Collusion Between NRA Membership and the Russians:

September 30, 2019

About a week ago The September 2019 U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Minority Staff Report became public, and made its appearance immediately on social media platforms. Since this had a link to the actual report, I decided to look at it for myself.

In reading the document there are certainly illegalities, but they are the least of my concern, of which there are several. The two [concerns] that top my list are the [seemingly] unprecedented political access that has been granted to the Russian government, over the past several years. As the report states clearly, the high-ranking members of the NRA were granting access to its U.S. political contacts, in return for favors.

This should frighten every U.S. citizen. For decades the United States has gone to war, to prevent the "spread of communism". Yet now Communism seems to be the offering de jour. But it is not "Communism" that we should be afraid of. It is the undermining of our government - and thereby our way of life, by influential powers that we did not elect.

My other concern is that this, like so many other issues that are brought to light, will be used only as a pawn, for political maneuvering by the left, against the right. It will make it appearance on social media (which is has already done), have a short lifespan of soundbites, and blabbering, then disappear into the abyss that is filling with an abundance of sediment of others stories like it.

We scream about the desperate need to close our borders. Yet we are willing to turn a blind eye to a potentially far greater threat. I am reminded of a quote that my mother always reminded me of. It was made by Nikita Krushev, regarding the Soviet Union and the United States. He said (and I am paraphrasing slightly): 'We will bury you from within'

Let us stop the soundbites, and the grade school-level playground bickering, of "he did it, she did it." Instead let us regain control of our government. We can no longer afford to vote on "one issue". We must vote based on what is bets for our country, and our society, overall.

And I want to end this post with a side note, of sorts. This is NOT about the NRA, even though it is their organization that has committed these infractions. Let us not get caught up in in the bullshit of name calling. Instead, let us look at the facts, and address them - in open forums, and public meeting places. Let us bring about a positive change...

https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=6432520-The-NRA-Russia-How-a-Tax-Exempt-Organization