Giving the latest stench from Ted Nugent more attention isn’t ideal. After all, clickbait chum about him can draw more sharks than simply ignoring whatever regurgitation he urps into public discourse.
But Nugent’s spread of hatred and inducements to violence is not just the spew of another of the klucks in the Klan. He keeps his celebrity alive with an audience of presumably like-minded folks who get a big tingle from his misogynistic, racist, anti-semitic, and other troglodytic pronouncements. Moreover, he is on the board of the National Rifle Association, an organization that, no matter how you feel on the gun question, has long abandoned focusing on its good qualities in favor of making it impossible to pass reasonable firearms legislation that the majority of Americans, including the majority of gun owners, think would be a good idea.
Nugent’s latest excursion into the land of slime, courtesy of Media Matters:
National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent, who will deliver a speech at the NRA’s annual meeting this month, shared a fake video that depicts Hillary Clinton being graphically murdered by Bernie Sanders with a handgun during a presidential debate.
In a May 10 post on his Facebook page, Nugent shared a video with the descriptions “Bernie Sanders destroys Hillary Clinton in debate on Vermont gun laws” and “Bernie Sanders absolutely killed Hillary over this issue.”
Nugent added his own comment: “I got your guncontrol right here bitch!”
The video features edited footage of a CNN debate between Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). As Clinton is answering a question about the gun issue, Sanders is depicted as pulling out a handgun and shooting her in the chest. Blood spurts from Clinton’s chest as she falls to the ground.
Next week, Nugent will deliver a speech at the NRA’s annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, titled “2016 Election Do or Die for America and Freedom.”
At the NRA site, the description for the speech states:
Never before has the orchestrated threat against America, freedom and our sacred 2nd Amendment rights been more dangerous than in 2016. The Obama/Clinton liberal Democrat gang is maniacal in their attack on all things individual rights, truth, logic, commonsense and The American Way. Are there enough of us willing to do battle with these evil forces? We can and we must win this one.
Nugent is up for re-election to the NRA’s board this year, and the election results will be announced at the annual meeting.
It would be heartening to learn that the dues-paying membership had chosen to oust this sick fuck. Really heartening to actually see him hustled out the door along with all the copies of his book he’s bringing along to have autographed.
Instead, expect to see some Trump/Nugent ‘16 bumperstickers for sale.