Michael Bloomberg's Gun-Control Group Outspends NRA, Helps Dems Win Virginia

A gun-control lobbying group funded largely by billionaire Michael Bloomberg just helped

Democrats take over the state government in Virginia – right in the NRA's backyard.

In Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats tipped the Virginia House and Senate in their favor,

giving them full control of the state government for the first time since 1994. The election

had stronger-than-usual turnout in the suburbs, according to media reports. While the results

could be a good omen for Democrats’ chances in 2020, it may also be a tipping point in the

money battle over gun rights.

Everytown for Gun Safety: the gun-control advocacy group that the former New York mayor helps fund,

spent $2.5 MILLION this year to influence voters in Virginia versus approximately $300,000 by the NRA,

which has its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia.

The NRA, in a statement:

“Virginians are about to experience life under a distant tycoon’s thumb,”

(referring to Bloomberg). “Candidates who proudly accepted Bloomberg’s cash —

and every voter they misled — will soon realize the cost of being beholden

to a Manhattan billionaire who despises Virginians’ right to self-defense."

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/06/mike-bloombergs-gun-control-outspends-nra-helps-democrats-win-virginia.html