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Related: About this forumThe NRA Board Is Embroiled in Another Uproar, This One Co-Starring Glenn Beck
The National Rifle Association can behave like a religious order: Its internal squabbles rarely spill out into public view. But on Friday, Glenn Beck, a Tea Party icon, aired his ongoing rift with one of the organizations officials. During his radio show, Beck said many of his listeners would soon be receiving a ballot in the mail, which would ask them whether they wanted to recall Grover Norquist, the founder of Americans for Tax Reform, from the NRAs board. It was the culmination of a quixotic crusade begun by Beck three years ago, when he alleged the advocate had unseemly ties to radical Muslims. He implored the NRA members in his audience to vote for Norquists removal.
His connections to really, really dangerous people in the Islamist side is frightening and it needs to end and his influence needs to be dramatically reduced, at least in conservative circles, Beck said.
For the NRA, the timing of Becks announcement could be considered less than ideal. Since early last week, the group has been dealing with a different public relations problem involving a prominent associate. On February 8, its most outspoken board member, Ted Nugent, took to social media to blame a dozen prominent American Jews for gun control. The comments were so indisputably hateful that even gun enthusiasts who revere the aging rock star called for his removal. And now the Norquist controversy has the prerogatives of the NRA in the spotlight again.
https://www.thetrace.org/2016/02/glenn-beck-grover-norquist-nra-uproar/
His connections to really, really dangerous people in the Islamist side is frightening and it needs to end and his influence needs to be dramatically reduced, at least in conservative circles, Beck said.
For the NRA, the timing of Becks announcement could be considered less than ideal. Since early last week, the group has been dealing with a different public relations problem involving a prominent associate. On February 8, its most outspoken board member, Ted Nugent, took to social media to blame a dozen prominent American Jews for gun control. The comments were so indisputably hateful that even gun enthusiasts who revere the aging rock star called for his removal. And now the Norquist controversy has the prerogatives of the NRA in the spotlight again.
https://www.thetrace.org/2016/02/glenn-beck-grover-norquist-nra-uproar/
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The NRA Board Is Embroiled in Another Uproar, This One Co-Starring Glenn Beck (Original Post)
SecularMotion
May 2016
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DonP
(6,185 posts)1. About as relevant as the elders in a church synod arguing about where the candles should be
Why would anyone give a s*** what they do with their board?
Do you think this is going to make millions of dues paying members cut up their cards and sell off their guns?
Or in anyway impact their membership or the political effectiveness of the ILA?
Must be thin gruel out there in "Cut and Paste" land these days.
Can't find any stories of NRA members gunning down orphans lately?
How about stories of gun control getting big wins in courts, the ballot box or legislatures?
Hangingon
(3,075 posts)2. This is a February 16th article.
The NRA ballot for board members came out about then. Is this the recall?
ileus
(15,396 posts)3. So which side are you on? The NRA's or Glenn's?
DonP
(6,185 posts)5. Based on previous posts, I'm guessing he favors Beck's side
Since he made no comment, we just have to guess based on his previous posts about how evil the NRA board and membership is.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)4. Not relevant to the Second Amendment.