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TexasTowelie

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Sat Dec 7, 2019, 05:34 AM Dec 2019

Southern Poverty Law Center co-founder Morris Dees working with anti-NRA group

The co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center is now involved with an anti-NRA group, which lists him as their founder on their website.

But Morris Dees said in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that he did not create The Association for Responsible Gun Ownership (TARGO). A webpage on the TARGO website lists "our founder's legacy," with the headline “The man that took down the KKK is now taking on the NRA.”

Dees said he joined an organization called the Justice Center for America, which created TARGO.

“I didn’t found the group,” Dees said. “They just asked me to work with them. They’re wonderful people.”

Read more: https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/12/05/morris-dees-works-anti-nra-group-splc-co-founder-southern-poverty-law-center/2623415001/

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Southern Poverty Law Center co-founder Morris Dees working with anti-NRA group (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2019 OP
Since the SPLC separated from him (with sketchy details), CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #1

CaptYossarian

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1. Since the SPLC separated from him (with sketchy details),
Sat Dec 7, 2019, 08:39 AM
Dec 2019

I haven't given them one dime. We members deserve to know why he was sent packing.

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