Are the republican party and the NRA one and the same?

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NRA's Wayne LaPierre hits Democrats, socialism in speech that goes beyond gun fight

National Harbor, Maryland (CNN)The National Rifle Association's executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre slammed Democrats for their reaction to the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, and warned of government overreach extending far beyond the limiting of fire arms.

"What they want is more restrictions on the law-abiding," LaPierre said on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington. "They want to sweep right under the carpet the failure of school security."

Despite the fact that Republicans control both chambers in Congress and the White House, LaPierre spent a signficant portion of his remarks warning of expanding socialist political ideas and he called out rising star Democratic lawmakers -- many of them potential 2020 candidates -- by name. He criticized independent Vermont
Sen. Bernie Sanders, California Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren and other high-profile Democrats like New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker.

"Socialism is a movement that loves a smear," he said. "Socialism feeds off of manipulated victims."
He added later, "You should be anxious and you should be frightened" about the potential of another Democratic takeover of the House, Senate and White House.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/wayne-lapierre-cpac-speech-nra/index.html

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1. the NRA owns the repugs

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2. And Russia

Owns them both.