Loesch was featured in an online video published by the National Rifle Association in April 2017 . In the video , Loesch talked about an unspecified " they " and depicted protests against Donald Trump in a negative light . She went on to say , " ... They use their movie stars and singers and comedy shows and award shows to repeat their narrative over and over again . And then they use their ex-president to endorse the resistance ... To smash windows , burn cars , shut down interstates and airports , bully and terrorize the law-abiding – until the only option left is for the police to do their jobs and stop the madness ... The only way we stop this , the only way we save our country and our freedom , is to fight this violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth ... " The video , known as " The Violence of Lies " , was condemned by some commentators . DeRay Mckesson , a leader in the Black Lives Matter movement , said that the ad was " an open call to violence to protect white supremacy " . Jon Favreau , a former speechwriter for President Obama , called the video " revolting and frightening " . U.S. Senator Chris Murphy ( D , Ct. ) said , " I think the NRA is telling people to shoot us . Now might be the right time to cancel your membership . " Conservative columnist Anne Applebaum said that it called on Americans " to arm themselves to fight liberals . Violence is coming " . An online petition calling for the video to be removed from Facebook said , " The video tries to create an ' us-vs-them ' narrative and pit Americans against one another . It paints liberals as liars and as violent , unruly protesters who law-abiding gun owners need protection from . " Loesch defended the ad , saying that it condemned rather than condoned violence . She stated , " There was nowhere in this video ... where I called for anyone to move toward violence , to silence anyone , or where I called for anyone to even pick up a firearm and enact violence . " In a second video released by the NRA in April 2017 , Loesch criticized '' The New York Times '' , calling it an " old gray hag " and an " untrustworthy , dishonest rag that has subsisted on the welfare of mediocrity . " She stated , " We 've had it with your constant protection of your Democrat overlords , your refusal to acknowledge any truth that upsets the fragile construct that you believe is real life . " Warning that her video should be considered " a shot across your proverbial bow , " she concluded , " We 're going to laser-focus on your so-called ' honest pursuit of truth . ' In short , we 're coming for you . " After the second video received increased attention in August 2017 , Michael Luo , the editor of NewYorker.com , described the video as " strikingly bellicose even by the standards of the association . " Press group Digital Content Next wrote a letter to Loesch in which it said , " Ninety-nine people out of a hundred would interpret this language about ' coming for ' as threatening and to suggest otherwise is disingenuous at best and dangerous at worst . Bottom line : It is un-American to threaten journalists . " In October 2017 , Loesch spoke in another video for the NRA , saying , " We are witnesses to the most ruthless attack on a president and the people who voted for him , and the free system that allowed it to happen , in American history . " She added that critics of Trump are trying to " drive their daggers through the heart of America 's future . " In February 2018 , Loesch said at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference , " Many in legacy media love mass shootings . You guys love it . Now I 'm not saying that you love the tragedy . But I am saying that you love the ratings . " She criticized the FBI 's response to warnings in advance of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and said that the institution had become politicized . Later that month Loesch said the NRA bore no responsibility for curbing gun violence
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