This is kind of just a rant/confessional post. Im not sure if anyone is interested or if I’ll be absolutely flamed (which I deserve- my journey left has been embarrassingly recent). For the last 3 years I was first a summer intern and then a full time employee at NRA ILA working under the lobbyists, mostly bc my dad is involved and got me in. Once I realized my dad wasn’t right about everything and stopped trying to make him happy I had a big political shift to the left. Working here and running in the DC young republican circles while secretly protesting also really radicalized me. I still believe in gun rights but obviously the NRA is a deeply corrupt right wing organization that licks cops boots and should in no way be considered a non profit. I don’t really know why I’m typing this, except that I’ve felt like such a spineless fraud working here and it feels good to finally be able to say fuck Wayne LaPierre, albeit anonymously, without fear of recourse. I have absolutely no plan for the future now and my family is pissed at me but I don’t care. Still working on understanding my experiences on the inside but if anyone’s interested I’m happy to answer questions.
Haha I’m sure I can think of better ones but one guy I know had an “Anti-Labor Day Party” with a pretty disgusting anti union etc. fb event description
do regular Republicans even care about labor like that or is that for people who drank the NGO kool aid?
I don’t think regular republicans think in terms of labor at all. But the DC neocon kids are a different breed of evil. I also know a guy who is the health care policy writer for a think tank who would drop the n word hard R and displayed a plaque proving confederate heritage in his office
Have many of them been anti-Trump (or were before he won)? He surely has no regard for their ideology
Oh haha u meant the neocons. They used to be against him kinda but now they’re pretty much on board like all other conservatives bc he’s the only game in town
the neocons must feel so owned because the rubes took over via Trump lmao, so much for their benevolent elites governing from the shadows!
I can’t tell u about early in the primary pre NRA endorsement but most were on board fairly early I bet. Trump rlly strongly reached out to the NRA. I think it’s hard for most ppl to work to get a candidate elected and not end up supporting them. The bumpstock thing is kinda seen as an unfortunate episode that LaPierre quickly fixed.