Bloomberg gun-control group launches new ad against McAuliffe

[beevul]

Bloomberg gun-control group launches new ad against McAuliffe

By Laura Vozzella February 9 at 3:45 PM

RICHMOND — The surprise battle between Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and the gun-control organization founded by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg escalated Tuesday to include a full-page newspaper ad skewering the governor’s rationale for a gun deal with Republicans.

As recently as November, New York-based Everytown for Gun Safety was pouring $2 million into McAuliffe’s ultimately failed effort to help Democrats take control of the state Senate. On Tuesday, 12 days after McAuliffe announced a deal on gun laws with Republican legislators, the group bought an ad in the Richmond Times-Dispatch with this blunt headline: “Terry McAuliffe is wrong.”

McAuliffe dismissed the criticism during an appearance in Northern Virginia, saying “everybody supports [the gun deal] except one gun-safety group out of New York City.”

McAuliffe’s spokesman first referred to Everytown as a “group from New York” on Friday after it unfurled a pointed social media campaign against the governor.

But Tuesday marked the first time that McAuliffe personally characterized Everytown as an outsider group meddling in Virginia politics.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/bloomberg-gun-control-group-launches-new-ad-against-mcauliffe/2016/02/09/5ef0e3e6-cf16-11e5-b2bc-988409ee911b_story.html

I guess calling newtown an outsider group isn't so much an nra talking point, huh?

And remember folks, this is how outsider gun control groups react to real and actual compromise.

[Puha Ekapi]

1. A Rethuglican grabber....

...going after a Democratic Governor. Color me surprised....

[Eleanors38]

2. There is silence from the controller/ban Democrats concerning Bloomberg...

That silence indicates how extreme and one-issue these Democrats are, that they would look the other way when a Democrats is hammered by a de facto Republican.