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National Rifle Association
The streaming network lost money and never gained significant viewership, but it helped groom talking heads whose election conspiracies and other falsehoods now reach millions online.
Election 2020
Spending by groups on either side of the gun issue is nearly even in federal races this year.
Bang for the Buck
A consulting operation that's been tied to allegedly illegal campaign tactics by the RNC in Nevada and Montana is running the gun group's get-out-the-vote effort in at least 16 states.
Documents show that the NRA's new anti-Biden ad emerged from the same web of firms involved in potentially illegal coordination in 2016 races.
