The real reason why the Republicans won't take on the NRA.
Yes, campaign contributions are a major factor, but I propose that it's not the primary factor. The primary factor is that uncompromising support of guns is an easy way for Republicans to get working class White males to vote for their economic agenda which works against the economic interests of the very same working class. We see this in their anti-reproductive rights position.
The Republican economic agenda clearly favors the uber wealthy, so how do you get working class White males to support it? Be unabashedly pro-gun, anti-choice, racist, anti-LGBTQ, xenophobic, and anti-immigrant. Add these groups up, and you win major counties across the country without promising to do anything significant to improve the lives for these people.
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