NRA awards rifle to FCC chairman for “courage” in killing net neutrality rules

FCC Chmn. Ajit Pai at CPAC 2018

I believe this is something the kids would call “not The Onion”:

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai received the National Rifle Association's (NRA) “Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award” at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.

The NRA-sponsored award was given to Pai in recognition of months of heavy criticism over his successful push to repeal the agency’s net neutrality rules. Pai led the push to repeal the rules, which were overwhelmingly supported by the public, in December.

"Ajit Pai is the most courageous, heroic person that I know,” said Dan Schneider, the executive director of the American Conservative Union, while introducing the FCC chairman.

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Pai’s award is a handmade Kentucky long gun, which will be housed in the NRA’s museum in Fairfax, Va.

He enters a hallowed hall of recipients that includes Mike Pence and Milwaukee’s former cosplaying sheriff David Clarke. I don’t think I need to add anything to that.

(via Joe.My.God.)