WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:0 00:00.942 --> 00:03.715 THE QUESTION HERE IS IT 00:03.716 --> 00:08.909 POLITICAL MARKSMANSHIP OR COULD THE NRA CLOSE FOR GOOD? 00:08.943 --> 00:10.835 THE NRA CLOSE FOR GOOD? 00:10.836 --> 00:17.461 LET’S BRING IN THOMAS DUPE RE. 00:17.463 --> 00:21.723 >> AT THE SAME TIME IT IS A 00:21.724 --> 00:23.324 STUNNING COMPLAINT. 00:23.325 --> 00:27.775 166 PAGES LONG AND IN ADDITION 00:27.776 --> 00:30.435 TO THE VARIOUS ALLEGED MISDEEDS 00:30.436 --> 00:31.885 THAT WE SEE ABOUT SELF-DEALING 00:31.887 --> 00:33.571 BY LEADERSHIP THE STUNNING 00:33.572 --> 00:35.370 THING ABOUT IT IS THE ATTORNEY 00:35.371 --> 00:37.064 GENERAL IS SEEKING TO SHUT DOWN 00:37.098 --> 00:39.100 THE NR REMARKS AS A WHOLE WHICH 00:39.101 --> 00:40.455 I THINK IS A SUBSTANTIAL REACH 00:40.490 --> 00:41.834 TO SAY THE LEAST. 00:41.835 --> 00:43.841 IT SEEMS TO ME VERY UNLIKELY 00:43.843 --> 00:46.742 THAT ULTIMATELY SHE WOULD BE 00:46.743 --> 00:49.436 ABLE TO PERSUADE A COURT TO 00:49.438 --> 00:51.327 FORCE THE NRA TO CLOSE ITS 00:51.329 --> 00:51.670 DOORS. 00:51.704 --> 00:53.990 >> Mike: TAKE A LISTEN TO THE 00:53.992 --> 00:55.290 VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL. 00:55.291 --> 00:57.079 >> IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF 00:57.113 --> 00:58.184 WRONGDOING YOU WANT TO PURSUE 00:58.186 --> 00:58.503 THAT. 00:58.504 --> 01:01.765 WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING HERE 01:01.767 --> 01:04.111 IS YOU HAVE A POLITICAL LAWSUIT 01:04.145 --> 01:05.917 BEING FILED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF A 01:05.952 --> 01:07.397 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THE 01:07.399 --> 01:09.724 GOAL OF THE LAWSUIT IS 01:09.759 --> 01:11.512 LITERALLY TO DISSOLVE ONE OF 01:11.513 --> 01:15.315 THE POLITICAL ENEMIES OF THE 01:15.350 --> 01:16.572 DEMOCRAT PARTY. 01:16.573 --> 01:19.005 >> Mike: 87 DAYS OUT, TOM, TOO 01:19.007 --> 01:19.458 POLITICAL? 01:19.459 --> 01:21.419 >> YOU SEE, THAT’S THE THING. 01:21.453 --> 01:22.970 THE REASON WHY THERE IS A 01:22.972 --> 01:24.336 POLITICAL ELEMENT TO ALL OF 01:24.337 --> 01:26.037 THIS IS THAT THE ATTORNEY 01:26.071 --> 01:27.883 GENERAL WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE 01:27.884 --> 01:29.474 WRONGDOING SHE COULD ADDRESS IT 01:29.508 --> 01:31.842 BY TARGETING THE INDIVIDUALS 01:31.844 --> 01:33.595 WHO COMMITTED THE WRONGDOING. 01:33.596 --> 01:36.140 BUT IT’S A QUANTUM LEAP TO SAY 01:36.141 --> 01:37.947 AND WE’RE ALSO GOING TO SHUT 01:37.981 --> 01:38.812 DOWN THIS ORGANIZATION, 01:38.813 --> 01:41.759 PARTICULARLY ONE THAT HAS 01:41.761 --> 01:44.454 ENGAGED IN A LOT OF FREE SPEECH 01:44.488 --> 01:46.065 AND CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED 01:46.099 --> 01:48.206 ACTIVITY AND A LOT OF AMERICANS 01:48.208 --> 01:49.645 ON SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL ISSUE 01:49.646 --> 01:53.273 SO SOON BEFORE THE ELECTION. 01:53.274 --> 01:55.798 >> Mike: MIGHT IT HAVE AN 01:55.800 --> 01:57.490 IMPACT WITH NRA MEMBERSHIP NOT 01:57.524 --> 01:59.512 HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT LAVISH 01:59.546 --> 02:02.020 SPENDING WITH THE LEADERSHIP? 02:02.021 --> 02:04.075 >> IT WILL RESONATE. 02:04.076 --> 02:07.645 THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SAYING 02:07.646 --> 02:10.103 THE DEMOCRATS ARE ATTACKING THE 02:10.104 --> 02:12.126 SECOND AMOUNT AND THE DEMOCRATS 02:12.128 --> 02:13.051 SLAMMING THE REPUBLICANS. 02:13.052 --> 02:14.146 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FURTHERS 02:14.180 --> 02:15.475 ALLOT OF THIS. 02:15.509 --> 02:17.631 THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE 02:17.633 --> 02:19.183 WORRIED THAT SECOND AMENDMENT 02:19.218 --> 02:21.423 RIGHTS ARE COMING UNDER ATTACK. 02:21.458 --> 02:22.857 FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO ATTACK 02:22.858 --> 02:23.632 REPUBLICANS FOR POLITICAL 02:23.633 --> 02:24.842 PROSECUTIONS AND THE LIKE IS 02:24.843 --> 02:26.417 DIFFICULT TO DEFEND WHEN YOU 02:26.419 --> 02:27.875 LOOK AT THIS LAWSUIT. 02:27.876 --> 02:29.552 >> Mike: IF THIS IS NOT A 02:29.586 --> 02:31.700 THREAT TO DESTROY THE NRA MIGHT 02:31.735 --> 02:34.473 THERE NEED TO BE A SHAKE-UP TO 02:34.474 --> 02:35.949 CLEAN THINGS UP INTERNALLY? 02:35.983 --> 02:37.602 >> LOOK, THERE COULD BE. 02:37.636 --> 02:39.557 IT IS NO SECRET THERE HAS BEEN 02:39.591 --> 02:41.205 A LOT OF INTERNAL DISPUTES AT 02:41.240 --> 02:44.280 THE NRA ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF 02:44.281 --> 02:46.672 ITS LEADERSHIP AND THE LIKE AND 02:46.673 --> 02:48.882 THE COMPLAINT SPENDS PAGE AFTER 02:48.917 --> 02:50.175 PAGE TALKING ABOUT MISUSE OF 02:50.176 --> 02:50.594 FUNDS. 02:50.628 --> 02:52.594 THE NRA LEADERSHIP DENIED IT. 02:52.595 --> 02:54.299 THEY’LL HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT. 02:54.300 --> 02:56.093 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL HAVE 02:56.095 --> 02:57.684 HER DAY IN COURT. 02:57.685 --> 02:59.574 MOST PEOPLE WOULD RECOGNIZE 02:59.608 --> 03:01.356 THAT IF -- I UNDERSCORE IF 03:01.390 --> 03:02.763 THERE WAS WRONGDOING, THE 03:02.798 --> 03:04.605 SOLUTION IS TO MAKE THE PEOPLE 03:04.607 --> 03:05.744 WHO COMMITTED THE WRONGDOING 03:05.777 --> 03:07.714 PAY, NOT SHUT DOWN THE 03:07.716 --> 03:08.990 ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE.