NRA chief LaPierre slams 'anti-freedom politicians' trampling First Amendment rights: 'This is your fight'

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NRA chief LaPierre slams 'anti-freedom politicians' trampling First Amendment rights: 'This is your fight'
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NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre delivered a speech at CPAC, where he slammed politicians who he says work to trample First Amendment rights, pointing to a lawsuit in New York.

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NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre railed against"anti-freedom" politicians who he says work to"destroy organizations and individuals who get in the way of their personal political agendas," during a speech at the"Today, we are on the cusp of losing our Founders’ vision forever," LaPierre told the crowd at CPAC on Friday afternoon."Anti-gun, anti-freedom politicians are shamelessly and illegally using the awesome power of government to trample those rights.

CPAC kicked off on Wednesday at the Gaylord National Harbor on the Maryland and Washington, D.C., border. LaPierre’s speech is one of dozens from prominent conservative voices taking part in the event, including former President Donald Trump, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan. The NRA chief pointed specifically to 2016, when polls showed that NRA members"played a major role in defeating Hillary Clinton," which LaPierre argued spurred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other Democrats to embark on a"sinister scheme to wipe NRA off the political map.""To put it simply, they unleashed the vast power of state governments and regulatory agencies in an attempt to crush and destroy us," he said.

LaPierre said such attacks began with Cuomo in New York after the state’s Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo sent a guidance letter in 2018 to banks and insurance companies encouraging them to sever ties with the NRA and other

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