Trump Meets With LaPierre to Discuss How N.R.A. Could Support Political Defense

[EleanorR]

In light of today's report about the NRA acting as a russian asset, this is astounding.

President Trump met on Friday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, to discuss how the N.R.A. could provide financial support for the president’s defense as he faces political headwinds, including impeachment, according to two people familiar with the meeting.

It was not clear whether Mr. Trump asked Mr. LaPierre for his support, or if the idea was pitched by the N.R.A. But in return for the support, Mr. LaPierre asked that the White House “stop the games” over gun control legislation, people familiar with the meeting said.

But caught between political pressures to do something and doing nothing on gun legislation, Mr. Trump has been idling while Congress waits for a sign from the White House on what it plans to propose. Mr. Trump’s meeting with Mr. LaPierre on Friday indicated that his priority may be his own political survival rather than making any strides on guns.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/politics/trump-lapierre-nra-impeachment.html

[Iliyah]

1. Russia will

funnel money thru NRA for shithole's defense . . .

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. wtf???

[Leghorn21]

3. I know, right??!

WUT

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Seriously.

Can he be any more blatant?

[octoberlib]

5. This makes total sense since the Senate report referred to the NRA as a Russian asset .

Putin's oligarchs will probably be laundering money through it again.

[Cha]

6. A new Senate report reveals that the @NRA was a 'foreign asset' to Russia ahead of 2016

Link to tweet

[keithbvadu2]

7. Except for Wayne's personal expenses, I thought the NRA was almost broke.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. As if there wasn't enough controversy on how members' dues are being spent.

Though I imagine a fair amount of them are Trump supporters.

[UTUSN]

9. More good judgment!1