NRA-tied Ted Cruz panics as surging opponent crushes him in fundraising
Cruz has been doing the NRA’s bidding, and it’s coming back to haunt him.
By Oliver Willis - February 24, 2018Cruz has been doing the NRA’s bidding, and it’s coming back to haunt him.
By Oliver Willis - February 24, 2018The mass boycott by NRA business partners is another sign that this time the conversation is different.
By Matthew Chapman - February 23, 2018“This idea is going to get more people killed, rather than save a single life,” said a seven-year Army veteran.
By Eric Boehlert - February 23, 2018Suddenly concerned with teacher pay, Fox News likes the idea of flooding schools with guns.
By Eric Boehlert - February 23, 2018“He only listens to people putting money in his pockets.”
By Eric Boehlert - February 22, 2018The head of the Department of Education has nothing to say about the White House push to arm hundreds of thousands of teachers.
By Eric Boehlert - February 22, 2018The NRA spokesperson’s attack on the media is being called out for the “disgusting” smear it is.
By Tommy Christopher - February 22, 2018The NRA’s spokesperson couldn’t come up with words of her own, so she stole the rallying cry of the Florida teens pushing for gun reform.
By Oliver Willis - February 22, 2018Trump seems incapable of expressing genuine sympathy for the victims and survivors of the Parkland shooting — or standing up to his NRA masters.
By Eric Boehlert - February 22, 2018Rick Scott is skipping a national town hall on gun violence and backing out of an NRA convention.
By Eric Boehlert - February 21, 2018Trump and the GOP occupy the radical fringe when it comes to guns in America.
By Eric Boehlert - February 20, 2018Americans are demanding action on gun violence.
By Oliver Willis - February 20, 2018Republicans have resorted to smearing students for taking on gun violence.
By Eric Boehlert - February 20, 2018To the far right, even kids who lived through a massacre are fair political game.
By Alison R. Parker - February 19, 2018A Florida real estate developer who has donated millions to Republican politicians is cutting them off, and urging others to do the same, unless the party takes action on guns.
By Eric Boehlert - February 19, 2018Students nationwide are sending a loud message: They want gun control now.
By Eric Boehlert - February 19, 2018Trump gave up golf for just two days out of “respect” for the dead. Now he’s back at it.
By Eric Boehlert - February 19, 2018Students are taking on the NRA and the politicians on its payroll — including Trump.
By Tommy Christopher - February 19, 2018The students of Parkland, Florida, aren’t letting anyone tell their stories for them — not even the president of the United States.
By Matthew Chapman - February 19, 2018“I will not write another check unless they all support a ban on assault weapons. Enough is enough!”
By Caroline Orr - February 17, 2018Florida teen Emma Gonzalez called out Trump’s cozy relationship with the NRA. Not long after, Trump threw another Twitter tantrum, blaming Democrats for gun violence.
By Oliver Willis - February 17, 2018Emma Gonzalez issued a powerful cry at a Florida rally on gun violence, directly calling out Trump, the GOP, and the NRA for enabling the murder of children.
By Oliver Willis - February 17, 2018“We need to do things to keep regular American citizens safe.”
By Eric Boehlert - February 15, 2018A Florida school superintendent stood up to two of the NRA’s biggest supporters to demand action.
By Oliver Willis - February 15, 2018“We’re children. You guys are the adults. You need to take some action and play a role.”
By Eric Boehlert - February 15, 2018A white paper suggesting a number of gun regulations be rolled back was secretly informed by a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association.
By Alison R. Parker - February 13, 2018Not only did Donald Trump not tweet out messages of condolences for families who lost loved ones five years ago on Thursday at the Sand Hook gun massacre in Connecticut, and not only did White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on that day insist there’s simply nothing that can be done to battle American epidemic […]
By Eric Boehlert - December 15, 2017Thoughts and prayers weren’t enough for Republicans and the NRA on Tuesday as Democrats posted big wins across the country. And specifically in Virginia, where the gun group is based, the NRA and the GOP suffered key defeats as Democrats aggressively campaigned on the issue of gun safety. “Last night, every candidate endorsed by Everytown […]
By Eric Boehlert - November 08, 2017Even before all the victims have been publicly identified, conservative media outlets have rushed to portray the savage gun massacre in Sutherland Springs, Texas, as some sort of feel-good event — because the victims were killed in a church, or because an armed citizen tried to stop the gunman. Conservatives are so desperate to never question […]
By Eric Boehlert - November 06, 2017Republican Ed Gillespie turned a statement about the mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, into a spiel about the NRA’s endorsement of his campaign for governor of Virginia. Gillespie made the jarring boast during an an interview with Dana Perino on Fox News, the national media outlet he has relied on […]
By Oliver Willis - November 06, 2017