This really does just have every element of 2016 awful.
The National Rifle Association’s political arm is launching its first ad campaign of the 2016 presidential race, with a survivor of the terror attack in Benghazi urging viewers to vote for Donald Trump.
The ad, which the NRA Political Victory Fund is backing with more than $2 million, is one of the larger expenditures by an outside group on behalf of the presumptive Republican nominee.
The 30-second spot, entitled “Stop Clinton, Vote Trump,” features Mark Geist, a Marine Corps veteran and security contractor who fought the assault on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that claimed four American lives, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Never mind that Ambassador Chris Stevens’ own family does not blame Hillary Clinton for what happened in Benghazi. Never mind that the $7 million, 800-page Benghazi House committee report didn't find a damned thing against Clinton. And never mind the massive death toll the NRA has racked up in the last three decades with their unceasing opposition to even the most benign gun safety efforts.
You could glean some good news from this: That the NRA is definitely feeling threatened by the renewed commitment by Democrats—and promises from Clinton—to finally do something about the slaughter. And if they want to spend $2 million on Trump, more power to them. At least that's $20 million they're not spending on keeping a GOP-controlled Senate.