Three of the four Republicans who represent Miami-Dade County in Washington received at least $2,000 from the National Rifle Association during the 2016 campaign, according to campaign finance records from the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Diaz-Balart is also the single largest recipient of NRA cash among Floridians in Congress since 1998.
Lawmakers sending “thoughts and prayers” in the wake of Wednesday’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are getting slammed for their financial ties to the gun lobby. Bess Kalb, a writer for “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” is responding to each lawmaker tweeting condolences over the murders by listing how much they’ve taken from the National Rifle Association, which has consistently fought any move to tighten gun control laws. here
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Sorry to be crass but we have the motherfucking receipts.
Florida republicans attempted to relax gun legislation the day after 17 people were killed in a school shooting. The Republican cowards bought and paid for by the National Rifle Association tacked on some gun related legislation to the bottom of a 98-page agriculture bill, SB 740. -----
If passed, the bill would force the Florida Department of Agriculture to grant concealed-carry permits within 90 days of filing...even if the background check of the applicant has not been completed.
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Thanks to the League ofWomen Voters and Moms Demand Action for catching the buried bit of legislations.
If you want to get elected to office in Florida, a politician is obligated to grovel before the great and powerful National Rifle Association, which views Tallahassee as a wholly owned subsidiary of its interests.
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Adam Putnam is currently Florida's Agriculture Commissioner. He's also a Republican candidate for governor and a self-described "NRA sellout."
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He thinks it's a swell idea it is to permit gun owners to carry their little friends on college campuses, as well as endorsing proposals to allow the open carry of weapons in public places. That the protest against the NRA is merely "a classic progressive move.
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The NRA thinks that more citizens need to be locked and loaded because the nation is on the cusp of a violent revolution that it hinted former President Barack Obama is leading.
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Opie tweeted about how he's proud to be an #NRASellout and even created a petition on his site encouraging anyone who is also an #NRASellout to sign.