues, the NRA has drastically pulled back its financial support for GOP campaigns during this midterm cycle.

To date, the radical gun group has pledged just $1.6 million dollars to Republican campaign efforts this midterm election cycle. That’s compared to the $16 million the group poured into GOP coffers in 2014.

“That decline comes as the FBI investigates whether the group illegally received money from Russia to fuel its support of President Donald Trump during the 2016 election and as the group has seen a decline in dues that has deepened the group’s operating deficit,” McClatchy reports.

https://shareblue.com/republicans-nra-spending-midterms/

[dlk]

1. Their Pipeline to Russian $$$ Has Dried Up

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. same FBI that "investigated" Kavanaugh?

Who is the highest bidder? That will determine what the investigation finds or ignores.

[YessirAtsaFact]

5. Different investigation, different people, different parameters

Mueller isn’t limited in scope the way Trump hamstrung the whitewash for Kavanuagh.

The fact that the NRA is short of cash is actually be evidence that the Mueller investigation has already made an impact

[Freethinker65]

3. if only those dead members they use to inflate their membership numbers could...

...could make up for those lost foreign contributions. Perhaps Ms. Loesch can take a pay cut for her cause?

[muntrv]

4. Repubs are in control, thus no fear of "gubmint takin' yer gunz."

[eleny]

6. The Kochs are spending a fortune on this midterm but I think this NRA news is excellent

It shows that there can be a crack put in the armor. I'm glad to learn this. Eric B. is a treasure.

It's this kind of news that in the face of the power of the Koch network I feel inspired to keep pushing for our side. The NRA is a symbol of the power of the right wing profits god. This tumbling off the pedestal is good news I needed today, especially.