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NRA ad brings Obama daughters into gun debate

by Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY contributor | January 16, 2013 at 9:44 AM
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The National Rifle Association has posted a new video on its website calling President Obama “an elitist hypocrite” for dismissing the group’s suggestion to put armed guards in schools while his own daughters have Secret Service protection.

“Are the president’s kids more important than yours?” the narrator asks. “Then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school?”

The video, which also is running on the Sportsman Channel, says the president “demands the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, but he’s just another elitist hypocrite when it comes to a fair share of security.”

The White House did not issue an immediate response to the ad, which takes issue with recent comments Obama made during an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press.

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