The National Rifle Association will shut down production of NRATV on Wednesday, according to The New York Times.
The phrase"thoughts and prayers" is a reference to the often said line by politicians, officials and other public figures as a means of offering their condolences in the wake of a tragic event. In recent years it has been widely criticized when used in response to mass shootings as a petty substitute for implementing gun control legislation to try and save lives.
The National Rifle Association created NRATV in 2016 as a means of promoting their views of protecting the Second Amendment, but it achieved notoriety for its right-wing views, conspiracy theories and extreme comments of one of its hosts, Dana Loesch. Among her stunts was putting KKK hoods on Thomas & Friends cartoon characters as a means of decrying the children' show's efforts to introduce greater gender and ethnic diversity and sending a threatening message to journalists that"your time is running out."The collapse of NRATV and severance of their relationship with Ackerman McQueen, their advertising partner for over 30 years, is the latest blow to the National Rifle Association.
There has also been a bitter leadership struggle within the organization between Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's longtime chief executive, and Oliver North, the NRA's former president.reported that Christopher W. Cox, the lobbying group's longtime second-in-command, had been suspended after a legal filing by the NRA implicated him in a failed plot to oust LaPierre, an allegation which Cox denies.
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