First National Bank dumps NRA, will no longer issue NRA Visa card
https://thinkprogress.org/first-national-bank-ends-nra-visa-card-5809195f1672/amp/?__twitter_impression=trueFirst National Bank dumps NRA, will no longer issue NRA Visa card
Josh Israel, Kira Lerner
14 mins ago
The official NRA credit card will no longer be offered by First National Bank of Omaha.
For more than a decade, the First National Bank of Omaha has offered special branded Visa cards to National Rifle Association members to support the group. On Thursday, following two days of public pressure, the bank announced it “will not renew its contract” with the NRA.
The bank confirmed, in a tweet, that “customer feedback caused” the decision:
Link to tweet
On Tuesday, ThinkProgress reported that First National Bank was one of at least 22 corporations that the NRA says offer incentives to NRA members. The bank and its parent company did not respond to repeated inquires about whether last week’s horrific mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, would cause it to reconsider its relationship with the group leading the charge to oppose gun violence prevention efforts.
But less than 24 hours later, ThinkProgress spotted that the website advertising the “official credit card of the NRA” had mysteriously vanished, with an error message appearing in its place.
Neither the bank nor Visa responded to repeated ThinkProgress inquiries about the disappearance, but the bank did respond on Twitter, to many outraged customers, many of whom threatened to cancel their accounts because of the relationship.
First National Bank is the first of the corporations to officially end its relationship with the NRA in the aftermath of Parkland.
There are still at least 21 corporations with ongoing relationships with the NRA.
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Looking for a new bank. Will check with them NEXT.
And so it begins ..........
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I'm of the opinion that Banks are not socially conscious organizations. I doubt they had much of a call for the NRA cards, and I imagine they pay the NRA for a licensing fee to use their image. They'll save some money and get some free PR for awhile.
Or maybe I've become too cynical in my old age. 
That's the only thing that will change anything.
Russia is quietly funneling $ millions into a hidden fund in the NRA with no paper trails. That money goes to all the Repukes who need it for campaign costs. Several are taking over a $ million from the NRA, but even if it's a small amount, it doesn't matter. They all know it's from Russia - that's the point. That's why the GOP will do nothing to help the Trussia investigation. They think it can't be traced to them, but it can and it will be.
Mueller is tracking down the money, and eventually this will all come out. It didn't just start in 2016, we'll be shocked when the truth finally comes out.
