02-03-2016, 11:24 AM
Former NRA President: Rubio is no friend to Gun Owners in Florida
PLEASE READ(It is not what you think)
The Rubio Campaign also sent a link to an April 2014 Miami Herald article, which sought to explain why Rubio slipped from receiving an “A” from the NRA to receiving a “B+.” The Herald article said:
The state NRA did… give Rubio a B+ in 2010, despite an otherwise A-rated gun-rights record.
Why?
The NRA’s grades are not based on any scientific formulas. They’re more subjective, rooted in the feel that lobbyist Marion Hammer has for candidates. And, at the time, she was whole-hog for then-Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, who was running for U.S. Senate against Rubio. Rubio was out of office, having left as Florida House speaker after the 2008 elections. Before assuming that office, he had an A rating.
But it wasn’t until he faced Crist, wasn’t in a position of power and was a long-shot candidate that Hammer announced he’d get his A grade dropped. Hammer couldn’t point to a clear case of Rubio scuttling gun-rights laws.
But, she said at the time, that she made the deduction because of trouble that cropped up in the Rubio-led House over a measure that allowed employees to keep firearms that are locked in their cars parked on workplace property.
The measure ultimately passed and Rubio voted for it. But it wasn’t good enough for Hammer.
“He voted when the gun bill was brought to the vote, but we know that what goes on behind the scenes is an entirely different story,” Hammer said. She said the NRA ratings — a big deal in the Republican primary — are based not just on how politicians vote, but on the totality of what they do or appear to do.
“We watch everything: false claims, lips service, what a member tells other people,” said Hammer adding that, with Rubio “it’s not pretty… we take our issue very seriously.”
Just thought you should know, before you see it out on the media whose job it is to make sure they cut down all top candidates as to leave America floundering who to vote for. EVEN BREITBART! It's not the same organization since Brett and Joel stopped being the CEO.
PLEASE READ(It is not what you think)
The Rubio Campaign also sent a link to an April 2014 Miami Herald article, which sought to explain why Rubio slipped from receiving an “A” from the NRA to receiving a “B+.” The Herald article said:
The state NRA did… give Rubio a B+ in 2010, despite an otherwise A-rated gun-rights record.
Why?
The NRA’s grades are not based on any scientific formulas. They’re more subjective, rooted in the feel that lobbyist Marion Hammer has for candidates. And, at the time, she was whole-hog for then-Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, who was running for U.S. Senate against Rubio. Rubio was out of office, having left as Florida House speaker after the 2008 elections. Before assuming that office, he had an A rating.
But it wasn’t until he faced Crist, wasn’t in a position of power and was a long-shot candidate that Hammer announced he’d get his A grade dropped. Hammer couldn’t point to a clear case of Rubio scuttling gun-rights laws.
But, she said at the time, that she made the deduction because of trouble that cropped up in the Rubio-led House over a measure that allowed employees to keep firearms that are locked in their cars parked on workplace property.
The measure ultimately passed and Rubio voted for it. But it wasn’t good enough for Hammer.
“He voted when the gun bill was brought to the vote, but we know that what goes on behind the scenes is an entirely different story,” Hammer said. She said the NRA ratings — a big deal in the Republican primary — are based not just on how politicians vote, but on the totality of what they do or appear to do.
“We watch everything: false claims, lips service, what a member tells other people,” said Hammer adding that, with Rubio “it’s not pretty… we take our issue very seriously.”
Just thought you should know, before you see it out on the media whose job it is to make sure they cut down all top candidates as to leave America floundering who to vote for. EVEN BREITBART! It's not the same organization since Brett and Joel stopped being the CEO.