NRA Lobbyist Will Co-Host Hillary Clinton Fundraiser

[LiberalArkie]

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called her support for gun control laws a key differentiator from her opponent Bernie Sanders, who she claims isn’t tough enough on the industry. But in mid-March, a Clinton campaign fundraiser will be co-hosted by a lobbyist whose clients include the National Rifle Association (NRA).

As David Sirota reported Monday in the International Business Times, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta is a co-host and the guest of honor at a fundraising lunch in the nation’s capital on March 21.

One of the other co-hosts is Jeff Forbes of the lobbying firm Forbes-Tate.

Forbes has represented the NRA since 2008 and as of the last quarter of 2015 was still registered to lobby for the organization. On his lobbying disclosure, Forbes wrote that he was signed up to lobby for “Issues related to 2nd Amendment rights, regulation and gun control, and tax and appropriations related to same; issues related to corporate tax reform.”

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https://theintercept.com/2016/03/01/nra-lobbyist-will-co-host-clinton-fundraiser/

[PonyUp]

1. LOL. Kick for the "I can't support Bernie because of the NRA" crowd. n/t

[Bettie]

20. Yeah, that D- rating

makes him look like such a gun nut.

[arcane1]

29. Even now, they're probably trying to find a way to spin that D rating into somethibng negative n/t

[Bettie]

32. I'm fairly sure the line will be

Something about how Clinton is trying to work WITH the NRA to make the country safer (by schmoozing their lobbyists).

[NWCorona]

2. I have my popcorn ready

[Vinca]

3. You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.

[Faux pas]

4. Yikes!

and I'm tired of her thinking that we're all just illiterate and stoopid. Hmm, just like the rethugs.

[hack89]

5. Jeff Forbes is a former Special Assistant to Bill Clinton

Founding Partner Jeff Forbes is a twenty-year veteran of political campaigns at every level. Mr. Forbes began his involvement in politics more than 25 years ago, during then-Senator Al Gore’s 1988 Presidential bid. Since that time, he has worked with and coordinated more than nine different campaigns, ranging from municipal candidates to the U.S. Congress, as well as the White House.

A stalwart of the Clinton-Gore Administration, Mr. Forbes was the New Hampshire Field Director for then-Governor Clinton’s 1992 Presidential campaign. In President Clinton’s 1996 re-election bid, Forbes was Deputy Political Director and Director of Delegate Selection. Following the campaign, Mr. Forbes went on to serve as a Special Assistant to the President and Staff Director for Legislative Affairs in 1997. From 1998-99, Mr. Forbes served as the Deputy Assistant to President Clinton and was the Deputy Director of Scheduling at the White House. Mr. Forbes also served as Senior Advisor to the Obama for President Campaign in New Hampshire in the 2008 presidential election. Mr. Forbes was a member of the Democratic National Committee’s special Democratic Change Commission to improve the presidential delegate selection process and has been a member of the DNC since 2009.

http://forbes-tate.com/our-team/jeffrey-a-forbes/

This is a weak attack.

[LiberalArkie]

7. Ok, how about the co-host

Another co-host is Steve Elmendorf, who has lobbied for Goldman Sachs and the U.S.-Colombian Free Trade Agreement.

[hack89]

8. Chief of staff to Dick Gephardt and deputy campaign manager for John Kerry in 2004. nt

[dreamnightwind]

19. Since both aspects of their employment are presumably true

it kind of illustrates the problem, no? High placed Democratic campaign staffers are paid lobbysists for some really vile industries and causes.

Oh, and getting Podesta was a real coup, LOL.

[Joe the Revelator]

31. This is part of the problem...unless you are too blind to see it.

[NWCorona]

9. That doesn’t change the fact that he's a NRA lobbyist

"Overall, it is a highly seasoned group. Of the outside lobbyists hired by the NRA, only one was new to the issue in 2013: Scott Styles, who began the year at C2 Group before it merged with FTI Consulting, and whose experience includes serving as chief of staff to Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas. Longtime lobbyists-for-hire for the NRA include Jeff Forbes, a veteran of former President Bill Clinton's administration. John Green and G. Stewart Hall of the firm Crossroads"

https://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/12/09/hired-guns-k-street-revolvers-shot-blanks-against-nra-artillery/

[hack89]

11. Ok. nt

[hifiguy]

6. At this point, Herself could co-host a live-kitten barbeque and puppy shoot with Cheney

and the Fan Club would ooh and aah about it just being the grooviest thing EVAH!!!

[Ferd Berfel]

13. sad but true

[MissDeeds]

15. That appears to be the case

Sickening.

[PonyUp]

10. ...

^N ^R ^A

[Ferd Berfel]

12. INteresting Bed-fellows

Hillary has an F rating with the NRA, yet they are raising money for her election!

hmmmmm......

Something stinks - don't it. Could Hillary be triangulating? Could she be telling you one thing, and telling THEM something else behind closed doors? huh.

[PonyUp]

17. Don't you know a dollar trumps principles? n/t

[Recursion]

22. Wait, the NRA raised money for her? Do you have any documentation of that? That would be shocking

This is an article about somebody who has done lobbying for the NRA (as well as a ton of unions, companies, and pro-choice groups). But your bombshell news that the NRA has raised money for her is astounding, and I recommend you get it out to the press immediately.

[Ferd Berfel]

28. Did yo click the link and read the Intercept article?

[Recursion]

33. Yeah, did you?

Because the NRA didn't raise money for her.

[jfern]

25. Well, Hillary sent out this mailer

[Nanjeanne]

14. It Never Ends. But Clintonites don't really care - they just want her annointed already.

[hifiguy]

18. The Clintons have ever been about one thing and one thing only:

the advancement of the Clintons by any means available. The question of fair means or foul has never been the slightest consideration. IOW, they are highly intelligent and sophisticated GRIFTERS, but grifters nonetheless with the souls and ethics of two-bit carnies.

[NWCorona]

16. Huffington Post has picked this story up

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/hillary-clinton-nra-lobbyist_us_56d5e214e4b03260bf784001

[Wilms]

21. ^

[olddots]

23. this is what olygarchy is all about

N.T.

[nc4bo]

24. So to the NRA, she's STILL Annie Oakley. Heh, isn't she just precious.

I wonder what she said to the NRA hehind closed doors?

Could it be similar to what she said ABOUT MoveOn at this private fundraiser vs what she actually said TO MoveOn in public?:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511142082

[Nyan]

26. Wait. I thought Bernie was sexist for not letting her scream about gun control.

I must have been sadly mistaken.

[Doctor_J]

27. What a bunch of hypocrites

Her supporters and the candidate

[kgnu_fan]

30. K&R, Hilary thinks $$ will solve her problems

[Go Vols]

34. :/