Posted July 31, 2019 3:15 pm by Comments

By Cam Edwards

Democrats bashed the NRA for its election spending during last night’s debate, but were strangely silent about the spending habits of Michael Bloomberg, the anti-gun billionaire who’s pledged to spend $500-million in the 2020 elections, more than 10-times the amount the NRA spent in 2016.

Even when the NRA wasn’t being used as a bogeyman, Democrats found other voices on the right (or even in libertarian circles) to bash instead.

Gov. Steve Bullock, who hadn’t qualified for the first debate in June, railed against lobbying efforts in his home state of Montana and praised his government’s ability to limit corporate spending.

“You can make changes, even in Montana with a two-thirds Republican legislature,” Bullock said. “Even we stopped the Koch brothers from spending at that time. If we can kick the Koch brothers out of Montana, we can do it in DC, we can do it everywhere.”

The Democrats have problems with the Koch Brothers and the NRA, but progressive billionaires like Bloomberg and the groups he funds like Everytown for Gun Safety can spend as much as they want without a hint of criticism. After all, in the 2018 elections gun control groups outspent …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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