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Rally in VA: media reminds us what they think of us

Story here. Don't portray it as a popular gathering in support of a constitutional right, portray it as a white nationalist/neo-nazi rally.

Everytown is of course priming the pump. On Friday it sent out an email to reporters. Excerpts follow.

"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 17, 2020

**MEDIA BRIEFING CALL ADVISORY**

TODAY, JAN. 17, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. EST -- REGISTER HERE FOR DIAL-IN INFO.

MEDIA CALL TODAY: EVERYTOWN, MOMS DEMAND ACTION, FAITH LEADER TO HOLD CALL IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY 20 GUN EXTREMIST RALLY IN RICHMOND

In November, Virginia Voters Flipped Both Chambers of the Virginia General Assembly to a Gun Sense Majority; Yesterday, the Virginia Senate Passed Bipartisan Legislation to Close Dangerous Gaps in Virginia's Background Check Laws

Far-Right Leaders, Including Organizers From the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' Rally, Are Promoting and Reportedly Will Attend the January 20 Rally
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NEW YORK - Today, at 11:00 A.M. EST, Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action will host a call with Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action; former federal prosecutor and Managing Director of Litigation and National Enforcement Policy at Everytown, Eric Tirschwell; Courtney Champion, a volunteer with the Virginia chapter of Moms Demand Action, and a Virginia-based faith leader discussing the gun extremist rally scheduled for January 20 in Richmond, Virginia.

On the call, national and Virginia Moms Demand Action leaders will cover all aspects of the rally, where gun extremists - including out-of-state militia groups and far-right leaders - will descend on the Virginia General Assembly, hoping to intimidate lawmakers into rejecting the democratic will of the people who, by wide margins, voted to flip Virginia's General Assembly to a gun sense majority for the purpose of passing common-sense gun safety laws.

Speakers on the call will also discuss the ties between this rally and organizers of the deadly 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville.
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According to new reporting by The Daily Beast, far-right leaders involved in the deadly 'Unite the Right' rally are promoting and attending the upcoming gun extremist rally. The report compounds preexisting fears that the January 20 rally in Richmond is on a collision course to becoming another Charlottesville - but this time, with more guns. Yesterday morning, the F.B.I. "arrested three men suspected of being members of a neo-Nazi hate group, including a former reservist in the Canadian Army, who had weapons and discussed traveling to a pro-gun rally next week in Richmond, Va., in anticipation of a possible race war," according to new reports from The New York Times."

And on a linked page:

"Far Right Activists From 2017 Charlottesville 'Unite The Right' Rally Are Joining Monday's Virginia Gun Extremist Rally in Richmond

The Daily Beast: "Charlottesville Banned These Far-Right Activists, but They're Bringing Their Guns to Richmond"
According to new reporting by The Daily Beast, far right leaders involved in the deadly 'Unite the Right' rally are promoting and attending the upcoming gun extremist rally in Richmond on January 20th. The report compounds preexisting fears that the January 20th rally is on a collision course to becoming another Charlottesville - but this time, with more guns.

"The event has also drawn militia groups from across the country, and plenty of internet chatter that Monday could kick off the 'boogaloo'--far-right slang for a violent American revolution or civil war. It's also drawn in at least four people and organizations who were in Charlottesville on the day of the 'Unite the Right' rally when white supremacist James Alex Fields killed counter-protester Heather Heyer with his car."
Next Monday's gun extremist rally is an attempt to intimidate lawmakers into rejecting the democratic will of the people who, by wide margins, voted to flip Virginia's General Assembly to a gun sense majority for the purpose of passing common-sense gun safety laws.""