“… In an email to half a dozen Republican leaders on Saturday, Florida-based real estate developer Al Hoffman Jr. decried the rash of mass shootings that has roiled the U.S. for years, and demanded that GOP politicians take action. “I will not write another check unless they all support a ban on assault weapons,” Hoffman wrote in the email, according to the Times. “Enough is enough!” …”
So what? He raised money for the loser presidential campaigns of John McCain, Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush. It’s not like he’s been very helpful to the Party.
Plus, Mayor Bloomberg has been trying this tactic for years. He’s thrown tens of millions of dollars around and what has it got him? Not much. Money is great, but gun control has been proven to be such a turn off at the ballot box that it cannot make up for the number of lost votes that come from pushing it. Hoffman is basically demanding the Republicans lose seats to push an unpopular agenda.