Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) has picked up a key endorsement from the National Rifle Association.
Announced on July 13, the endorsement praises Sullivan’s commitment to defending the Second Amendment and protecting Alaska’s hunters, sportsmen, and gun owners.
“Thank you for standing strong for freedom and defending NRA members and law-abiding gun owners in Alaska and throughout the United States, NRA Political Victory Fund Chairman John Commerford stated in the endorsement letter. “Based on your leadership protecting the Second Amendment in the Senate, you have earned an ‘A+’ rating from the NRA-PVF for this election. An ‘A+’ is reserved for a legislator with not only an excellent voting record on all critical NRA issues, but who has made a vigorous effort to promote and defend the Second Amendment.”
Sullivan said he was honored to pick up the endorsement.
“The Second Amendment is a fundamental constitutional right, and Alaskans understand that better than anyone,” he noted. “I will always fight to protect the rights of Alaska’s gun owners, defend our hunting heritage, and stand up to those who want to undermine our constitutional freedoms. I’ll never stop working to ensure the next generation of Alaskans enjoys the same liberties that have defined our state from the beginning.”
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Sullivan’s campaign spokesperson, Nate Adams, contrasted the senator’s record with that of his main opponent, Democrat Mary Peltola, whom he called “hand-picked by anti-Second Amendment Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer.”
“Peltola has pledged her loyalty to Schumer, and her first vote in the Senate, if elected, would be to make Schumer the Senate Majority Leader,” Adams observed. “This would be a disaster for our Second Amendment rights and for the great state of Alaska.”
The NRA endorsement is part of a growing list of organizations and leaders supporting Senator Sullivan’s re-election campaign. Other backers include Americans For Prosperity Action, Concerned Veterans for America Action, Alaska Teamsters, Alaska District Council of Laborers and International Union of Operating Engineers, among many others.
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Yeah, but don’t forget that NRA endorsed Peltola the last time. I damn near cancelled my membership over that.
The NRA lost some of my respect when they endorsed Peltola in a previous election. Bizarrely, she claims to own 176 guns! She’s a liar and a fraud. Why don’t Republicans run a fake candidate named Mary Peltola? Because we don’t don’t want to sink to her level. Good to see the NRA is back on track.
Tell Schumer, Alaskans are locked and loaded
Ummm … the right to keep and bear arms is NOT a “constitutional right”, it is a NATURAL LAW right, specifically protected in the 2nd Amendment — and, of course, completely abused by the federal gov’t with their gun control laws. The NRA’s reputation is deservedly low. Ask any “cheer-leading” question to an NRA crowd. “Hey, ladies & gentlemen, Where do we get our right to keep and bears arms?” The chorus replies, “The 2nd Amendment!” Sound the Mistake Buzzer, and reply, “No, you get it from God.”
Which god, Bird?
Evan S Singh. Why do you ask even though you will not be able to comprehend the given answer?
more of the same. America is cooked. term limits, across the board. no more professional politicians. no pension, no stock trades, no mercy on corruption. if you think for one minute R stand for Righteous, or even Right, you drank the Kool aid. The swamp was never drained, thats the single promise we never got. the swamp is alive and welll and DSS is a creature of the swamp.
Hey, didn’t this goof just inexcusably join Murky and a boatload of other AIPAC-sponsored dirtbags in voting for a merger of our Pentagon with the Israeli military today which in no way is posted to imply that Peltola wouldn’t do exactly the same?
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00195.htm
Yeah! NRA!!!
Big whoop. The NRA is DOA as far as I’m concerned. The morons backed lazy Mary last election cycle so what they do is of no importance. Gun Owners of America (GOA)! Now THAT would be a great endorsement.
Alaskanyuk: I ask to start a dialog that could help educate readers.
So, do you want readers to know there is only one God? Or do you want people to think there are more than one? Which is it? Or are you just going to dance around the question?