Peltola had a solid record in support of the Second Amendment, and was the only Democrat endorsed by the NRA in the 2024 campaign cycle. Pro-gun Democrats are kryptonite to the gun control movement, so I can understand Hogg’s reaction at the time. [More]
If by that you mean fidelity to founding intent behind the Second Amendment, there ARE no “pro-gun Democrats.”
And here’s a calculated comment:
Both Watts and Hogg, however, are trying to move past being single-issue activists.
Maybe they know something myopic “single issue” apologists don’t.
Anybody else remember when:
The National Rifle Association is sponsoring “a multimillion-dollar TV advertising campaign … aimed at messaging beyond gun rights and reaching middle-class mothers, minorities and other Americans ‘who believe our country is off the rails,’” The Washington Times reported Thursday. “The gun lobby’s campaign … uncharacteristically delves into issues far beyond the Second Amendment to explore the IRS scandal, media elitism and security vulnerabilities, with a call to return ‘good guys’ to power.”
“[Americans] care about their Second Amendment freedoms but understand that all freedoms are connected,” NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said about the ads.
Or when NRA filed a friend of the court brief in an ACLU lawsuit challenging NSA’s “Patriot Act” collection of telephone metadata on First and Fourth Amendment grounds…?
How ’bout when they teamed up with ACLU to fight “campaign finance reform” on First Amendment grounds?
“Single issue” phonies continue to enable this, and not a one of them has the intellectual honesty to take this.
