Infighting at the National Rifle Assn. has exploded as the powerful association severed ties with its longtime public relations firm, suspended operations of its fiery online TV station and lost its top lobbyist.
Christopher Cox, then top lobbyist for the National Rifle Assn., speaks at the organization's annual meeting, in Indianapolis, in April.
His resignation came within hours of the association officially severing ties with Ackerman McQueen, the Oklahoma-based public relations firm that has shaped some of the NRA’s most memorable messages in the past decades. Cox did not immediately return a message seeking comment. However, when he was suspended, Cox said in a statement obtained by the New York Times that allegations he had been part of a group seeking LaPierre’s ouster were “offensive and patently false.”Cox played his usual prominent role at the NRA’s annual meeting in Indianapolis in April, and there was little public evidence that he and LaPierre or the NRA’s board of directors were at odds.
In the last few months, the NRA has filed several lawsuits against Ackerman McQueen, accusing it of refusing to document its billings and of seeking to undermine the association. Ackerman McQueen has counter-sued, claiming the NRA is trying to renege on its financial obligations and smear the public relations firm.
Ackerman McQueen also created and operated NRATV. In a statement posted Wednesday on the NRA website, LaPierre said NRATV would no longer be airing live programming and that officials would be evaluating the station’s future. It wasn’t clear what would happen to its prominent hosts but there appeared to be no signs those on-air personalities, who are employees of Ackerman McQueen, would find spots at the NRA.
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