{"id":2271,"date":"2018-06-05T09:18:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T15:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmexicoshootingsports.com\/shootingblog\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2022-07-07T13:54:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T19:54:00","slug":"f-the-nra-candidate-drops-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newmexicoshootingsports.com\/shootingblog\/f-the-nra-candidate-drops-out\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cF&#8212; the NRA\u201d Candidate Drops Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Davis probably never had much of a chance to win a New Mexico congressional race. Why else would a candidate resort to using the F-word in a campaign ad\u2014and not just willy-nilly, either. His spot opened up with him saying \u201cF&#8212; the NRA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tucker Carlson wasted little time and didn\u2019t mince words when he called Davis on the carpet. 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