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The National Rifle Association on Friday announced that it was declaring bankruptcy.
The NRA is incorporated in New York, and the state's attorney general, Letitia James is seeking to dissolve the group. In response, the NRA is trying to restructure the organization as part of a move to Texas, where the apparently believe they will receive less scrutiny of potential lawbreaking.
<p>Here's some of what people where saying about the situation:</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="27e32df4afe43ce914753f9c6e5f9147" id="7c15e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350199191440674816"><div style="margin:1em 0">The @NRA's claimed financial status has finally met its moral status: bankrupt.
While we review its bankruptcy fi… https://t.co/DaZuMY600F</div> — NY AG James (@NY AG James)<a href="https://twitter.com/NewYorkStateAG/statuses/1350199191440674816">1610747547.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="74a0c01b839213bd4c3e212880fcd878" id="93753"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350192016647467015"><div style="margin:1em 0">We already knew the NRA was bankrupt</div> — Preet Bharara (@Preet Bharara)<a href="https://twitter.com/PreetBharara/statuses/1350192016647467015">1610745836.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="48534e82c3f6c2b953712c61f9ee3781" id="9a81b"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350193990948315143"><div style="margin:1em 0">Could not have happened to more deserving people.</div> — Jill Filipovic (@Jill Filipovic)<a href="https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/statuses/1350193990948315143">1610746307.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="349043a1a6cfe831e124dc51edec0fd1" id="27e01"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350193194265403404"><div style="margin:1em 0">The NRA is a mouthpiece for gun manufacturers that lines the pockets of lawmakers to block common sense gun safety… https://t.co/CfcSE4qpl9</div> — Julián Castro (@Julián Castro)<a href="https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/statuses/1350193194265403404">1610746117.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5c1871ddcf0cbe57988ba8886f47b432" id="fd86f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350194235908222977"><div style="margin:1em 0">It's as if Trump was the CEO of the NRA
https://t.co/o1al6V4X3a</div> — Neal Katyal (@Neal Katyal)<a href="https://twitter.com/neal_katyal/statuses/1350194235908222977">1610746365.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9ea3c2710100dd35cb96eab9ceca836b" id="42def"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350194078000979971"><div style="margin:1em 0">The NRA has gone from moral bankruptcy to actual bankruptcy.</div> — Miranda Yaver, PhD (@Miranda Yaver, PhD)<a href="https://twitter.com/mirandayaver/statuses/1350194078000979971">1610746328.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f1cc5a974ec267a992bbf0b8c1bcfea9" id="91dda"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350193362389749761"><div style="margin:1em 0">Now you know why you don't piss off investigative journalists, @NRA https://t.co/pKLUgK2zLD</div> — Brooke Binkowski (@Brooke Binkowski)<a href="https://twitter.com/brooklynmarie/statuses/1350193362389749761">1610746157.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8a598633f6cdf57a298e9ff7512d45e8" id="86c26"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350195007253172224"><div style="margin:1em 0">can we all just take a moment to acknowledge the abject badassery of @shannonrwatts and @MomsDemand, who looked at… https://t.co/H4z8ooQD7F</div> — shauna (@shauna)<a href="https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/statuses/1350195007253172224">1610746549.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c3ad581ce5013562858484f7a0f4f16c" id="3bc33"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350189507090518020"><div style="margin:1em 0">Who had "NRA Files For Bankruptcy" on their January 2021 bingo card?
https://t.co/2kYe2rWzr7</div> — Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@Rachel Maddow MSNBC)<a href="https://twitter.com/maddow/statuses/1350189507090518020">1610745238.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f38ece58004e1a7e86afcb27dfa42d9c" id="702ed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350195856444678144"><div style="margin:1em 0">Wild how the NRA just won’t pull itself up by the bootstraps.</div> — Natalia Antonova (@Natalia Antonova)<a href="https://twitter.com/NataliaAntonova/statuses/1350195856444678144">1610746752.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6a9e68e915d342b1c5e40af4aa2261b1" id="46f62"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350193200624001027"><div style="margin:1em 0">2/ NYS can't just keep them or it's not that simple. But basically this is the beginning of a lengthy and fairly ru… https://t.co/1s5YyKxgv7</div> — Josh Marshall (@Josh Marshall)<a href="https://twitter.com/joshtpm/statuses/1350193200624001027">1610746119.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3795e925b8ca5a7fdac2d38d8006faa9" id="485fc"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350194244435152897"><div style="margin:1em 0">Reminder that the NRA was using conspiracy theory and propaganda to radicalize disaffected white people long before… https://t.co/SOovSvrzts</div> — Ben Rhodes (@Ben Rhodes)<a href="https://twitter.com/brhodes/statuses/1350194244435152897">1610746367.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0d2bb1b789716a0df85d125691b563f4" id="25ce2"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350190804778840067"><div style="margin:1em 0">NRA going bankrupt is good, Trump going bankrupt will be better</div> — Jennifer 'It's time to grow up' Rubin (@Jennifer 'It's time to grow up' Rubin)<a href="https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/statuses/1350190804778840067">1610745547.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="670c0ddaeca1a33e4db20231ca32b402" id="3f205"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350195140095340547"><div style="margin:1em 0">With the NRA declaring bankruptcy, now seems like a good time to look back at one of their more expensive and point… https://t.co/4GXHdDrmvk</div> — Last Week Tonight (@Last Week Tonight)<a href="https://twitter.com/LastWeekTonight/statuses/1350195140095340547">1610746581.0</a></blockquote></div>
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Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday implored Republican Sen. Josh Hawley to resign, and a new poll released Thursday shows that a majority of Hawley's constituents in Missouri agree that the lawmaker should quit following his role in inciting an attack on the U.S. Capitol.
According to a survey (pdf) of Missouri voters conducted by Data for Progress and MoveOn, 51% of likely voters in the state—91% of Democrats, 52% of self-identified independents, and 20% of Republicans—believe that Hawley should resign immediately as a consequence for sowing doubt about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
<p>Like several additional GOP lawmakers, Hawley has faced criticism for baselessly challenging the legitimacy of President-elect Joe Biden's decisive electoral win, an effort that critics <a href="https://prospect.org/politics/what-it-means-to-never-forget-capitol-insurrection/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">say</a> implicates them in last week's right-wing assault on the halls of Congress.</p><p>Since the January 6 insurrection, Hawley has tried to distance himself from the actions of the pro-Trump mob, yet even in the aftermath of the deadly riot, the lawmaker still—alongside 138 House and seven other Senate Republicans—<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/07/co-conspirators-sedition-here-are-names-every-republican-who-voted-overturn-election" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">voted against </a>certifying the Electoral College results.</p><p>While Hawley has<a href="https://twitter.com/SenHawleyPress/status/1349470132733669379" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> tried</a> to portray his objections to Biden's victory as a principled stance in defense of "election integrity," Rep. Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.) reminded the Missouri Republican of the infamous photograph in which Hawley is depicted raising his fist "in solidarity with white supremacists who attacked our Capitol."</p><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d96168d9344794bc2c401eb22489210d" id="1ef5d"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350140959368093699"><div style="margin:1em 0">Hey Sen @HawleyMO, I hate to break it to you, but this is, in fact, you.
You raised your fist in solidarity with w… https://t.co/NpglQiIJ84</div> — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)<a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/statuses/1350140959368093699">1610733663.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p><br/></p><p>"While you may politically regret what you've revealed about yourself," Ocasio-Cortez said, "you still have no place in public office."</p>
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The question of whether Donald Trump will pardon his supporters who have been arrested for the violent insurrection was raised on the CBS station in the Dallas-Ft. Worth media market on Friday night.
"I think we all deserve a pardon. I'm facing a prison sentence. I think I do not deserve that and from what I understand, every person is going to be arrested that was there, so I think everyone deserves a pardon, so I would ask the President of the United States to give me a pardon," said North Texas realtor Jenna Ryan.
<p>Ryan is facing federal charges after flying in a private plane for the January 6th rally to overturn the election.</p><p>She <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-rioter-2649952996/" target="_blank">pitched her real estate business during the insurrection</a>.</p><p>Watch:</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://w3.cdn.anvato.net/player/prod/v3/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiY2JzIiwidiI6IjUyMDUyMjYiLCJhbnZhY2siOiI1VkQ2RXlkNmRqZXdiQ21Od0JGbnNKajE3WUF2R1J3bCIsInNoYXJlTGluayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2JzbG9jLmFsLzJMQmxPNlkiLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImNvbXNjb3JlIjp7ImNsaWVudElkIjoiMzAwMDAyMyIsImMzIjoiRGFsbGFzLmNic2xvY2FsLmNvbSJ9LCJkZnAiOnsiY2xpZW50U2lkZSI6eyJhZFRhZ1VybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%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%3D" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe></div>
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