Twitter Users Taunt NRA With 'Thoughts And Prayers' Amid Reports Of Financial Struggles

The gun lobby reportedly cut out free coffee at its headquarters as money runs tight.
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The National Rifle Association is getting some “thoughts and prayers” amid a new report of financial struggles.

The Trace, a nonprofit group that reports on gun violence, said the NRA has ditched free coffee and yanked water coolers at its Virginia headquarters due to a cash crunch.

The whole building was freaking out,” an unnamed source told the website.

The news comes months after Rolling Stone reported the organization claimed its financial struggles were so dire it may soon “be unable to exist” due to an ongoing legal battle in New York.

The Trace also noted that NRA revenue from membership dues fell by $35 million last year, leading to dues increases and less spending on the midterm elections.

On Twitter, however, critics weren’t exactly sympathetic, sending out mocking “thoughts and prayers.”

Thoughts and prayers to @NRA employees whose free coffee and water were tragically ripped from their lives, without warning. https://t.co/OwBjBMc3VV

— Maggie Jordan (@MaggieJordanACN) November 16, 2018

Sending thoughts and prayers, but definitely not policy change, to the NRA during this difficult time. https://t.co/kIJznLiAcj

— Jordyn Rowland (@RowlandJordyn) November 16, 2018

Thoughts and prayers to the NRA. pic.twitter.com/7eTjuFKSg2

— SerenaVR (@LongLiveRHS) November 16, 2018

thoughts and prayers😘😘 https://t.co/J7rGmt3ng3

— Delaney Tarr (@delaneytarr) November 15, 2018

My thoughts and prayers are with you all. So sad you don’t have free coffee. Some parents don’t get to see their children anymore.

— Beth Ann Mayer (@BAMayer427) November 16, 2018

Thoughts and parayers go out to them. If that's good enough for a school massacre, it's more than sufficient here.

— Parabolicarc.com (@spacecom) November 16, 2018

Thoughts and prayers @NRA
From Russia with love.

— Where am I? (@Reallydum) November 15, 2018

They started by eliminating the “Bulletproof Coffee” and replacing it with thoughts and prayers.

— Jim Patton (@Tall_James) November 15, 2018

Thoughts and Prayers 🙏🏽

— Stay_Fresh (@dustyfresh859) November 16, 2018

I really don't care, do you? Sending thoughts and prayers.

— Karen Eisen (@kheidiho) November 15, 2018

Thoughts & prayers! womp womp

— All The Winning... (@sockalexis2003) November 16, 2018

Gonna have to have Starbucks coffee in holiday cups? HOW WILL THEY SURVIVE

— Carly (@nuclearcarly) November 15, 2018
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