Jordan, Scalise Explain the Real Reason the NY AG Is Going After the NRA

[mystery-ak]

Jordan, Scalise Explain the Real Reason the NY AG Is Going After the NRA
Beth Baumann

Posted: Aug 09, 2020 6:40 PM

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) has gone after the National Rifle Association in an attempt to get the civil rights organization dissolved. According to House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), James' move isn't about the NRA specifically, but about an overall agenda to silence conservatives."

“This lady, the Attorney General in New York, has been trying to shut the NRA down since she came into office. She is literally trying to weaponize her office to waste taxpayer money to go after a political vendetta that she has had against the NRA. And she’s made statements to that point long before there were any kind of allegations of wrongdoing," Scalise explained to Judge Jeanine Pirro. "But here’s an example of a prosecutor looking to put somebody away before they even see a crime, and she just wants to shut down the NRA. That’s not what taxpayer dollars are supposed to be used for. It’s an abuse of her office.”

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), who appeared on "Justice" alongside Scalise, said James' play is part of the same old playbook. He cited the 2012 election and Democrats using the IRS to target conservatives. In 2016, it was the Department of Justice that spied on the Trump campaign.

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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/08/09/watch-jim-jordan-and-steve-scalise-offer-a-stark-warning-about-americas-2a-righ-n2573994

[PeteS in CA]

The NRA is effective at lobbying, among other things. So this is a SLAPP. Some states have laws against such lawsuits and if NY is one, the NRA should (and probably is in one way or another) counter-sue.