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Related: About this forumNRA to spend $15m on ads to defeat Hillary Clinton in key states
Source: The Guardian
NRA to spend $15m on ads to defeat Hillary Clinton in key states
The pro-gun lobbyists fear of a Clinton presidency and a
liberal supreme court has outweighed any unease about
Donald Trumps prior support for gun control
Peter Stone in Washington
Friday 16 September 2016 13.00 BST
To boost Donald Trumps prospects of becoming president, the National Rifle Association is poised to pour more than $15m into ads in several battleground states to defeat Hillary Clinton, the most vocal pro-gun-control presidential candidate in years, according to an NRA board member.
The NRA has already plowed almost $6.5m into TV spots in several key states bashing Clinton and one NRA board member told the Guardian that the pro-gun goliath will spend multiples of that figure by election day on the presidential contest.
Next week, the NRA is slated to launch another seven-figure round of TV ads in Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Last month, the NRA made a $3m ad buy in these states that branded Clinton as a hypocrite for accepting secret service protection, while calling for more gun control, which the ad charged would leave you defenseless. An earlier NRA ad buy attacked Clinton on Benghazi.
In 2012, the NRA spent $15m in the hope of making Barack Obama a one-term president, and this years spending to defeat Clinton is expected to surpass that sum, according to the board member and another NRA source.
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The pro-gun lobbyists fear of a Clinton presidency and a
liberal supreme court has outweighed any unease about
Donald Trumps prior support for gun control
Peter Stone in Washington
Friday 16 September 2016 13.00 BST
To boost Donald Trumps prospects of becoming president, the National Rifle Association is poised to pour more than $15m into ads in several battleground states to defeat Hillary Clinton, the most vocal pro-gun-control presidential candidate in years, according to an NRA board member.
The NRA has already plowed almost $6.5m into TV spots in several key states bashing Clinton and one NRA board member told the Guardian that the pro-gun goliath will spend multiples of that figure by election day on the presidential contest.
Next week, the NRA is slated to launch another seven-figure round of TV ads in Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Last month, the NRA made a $3m ad buy in these states that branded Clinton as a hypocrite for accepting secret service protection, while calling for more gun control, which the ad charged would leave you defenseless. An earlier NRA ad buy attacked Clinton on Benghazi.
In 2012, the NRA spent $15m in the hope of making Barack Obama a one-term president, and this years spending to defeat Clinton is expected to surpass that sum, according to the board member and another NRA source.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/16/nra-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-gun-control
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NRA to spend $15m on ads to defeat Hillary Clinton in key states (Original Post)
Eugene
Sep 2016
OP
Well today he's shoring up the Anti-abortion Group so next up would be GUNZ!!
misterhighwasted
Sep 2016
#3
Funtatlaguy
(10,886 posts)1. Will Bloomberg match this?
He supports Hillary and hates the NRA.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)2. Of course the Small Penis Society likes Trump. nt
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)3. Well today he's shoring up the Anti-abortion Group so next up would be GUNZ!!