TRT Holdings (hospitality): $2 million. [103] Peter Stone, Exclusive: NRA Has Shed 200 Staffers This Year as Group Faces Financial Crisis, The Guardian, June 29, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/29/nra-financial-crisis-layoffs-furloughs. [41] See e.g., Closing statement of NRA attorney Greg Garman, In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, May 3, 2021, 46:8-14 (It is very, very true that we dont run from what happened before 2018. It appears any type of business can apply to be included in the directory the White Oak Grille in Coatesville, Missouri, for example, claims a spot. Fact check after fact check has debunked conspiracy theories about the supposed inflation of the number of deaths from COVID-19.70 In May 2020, NRA board member and former president Marion Hammer complained that publishing the cumulative number of COVID-19 patients in a Florida county without publishing the current number of active cases is deliberately deceptive.71 Even in December 2020, the NRA published a piece on its website claiming that the number of deaths from COVID-19 had been inflated by public health officials, a claim it then used to cast aspersions on public health statistics regarding gun deaths.72 The day the piece went up on the NRAs website, 2,668 people in the United States died from COVID-19.73, NRA board members reacted to the pandemic by rushing headlong into racist remarks, dismissals, and conspiracy theories. Emergency Assistance Plus provides trip protection when traveling in the United States or abroad. Medical Concierge Network: The companys founder told, Net Spend: A spokesperson for the company issued the following statement to Esquire.com: This program has been under review.. The only bright spot about Bloomin' Brands is their donation record. NRA TV is also available on YouTube, which operates a three strikes policy on channels that violate its terms and conditions. What the Hell Is Going on at Our Airports? We encourage people to buy products from companies they can count on to not support efforts aimed at curtailing constitutional rights, he explained. Key Points. [74] NRA Board Member Ted Nugent: Asian Culture Is Evil, Media Matters for America, March 16, 2020, https://www.mediamatters.org/alex-jones/nra-board-member-ted-nugent-asian-culture-evil. Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. Facing pressure from consumers, the First National Bank of Omaha said last week it would stop issuing NRA-branded Visa credit cards after its contract with the group expires. Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. Checks in the Mail, a website that provides checks and stamps for personal and professional use, is sticking by the NRA and hasn't addressed the issue publicly. [27] Testimony of Wayne LaPierre In RE: NRA Bankruptcy Trial, April 7, 2021, 113:18 114:21. Another NRA-endorsed candidate who has espoused QAnon beliefs, Lauren Boebert, has been featured in NRA publications for years,94 including earlier this year when one called her a brave, Glock-toting woman who is unstoppable.95 In addition, at least five NRA board members have shared QAnon-related content online.96. The list was created in 2014 with just 53 companies they added Dick's Sporting Goods this year after their anti-Second Amendment stunt, which is an odd move for a sporting goods store. From yachts to private planes to expensive African safaris, this was the year when rumors of LaPierres extravagance were substantiated with documents, details and testimony. Although the picture of how much the NRA has paid the firm is incomplete, the New York Attorney Generals Office indicates that the NRA has paid the Brewer [law] firm nearly $75 million in legal fees from March 2018 to December 2020.117, The NRA reported nearly $45.9 million in Legal, Audit and Taxes spending in 2019,118 a 250 percent increase in two years.119 Separately, media reports indicate that the NRAs legal spending on outside counsel in 2020 even exceeded its 2019 expenditures, and as of the first several months of 2021, was on pace to match or even surpass that spending this year on outside legal fees.120, A large portion of the $22 million the NRA reportedly spent on legal fees in just the first five months of 2021121 was likely driven by legal fees for the NRAs failed attempt at bankruptcy. Election ploy. NRA leaders were forced to reveal in bankruptcy proceedings the depths of their mismanagement and incompetence, spent millions just to lose control of both the White House and Congress, and found themselves at odds with the public at every turn as they pushed an extremist agenda.1. In October 2020, LaPierre addressed the NRAs Annual Meeting of Members. Why is that? [139] Maggie Astor, The N.R.A.s New Candidate Grades Show a Continuing Decline in Support, New York Times, September 9, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/elections/the-nras-new-candidate-grades-show-a-continuing-decline-in-support.html. CHOOSE YOUR METHOD OF PAYMENT. For Phillips, the contract was a $360,000-a-year postemployment consulting contract.39 Recently departed CFO Craig Spray testified that while the NRA paid Phillips over $600,000 in 2019, Phillips did not provide any services to the NRAs Treasury Department that year.40 The revelation that LaPierre actually tried to convince Phillips to stay on as CFO and that the NRA provided him such a generous postemployment contract severely undermines the NRAs central argument at trial that it had righted its own ship internally.41. Pilot Corporation (oil and gas): $2.6 million to SLC and New Republican PAC. And did Mr. Phillips provide any consulting services to your department in 2019? [113] National Rifle Association, 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements, 6, March 11, 2020,https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NRA-2019-Annual-Report.pdf; National Rifle Association, 2018 Annual Report, 9, March 13, 2019,https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/nra-2018-annual-financial-report/05b36d8c-cd64-4011-a685-e0a26eba9be6/($42,599,871 in 2017 and $28,439,529 in 2019). With the NRA Annual Meeting of Members scheduled for October 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina, this report lays out the details of the reality the NRA doesnt want to talk about with its members. The following companies and/or their decision-makers have instituted anti-firearm corporate policy or have pressed lawmakers to enact further strict legislation. In the wake of the Uvalde massacre, Cruz has frequently pushed back on calls for gun law reforms in the only country in the world where school shootings regularly occur. 0.13%. But here are the companies that are still on board, for now, and how (or if) they have responded to any backlash, according to the activist group NRA Boycott. ", Roku: "We are an open platform for streaming and allow publishers to reach a TV audience," a spokesperson said in a statement to. Roku also offers NRA TV. The NRA remains one of the premier gun rights lobbying groups in the US, regularly contributing to congressional candidates. Global Rescue, a provider of field rescue and evacuation services, continues to work with the NRA and hasn't released a statement on the matter. Square Enix, a game developer, announced that it was giving $250,000 to the NAACP and Black . During China virus, you need a firearm to protect from the criminals that Dem are releasing, Twitter, April 3, 2020, https://twitter.com/WillesLee/status/1246244581341106176. Avis and Budget Car Rentals Avis and Budget ended its participation in the NRA rewards program in March 2018. When did you destroy them? Targets Online and Rivers South Safaris add their support as 2020 Protector level Sponsors. But it's clear that more and more businesses are choosing to sever their ties with the NRA as the gun control debate continues in the wake of the Parkland shooting. Powell recalls that in early 2017, he met with Steve Bannon at the White House, where Bannon asked him What do I need to do for you guys? Powell responded, Number one, we need money. "I offer prayer and condolence but know that it is grossly inadequate. Enterprise Holdings, which operates the rental car brands Enterprise, National and Alamo, says it will end its discount program for NRA members next month, along with Avis and Budget. NRA supporters at the Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day convention on March 7, 2012. The National Rifle. . A. I was told how to do the invoices. [58] David DellAquila et al. Honestly, thats our legislative priority. As Powell reports, he then realized that neither Steve Bannon nor Jared Kushner knew what concealed carry reciprocity was, and that no one in the White House knew about the bill that had passed the House. 0.00%. The NRA has claimed its American Cellars Wine Club (the companys flagship) as its official group. GunsDown, an anti-gun group, has been petitioning FedEx to end its affiliation with the NRA for over a year. The political influence of the National Rifle Association (NRA) is once again in the spotlight in the wake of the mass shooting at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. [126] National Rifle Association, 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements, 6, March 11, 2020, https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NRA-2019-Annual-Report.pdf. Its time for tech leaders to acknowledge their role in helping the NRA spread this dangerous content and cut it out. Her group is specifically pointing to these five services that carry NRATV: The Associated Press contributed to this report. [135] Garrett OLeary, Freedom Hangs in the Balance in Georgia, Americas 1st Freedom, NRA, January 5, 2021,www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2021/1/5/freedom-hangs-in-the-balance-in-georgia; Jason Ouimet, Second Amendment Rests on Georgia Senate Runoffs, Americas First Freedom, NRA, December 26, 2020,https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2020/12/26/second-amendment-rests-on-georgia-senate-runoffs. They include Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National, and Alamo. [97] Olivia Li, The Gun Rights Rhetoric That Helped Seed the Insurrectionist Mindset, The Trace, January 9, 2021, https://www.thetrace.org/2021/01/gun-rights-rhetoric-insurrectionist-mindset-capitol-trump. 14,789 were here. Q. [111] Lisa Marie Pane, NRA Cutting Staff and Salaries amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Associated Press, May 3, 2020, https://apnews.com/article/gun-politics-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-us-news-ap-top-news-aac4b1a0fbe31665721393176b484d15. The company's majority 9 member board voted to censure their CEO, then laughably claimed that "politics is not part of our business". These Companies Still Do Business With the NRA, Arming Teachers is a Vain and Foolish Idea, Three Veterans Talk About Arming Teachers, Republican Senators Form Wingnut Xylophone, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. For Democrats. A representative did not respond to a request for comment. Supporters of gun control have urged companies on social media and signed petitions calling for them to end their ties with the group. [129] Anna Massoglia and Alyce McFadden, NRA Bankruptcy Follows Years of Declining Political Spending, OpenSecrets, January 27, 2021, www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/01/nra-bankruptcy-follows-years-of-decline. A federal judge threw out the National Rifle Association's bid to declare bankruptcy Tuesday, allowing New York to proceed in its effort to dissolve the gun rights group for alleged "fraud and abuse." Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. [86] Ted Nugent, Facebook post, November 6, 2020, https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/v=720587965214826&ref=watch_permalink. [123] NY AG Files Amended Complaint against NRA, LaPierre, and Others, NRA Watch, August 16, 2021, para. . All facts referred to in the introduction are sourced in the body of the report. She testified that, without formal approval, she added a 10 percent fee on all travel booked for the NRA.24 According to the New York attorney general, the NRA paid Stanford more than $13.5 million, in aggregate, between August 2014 and January 2020, of which one could estimate personal fees to Stanford of over $1 million.25 In deposition testimony played in court, Stanford said that LaPierre had occasionally instructed her how to word invoices for his travel, including invoices that omitted flight details about trips to Nebraska, where his niece lives, and the Bahamas.26. Our company provides discounted rooms to several large associations, including the NRA. While the power and influence they have built will take years to dissipate fully, the bottom line is clear: the past year has been a disaster for the NRA, and LaPierre in particular. [122] Statement of Financial Affairs, National Rifle Association of America (21-30085), United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas, March 4, 2021, https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/29112859/288/national-rifle-association-of-america. These flights included several trips to Palm Springs, Las Vegas, and the Bahamas. "Grief overwhelms the soul. Also signing were large advertising and media firms, such as Conde Nast, Group Nine Media, Havas, Interpublic, Omnicom, and Publicis, no surprise given the messaging on guns that we so often see. * marked fields are required. All the attention prompted the gun-rights group to break from its usual strategy of keeping quiet after mass gun deaths. The NRA did, however, invest quite seriously in the Georgia Senate runoff elections. A representative for the Avis Budget Group, which operates the two car rental companies, confirmed to ThinkProgress February 23 that it would end its relationship with the NRA. And in three years, it has disappeared from the scene, not mentioned, not heard of, and you just got a textbook example of what a national election looks like without the NRA involved.. Q. The public learned that virtually no one at the NRAother than NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre and his three closest board alliesknew about the planned bankruptcy filing, which is consistent with testimony that the organization was run as Waynes kingdom, where he employed what he himself reportedly called management by chaos. The trial included new information about LaPierres luxurious life on the company dime, including over $13 million for travel and a postemployment golden parachute worth $17 million.2 In addition, LaPierre was forced to testify about his annual weeklong trips to the Bahamas, where he stayed on one of two yachts owned by a Hollywood producer who is a stakeholder of key NRA vendors. 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