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Today, Explained

Standoff at the NRA

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Things are so bad at the NRA that President Trump told the organization to get its act together today. Infighting, self-dealing, and lavish spending have led to a state investigation and turmoil at the top. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

There wasn't anything to watch on TV last night or to go see in the cinema this weekend, right?

0:05.7

So everyone hung out at home and watched Hulu's all new original series, Rami, right?

0:13.1

Right?

0:14.7

Okay, well, if not, all new episodes of Rami are now streaming only on Hulu. You still have a chance.

0:20.6

In recent days, leading Democrats have proposed banning new guns and confiscating existing

0:36.2

guns from law abiding citizens. What they don't tell you is the bad guys aren't giving up their guns.

0:44.9

And you're not going to be giving up your guns either.

0:51.5

The NRA that you know and love or hate wasn't always this divisive.

0:59.9

The National Riteful Association was founded in 1871 by two guys who just wanted to promote

1:07.5

Mark'smanship. One of them worked for the New York Times. The modern day NRA has grown at two

1:14.2

major changes within the organization. One was a big overhaul at an annual convention in 1977

1:21.9

where they shifted their focus to politics and lobbying and the other was hiring an ad agency

1:28.4

called Akram and McQueen to focus on that shift shortly thereafter. What makes those two changes

1:34.1

super interesting right now is that the NRA kind of faceplanted this weekend at an annual convention

1:39.8

because of that ad agency. We're talking about claims of extortion, financial scandal, major power

1:46.8

struggle between two icons of the conservative movement and one party walking out.

1:54.9

Mark Mermont is a senior editor at the Wall Street Journal and I asked him just how bananas this

2:00.8

convention in Indianapolis was this weekend. Sean, I've been covering companies and non-profits

2:06.0

for many years and this was the craziest thing I have ever seen. At the heart of this shitshow

2:12.0

is the power struggle between Wayne LaPierre. Wayne LaPierre is the CEO and what they call executive

2:19.1

vice president of the NRA and he's been running the gun rights group for about 30 years.

2:24.7

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

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