Hillary Clinton Special Interest Donors and Fundraisers Include NRA LOBBYISTS

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PRESS RELEASE


Clinton Special Interest Donors and Fundraisers Include NRA Lobbyists



MARCH 29TH, 2016






BURLINGTON, Vt.— Despite promises to take on special interests, the Clinton campaign continues to accept millions in contributions from corporate interests for its campaign and its affiliated super PACs. The list of corporate interests include lobbyists for the National Rifle Association.

As late as this month, the Clinton campaign advertised a March 21 fundraising event hosted by Jeff Forbes, who was a long-time lobbyist for the NRA. She has also received maxed out contributions from NRA lobbyists.

“How can you claim to take on the gun lobby when the gun lobby is funding your campaign?” said Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager. “If Secretary Clinton is sincere about gun safety reform she should give back their money and ban gun lobbyists from any involvement in her campaign.”

Gun lobbyists are the latest interest group that Secretary Clinton says she will take on as president – when in fact they are funding her campaign. They are in addition to Wall Street interests, pharmaceutical companies, fossil fuel interests, and lobbyists who have worked for the private prison industry.

Clinton’s record on gun safety is all over the map. While running for president in 2008, she spoke against federal gun laws and attacked then-Sen. Obama for being too tough on gun safety. This came after having previously advocated more gun laws when running for U.S. Senate from New York.




https://berniesanders.com/press-release/clinton-special-interest-donors-fundraisers-include-nra-lobbyists/

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1. One of the reasons Hillary fears the NY debate...

“How can you claim to take on the gun lobby when the gun lobby is funding your campaign?” said Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager. “If Secretary Clinton is sincere about gun safety reform she should give back their money and ban gun lobbyists from any involvement in her campaign.”

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3. What number will this be, of industry donations she'll need to return?

I know she already returned prison lobby donations.

Maybe they can just donate later to the Clinton Foundation slush fund instead.

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2. Why am I not surprised? nt

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4. The spin on this guy will be

There's no record of what he lobbied for or if at all. Regardless that he was paid by the NRA. Also the fact that most lobbying is behind closed doors or doing events just like this.

Then they'll say that he's no longer is affiliated with the NRA so it doesn't matter.

All BS!

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5. I think the last point you made, was already parroted by Clinton surrogates. nt

[NWCorona]

6. Yup!

I'm speaking from experience lol

If Bernie did only a fraction of this stuff in the latest Hillary news cycle it would be lights out!

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7. I Listened To A Jane Sanders Interview Today On MSNBC....

The interviewer played a clip of Hillary sitting next to a Mother that lost her child to gun violence. This Mother was supporting Hillary because of her views on guns. I wonder if this Mother knew that Hillary was taking money from the NRA? Hmmmm.......