There is no violin small enough
Hey, we need some good news at this point:
The National Rifle Association’s legal troubles have cost the powerful gun rights group $100 million, according to a recording of the group’s board meeting obtained by NPR.
In the January 2020 recording, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre criticizes ongoing investigations by the New York and Washington, D.C., attorneys general, bemoaning “the power of weaponized government.” And he told the NRA’s board of directors, assembled for the group’s winter meeting in January, that the organization has had to make $80 million in cuts to stay afloat.
The NRA’s internal turmoil burst into the open at the April 2019 annual members’ meeting, when then-President Oliver North stepped down from the organization in protest after allegations of self-dealing and poor management of NRA funds were revealed in media reports.
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The NRA announced layoffs and pay cuts in late March, blaming the coronavirus crisis for these measures. The coronavirus crisis prompted the cancellation of the group’s annual convention, which had been scheduled to take place this past weekend.
While the coronavirus crisis has undoubtedly affected the organization’s finances, the tape of LaPierre from January indicates that many of the organization’s financial cuts were underway well before the emergence of the public health crisis.
Normally, I’d support intervention to support the laid off workers, but in this case I’d say thoughts and prayers should be more than sufficient.