Dana Loesch Has Perfect Response to Anti-Gun Critic's 'Incendiary Lie' About Her
Shannon Watts, the founder of the heavily-astroturfed anti-gun group Moms Demand Action, claims that Dana Loesch of the National Rifle Association is so psychotically obsessed with disrupting gun control that she literally interrupted a meeting of the group to “harass and intimidate volunteers.”
There was only one problem for Watts: Loesch was eating lunch with her family at the time. And she had the photos to prove it.
The whole kerfuffle began when Watts posted a tweet regarding the spokeswoman for the NRA.
.@NRA lobbyist @DLoesch has shown up uninvited, with a camera crew, at a church where Texas @MomsDemand volunteers are meeting to discuss gun safety in order to harass and intimidate volunteers. No, really. #NRAAM #NRAAM18
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 5, 2018
Watts claimed that Loesch had “shown up uninvited, with a camera crew, at a church where Texas (Moms Demand Action) volunteers are meeting to discuss gun safety in order to harass and intimidate volunteers. No, really.”
That bizarre scene was made somewhat believable by the fact Loesch is a Texas resident and the NRA had just held its annual meeting in Dallas this week.
Regarding the accusation, however, Loesch said she was out to lunch — literally.
They lie because they’re incapable of adult discussions on policy. I’ve been with my family all day and am literally finishing lunch right now. I believe I’m owed an apology for this incendiary lie. pic.twitter.com/Hgbk2QIJKo
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 5, 2018
“They lie because they’re incapable of adult discussions on policy,” Loesch said of Watts’ group. “I’ve been with my family all day and am literally finishing lunch right now. I believe I’m owed an apology for this incendiary lie.”
The NRA spokeswoman even offered photographic proof of the meal.
Literally me eating lunch, while out with my family. What a shameless lie, Shannon. I’m embarrassed for you. #NRAAM pic.twitter.com/EG1I3EmNfH
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 5, 2018
Loesch slammed Watts and her reputation one more time. “Let me know when (Shannon Watts) finds the decency to apologize for outright lying about me,” Loesch wrote.
Let me know when @shannonrwatts finds the decency to apologize for outright lying about me. Meanwhile, I’ll be heading down to #NRAAM shortly and will see you all on the exhibit floor! Tomorrow I’ll be at the NRA booth at 12 to sign books and posters!
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 5, 2018
Victory, I suppose. But Watts wasn’t about to concede defeat, claiming footage of a 2014 incident at the NRA’s annual convention in Indianapolis is proof of Loesch’s confrontational nature.
https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/992843435315900417
The tweet linked to a 2014 incident in which Watts was confronted by Loesch. The Moms Demand Action head was quickly whisked into an SUV and drove off.
While we can’t necessarily vouch for Loesch’s whereabouts when Saturday’s tweets were made, it seems unlikely that she and a camera crew would have the time to leave the NRA annual meeting and “case” a church where Moms Demand Action members were meeting.
There’s also the fact the only photographic record of anything in Saturday’s alleged confrontation remains some pancakes and scrambled eggs. In today’s day and age, doesn’t it seem awfully strange that none of the Moms Demand Action members managed to get video of this harassment and/or intimidation?
Until I see that, I remain confident that Loesch was doing nothing more than having a late breakfast with her family.
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