Loesch Tweets Why the NRA Didn't Defend Philando Castile

Conservative voice Dana Loesch, who identifies herself as an NRA spokesperson on her Twitter page, tweeted out a possible explanation early Thursday as to why the gun lobby did not come to the defense of a black legal gun owner who was killed by police in Minnesota last year.

Philando Castile was shot and killed inside his car in 2016 despite telling police he was a licensed gun owner and had a weapon on him.

But he was also breaking the law, Loesch tweeted.

He was also in possession of a controlled substance and a firearm simultaneously, which is illegal. Stop lying.

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 10, 2017

The NRA has rebuffed repeated inquiries to give a position as to why it never came to the defense of Castile, instead remaining mum all this time.

Loesch later in the day criticized the conservative Washington Examiner, the first media outlet to report on her tweet, for not reaching out to her for an official comment.

Loesch maintained her tweet was her own opinion and not representative of the NRA's official position on the Castile shooting tweeting at one point:

"Not every breath is official."

You guys seriously cobbled together a story from personal Tweets? Pretty lame. How is this better than MSNBC?

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 10, 2017

Unprofessional of @dcexaminer to cobble together a story based on personal Tweets. No one reached out for official comment.

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 10, 2017

If you wanted an official comment all you or your reporter had to do was reach out — but neither of you did this.

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 10, 2017

Loesch was then asked over Twitter by the Examiner if she'd like to make an official comment, replying only that the Examiner should have done that before publishing the story.

The officer who killed Castile was acquitted.

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