Board Member Blasts 'Cabal of Cronyism' at the National Rifle Association
Former Congressman Allen West, a board member of the National Rifle Association, released an extraordinary statement Tuesday blasting a “cabal of cronyism” within the NRA and demanding the resignation of the organization’s longtime honcho, Wayne LaPierre.
“It sickens me to publicly make this statement,” West writes on his website, The Old School Patriot. Citing internal spending scandals that have recently spilled into public view (read: WTF Is Happening at the NRA, Explained), West decries NRA brass for what he calls the “despicable spending of members’ money.”
West trains his fire on LaPierre, revealing that he had called on the NRA Executive Vice President to step down prior to the NRA’s annual meeting in April in Indianapolis. West repeats the call in his open letter: “I do not support Wayne LaPierre continuing as the EVP/CEO of the NRA.”
A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who served Florida in Congress for a single term as part of the 2010 Tea Party wave, West is a Fox News contributor and has been an NRA board member for two terms. He takes particular objection to statements by NRA higher-ups purporting to speak for the board.
The NRA’s new president, Carolyn Meadows, recently issued a statement in response to leaked details of questionable expenditures by LaPierre, declaring that the “entire board is fully aware of these issues. We have full confidence in Wayne LaPierre.” The head of the NRA’s audit board, Charles Cotton, also defended allegedly excessive billing by the gun group’s outside law firm by saying: “The board supports the work the firm is doing, the results achieved, and the value of its services. Importantly, this relationship has been reviewed, vetted and approved.”
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You got to love right wing infighting.
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