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Cosmocat

(15,187 posts)

10. Republicans have been doing this for a LONG time

Reply to USAFRetired_Liberal (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 06:11 AM

May 23

The NRA was a legit, respectable organization focused on gun safety and even reasonable gun control until the right wing hijacked it in the mid 70s. It became one of the primary drivers of the Republican party's ascension into semi dominant power starting in the early 90s.

Just as they took over the evangelical churches, the Chamber of Commerce, AM radio ...

They are the Borg.