The GOP Called and Asked For Money

I received a fundraising call from the RNC this week. The caller sounded like a retired volunteer from the Midwest. She probably had grandkids.

With this in mind, I made sure to be polite.

She highlighted President Trump's shining accomplishments in her pitch. Somehow limiting legal immigration, protecting free speech online, and protecting his supporters from political violence did not make the list.

I stated that after President Trump's comments on banning silencers, I didn't feel inspired to give money. I voted for him because he was pro-gun in the campaign, but this is the opposite of pro-gun

Her retort was “Well why would you need that?”

I was shocked, I said that it doesn't matter why we need it, it's our Right. “Shall not be infringed” is in our founding documents.

She pressed further, and said “but the only reason you'd want that is if you have evil intentions. The Second Amendment protects our right to keep and bear arms, but not THAT.”

I became somewhat vexed, but did my best to be kind to somebody's grandma. She probably looks and thinks like me on most things. She is not my enemy.

I said that rhetoric is exactly what the left says about AR-15's, and when those are banned, it's what they'll say about handguns too. We need to be expanding the Second Amendment, not fighting for the status quo. This is exactly why Republicans lose ground on every issue.

Her response was that she agreed with POTUS, and I should have a nice day.

This argument is akin to:

You don't really need a printing press. What are you going to use it for, making invitations to your kids' birthday parties? Isn't that overkill? Oh, you want it to print news? The government already takes care of that. We're informed by PBS and NPR. You don't need your own printing press—unless you were up to something nefarious, like promoting lies. You aren't planning to promote lies, are you? Okay, good. So you don't need this printing press.

This is why we lose. This is what we are up against. People who are our genetic kin don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up for each other, or step out of line in the smallest and most mundane ways.