Because I cannot write anymore grief stricken words about the tragedy of the lives lost and lives forever scarred as the result of school shootings, mass shootings and the shootings that take place every day, I am providing you with a list of members of Congress who have taken money from the National Rifle Association, the biggest and most powerful gun lobby in the country.
The National Rifle Association and its affiliates spent approximately $50 million in political advertisements in the 2016 election supporting those who towed their line, and going after Democrats who propose stricter gun laws. $50 million dollars.
Donald Trump was the biggest winner of the NRA's 2016 election advertising, buying Trump's support with $11,438,118 million dollars. They gave $19,756,346 to groups opposing Hillary Clinton.
It's not by chance that Trump didn't call for stricter gun control laws after the horrific school shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida where a semi-automatic rifle was used to kill 17 people and injure 17 others.
The National Rifel Association has done their best to buy our politicians and prevent stricter gun control regulation. If the only thing that these people understand is money, put your money elsewhere. The names of every politician who accepts money from the NRA is a list that cannot be circulated enough. It has been compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-profit, non-partisan research group that tracks money in U.S. politics.
TOP MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WITH HIGHEST AMOUNT OF NRA & AFFILIATE CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2016
Ted Cruz (R, Texas) $360,727
Marco Rubio (R, Florida) $176,030
Paul Ryan (R, Wisconsin) $171,977
Ron Johnson (R, Wisconsin) $165,498
Rand Paul (R, Kentucky) $155,605
Pat Toomey (R, Pennsylvania) $ 79,908
Ryan K. Zinke (R, Montana) $ 79,068
Martha McSally ( R, Arizona) $ 77,063
Todd Young (R, Indiana) $ 73,785
Joe Heck (R, Nevada) $ 68,520
Rob Portman (R, Ohio) $ 64,877
Kelly Ayotte (R, New Hampshire) $ 64,796
Mia Love (R, Utah) $ 63,350
Chuck Grassley (R, Iowa) $ 53,380
Roy Blunt (R, Missouri) $ 49,430
Richard Burr (R, North Carolina) $ 47,300
Kevin McCarthy (R, California) $ 42,000
John McCain (R, Arizona) $ 38,260