Russian Controversy



In a blog post from Crooks and Liars, it has been revealed that a Russian spy has been caught allegedly funneling Russian money into the 2016 presidential election, in favor of President Trump’s campaign. While the money was intended to favor President Trump’s campaign it brought problems along with it, due to the fact it was being exchanged through and under the National Rifle Association (NRA). This has caused a lot of problems for the country, our president, but also the NRA.
According to the article, “The NRA has several arms. Its largest operation is technically known as a social welfare group or 501(c)(4) organization, granting it exemption from U.S. taxes. Another branch is a traditional charitable organization, making contributions to that entity tax deductible. Under federal tax law, when either of these kinds of nonprofits break laws, they jeopardize their tax exempt status”.
The author of the article has an intended audience of what I believe to be Trump and NRA supporters. Seeing that Trump and the NRA seem to be everyone’s go to hate person in today’s time, it would seem fitting that the author uses the incident as a way to convey evidence and the true colors of these individuals and groups to their supporters in order to educate them on the true intensions of their idolized figures. The message in the article really does achieve the authors goal by displaying the proper expectations and purpose of the president, and the NRA and in specific detail show how they have not abided by any of these expectations.  

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