... Top Donor Threatens To Withhold Donations From Democrats Who Opposed Background Checks

[Tx4obama]

Following Navy Yard Shooting, Top Donor Threatens To Withhold Donations From Democrats Who Opposed Background Checks

A philanthropist who has donated millions to gun safety causes and groups is urging donors to withhold their support from Democrats who oppose gun safety regulations, following Monday’s shooting at Washington’s Navy Yard.

“Each time large-scale gun violence strikes our country—at a workplace, a movie theater, a political rally, or most devastating of all, at a school—a public debate about gun laws ensues,” Eli Broad, who has also funded some of the Center for American Progress’ gun work, wrote in a dairy for the Daily Kos on Tuesday. “Then, Congress promises action. But every time, our elected officials fail to deliver.”

“I urge my fellow voters to withhold donations and deny votes to politicians who refuse to take a stand against gun violence, starting with the three senators of the four above who are planning to run for reelection: Begich, Heitkamp, and Pryor,” Broad argued, referring to their votes against a bipartisan measure extending background checks to more gun purchases in the aftermath of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

The plea follows a letter Broad penned to major Democratic donors in California on Sep. 5, asking them to withhold support to the three Democrats “until they stop bowing to pressure from the gun lobby.”

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Full article here: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/09/17/2635651/navy-yard-shooting-democratic-donor-threatens-withhold-donations-democrats-opposed-background-checks/

[Cha]

1. Thank you, Top Dem Donor!

thanks Tx

[cui bono]

2. I hope they do it! n/t

[sheshe2]

3. Huge Kick and Rec!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Betcha the NSA has done a background check on him.

[tech3149]

5. Thanks for that now just back off ed_deform tool! n/t

[Iwillnevergiveup]

7. YES, tech3149

I'm grateful for his very public position on gun control and naming names, but he's got to get with the program on education.

[billh58]

6. K&R

This is how the NRA will be beaten and made politically impotent.

[georgew]

8. good. do it. get 'em outta there. fake democrats are worse than republicans.

[tavernier]

9. Good.

I do feel sorry for the poor hunters. How will they feed their families without a machine gun ??

[Arkana]

10. Pryor's gone anyway, regardless.

Heitkamp's from North Dakota and anyone who thought she was going to be some sort of liberal crusader was deluding themselves.

Begich? He's from Alaska, but I have no idea how they felt about the background check bill.

[Hestia]

11. I'm not thoroughly convinced that Pryor is gone - Cotton doesn't have all the fans that people think

he does - just the Kock Brothers. His name alone has to be worth some points.