From tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors:
We note with chagrin that Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers fundraising event that would feature auctioning off an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle—just like the type used to hunt free-range high school students in Florida—is now changing course:
“After POLITICO contacted the committee on Tuesday afternoon, the Stevens County Republican Party removed mentions of the AR-15 and a plan to offer a Ruger 10-22 .22-caliber rifle as a door prize from the event’s website. The organization was still considering how to proceed with the auction, its chair said.
“Then, after the POLITICO report was published on Tuesday evening, the committee made a final decision to nix the AR-15.”
Tuesday? They didn’t think this was bad optics until YESTERDAY?