various possibilities which may or may not be more likely than the money–
it could be . . .
that some of them drank the kool-aid long ago and don’t need more money to go that direction.
that some of them are principled believers in an absolutist view of the 2nd amendment.
that the nra’s recent racist approach to gun rights fits in well with their own racism or with their constituents’ racism.
that lapierre has privately assured them that their mother will have an “accident” if they don’t vote the right way.
that, even though he’s dead now, if that position was good enough for moses it ought to be good enough for them.
