Despite the support of the president, the National Rifle Association is dealing with infighting, investigations and a drop in income.
Be careful what you wish for: few entities put more effort into the election of Donald Trump than the National Rifle Association, but that epic 2016 victory increasingly seems hollow.
In a letter to the NRA board, which was published Friday in the Wall Street Journal, LaPierre said North had attempted to blackmail him into resigning: “Delivered by a member of our Board on behalf of his employer, the exhortation was simple: resign or there will be destructive allegations made against me and the NRA,” wrote LaPierre. “I believe our Board and devoted members will see this for what it is: a threat meant to intimidate me and divide us.
Trump, who spoke at the NRA’s convention last week, came to the group’s defense on Twitter on Monday morning. The NRA’s problems are not limited to James and Cuomo. In October, nine Democratic senators called for an investigation into whether the group was skirting election law to coordinate with Republican campaigns through a shell company. The organization’s ties with Russia have come under scrutiny following a guilty plea from Maria Butina, a Russian agent who had aligned herself closely with the NRA.
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