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kpete

(71,961 posts)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 01:58 PM Jan 2013

Freedom Hating NRA Bodyguards-Manhandle Journalists So LaPierre Couldn't Be Questioned or Filmed

NRA Takes Congress

Dana Milbank:

"When he and his colleagues stepped off the elevator in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday morning and found TV cameras waiting in the hallway, LaPierre's bodyguards swung into action. One of them, in blatant violation of congressional rules, bumped and body-checked journalists out of the way so they couldn't film LaPierre or question him as he walked. 'You don't have jurisdiction here!' a cameraman protested as an NRA goon pushed him against a wall. After the melee, congressional officials informed the NRA officials that, in the halls of Congress, they had to follow congressional procedures -- which prohibit manhandling. This must have come as a surprise to the gun lobbyists, whose swagger seems to suggest that they are, in fact, in control of Congress.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-at-hill-hearing-wayne-lapierre-tries-to-manhandle-facts-and-logic/2013/01/30/e31a305e-6b2e-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_story.html

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Freedom Hating NRA Bodyguards-Manhandle Journalists So LaPierre Couldn't Be Questioned or Filmed (Original Post) kpete Jan 2013 OP
He's one of President Obama's daughters? onehandle Jan 2013 #1
How come gun toter LaPierre needs bodyguards?? Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #2
And yet some pro-gun posters wonder why we refer to NRA THUGS? hlthe2b Jan 2013 #3
They are in control of Congress. Check out the pledge of allegiance to protect NRA markets abroad patrice Jan 2013 #4
Why don't the journalists file assault charges against those goons? Zoeisright Jan 2013 #5
Another day, another thumbsucker. City Lights Jan 2013 #6
the NRA can only bully and intimidate but we will not be bullied anymore. TeamPooka Jan 2013 #7

hlthe2b

(102,119 posts)
3. And yet some pro-gun posters wonder why we refer to NRA THUGS?
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 02:26 PM
Jan 2013

Why the hell didn't Capitol Police throw this vermin out?

patrice

(47,992 posts)
4. They are in control of Congress. Check out the pledge of allegiance to protect NRA markets abroad
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 02:32 PM
Jan 2013

for assault weapons, which Rand Paul was pushing during the 112th Congress and is now in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022252598

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