The Latest NRA Dumpster Fire!

[4V50 Gary]

Wayne still getting his expensive suits?

[TailGator]

Twenty percent fewer, meaning he has to wear some of them twice.

[Mike38]

"The recent cutbacks [salaries and staff of the NRA-HQ are] the result of poor choices for years not the coronavirus."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nra-lay...d-coronavirus/

[natman]

Originally Posted by Mike38

"The recent cutbacks [salaries and staff of the NRA-HQ are] the result of poor choices for years not the coronavirus."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nra-lay...d-coronavirus/

It's both. The NRA is in financial trouble because of mismanagement AND because the virus has forced cancellation of major money raising efforts when the organization needs it most.

[thallub]

Wells Fargo relationship with NRA is "declining":

"(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co’s (WFC.N) relationship with the National Rifle Association (NRA) is “declining,” Chief Executive Charles Scharf told investors on Tuesday.

“I don’t think we participate any longer in the organization’s line of credit and mortgage loan commitments,” Scharf said at Wells Fargo’s annual shareholder meeting, adding that the bank’s exposure to the firearms lobbying group was minimal."

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-we...-idUKKCN22A2ZU

[tipoc]

It's both. The NRA is in financial trouble because of mismanagement AND because the virus has forced cancellation of major money raising efforts when the organization needs it most.

Their inability to receive hard blows, like needing to cancel or postpone conferences, gatherings etc. due to a pandemic, an earthquake or hurricane is directly related to their political weakness and lack of planning and more than a dash of corruption and poor decision making. The crisis in the NRA began long before the pandemic. Like much else in society, the pandemic reveals the fault lines and weaknesses more starkly but is not the cause of the crises.

tipoc