John Bolton Recorded Video For Russian Gun Group Linked To NRA

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

An interesting figure shows up in a 2013 video pushed by Right to Bear Arms, a Russian gun rights group with close links to the National Rifle Association: former U.N. ambassador John Bolton. In the video, first surfaced Thursday by NPR, Bolton encourages Russia to follow the United States’ example and incorporate gun rights into the country’s constitution.

TPM has previously reported on the links between the NRA and Right to Bear Arms, which was founded by Russian banker and “lifetime” NRA member Aleksandr Torshin. The FBI is reportedly investigating whether Torshin illegally channeled Russian funds to the NRA on behalf of the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. The NRA has denied any wrongdoing.

Torshin is a close friend of former NRA president David Keene. Keene asked Bolton to record the short clip, and had appointed Bolton to the NRA’s international affairs subcommittee in 2011, according to NPR’s report.

In the same year the video was made, Torshin attended the NRA convention in Houston with conservative heavyweights including Ted Cruz, Rick Perry, and Bolton himself.

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Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-bolton-recorded-video-right-to-bear-arms-russia

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. This is why trump is a symptom, not a movement, so to speak.

He is able to electrify the worst human beings more than most, but without him these people, the NRA connected at the HIP to the KGB, still exists.

They are now hacking, stealing our elections. Dont know if we can survive.

[Initech]

6. Trump is a useful idiot. Vlad is the real problem.

Trump will be useful to Vlad until Vlad decides he isn't and it looks like that time might be coming sooner than later. Then Vlad will simply cast Trump aside and find a newer, scarier candidate to take his place. Until we deal with Vlad, this situation might get worse before it gets better.

[chuckstevens]

2. Automatic disqualification to do anything in this fake administration

The Democrats need to crucify him over this BEFORE he is nominated for anything!

[erronis]

3. So the only plausible reason for this conspiracy is world dominance - without nucleating us all

If Putin and henchmen (Bolton, Mercers, dump, etc.) wanted to just start WW-III it is pretty easy to do.

If these folks wanted the ability to actually use the overcome territories (US/EU/etc.) after the devastation then they need to attack via rot from within vs megatons from above. Even these folks realize that their bomb shelters will only be good for 10-100 years, and they want to party well before!

[True Blue American]

4. Good Lord

How low can they go?

[Initech]

7. Just when I think they can't sink any lower, they plunge to new depths.

On an almost daily basis anymore!

[bluedigger]

5. Trifecta!

[Hoyt]

8. Johnny is a racist, warmonger and in NRA leadership. Now, he pimping to white wing racists in Russia

to buy guns just like Americas gun "enthusiasts." Christ.

[Solly Mack]

9. Of course he did.

Yosemite Bolton.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. There was a thread

here from back in January - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210132381

where I posted an unrolled twitter thread about some of this sordid stuff -

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/933536056036732928.html

[marble falls]

11. Racist/fascists are an incestuous bunch, aren't they?

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. It is looking more and more like its the whole Republican party that is a crime party

They have all been working with Putin probably for almost as long as he has been in power. And when Trump fell into their hands, such a malleable stooge, both to Putin to get a more favorable President, and the GOP to win the election to get them into power, they leaped at the chance.