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Igor Volsky shames politicians who send 'prayers' but take NRA money

Sometimes prayers matter less than dollars.

Heather Dockray

on June 13, 2016

Igor Volsky shames politicians who send 'prayers' but take NRA money

Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have both accepted contributions from the NRA. Credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Every time a massacre happens, politicians of every political stripe get on Twitter to express their grief or send their prayers.

Igor Volksy, deputy director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, isn't interested in hearing from politicians who've accepted money from the NRA. In December, Volsky started to tally the organization's donations after the San Bernardino mass shooting. Volsky has now started to calculate contributions after Sunday's massacre in Orlando, Florida.

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Though Volsky tweeted these messages independently, The Center for American Progress Action Fund, where he works, is a policy institute and advocacy organization known for their work on behalf of progressive causes.

The gun Omar Mateen used in Sunday's attacks was a legally purchased .223 caliber assault rifle, and 9mm semiautomatic pistol.

Volksy also tweeted a list of GOP senators who voted against a bill that would have blocked people on the terror watchlist from buying firearms.

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Volsky told Mashable that he got all his data from OpenSecrets.org, the website for the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks the effects of money and lobbying on public policy.

"I got the data from OpenSecrets.org under NRA expenditures and just added up for individual lawmakers over the various cycles," Volsky told Mashable over email.

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Here's a sample of the politicians Volsky has chosen to call out.

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For more information, check out Volsky's Twitter account here.

Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.