And now, a word or two from Igor Volsky

As Dylan Thomas once said of Thomas Hardy, perhaps the worst thing would be for someone to select from his work enthusiastically; and probably the best thing would be to read every single one of Volsky's tweets tonight.  But here is a small sampler:

NRA spent $30,650,008 in independent expenditures during the 2014 election cycle. You read that right. $30,650,008.

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) December 3, 2015

Touted strong "2nd Amendment" record during election campaign: https://t.co/hO8AxLa1Bp https://t.co/gPDO26WqXD

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) December 3, 2015

NRA dumped $922K into McConnell's re-elect bid, so when it comes to preventing gun violence all u get is this tweet https://t.co/RsSvFRDlZr

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) December 3, 2015

Gosar touts his "A" rating from the NRA on campaign website: https://t.co/hkwoW7eiQz https://t.co/oHWnnk0XyG

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) December 3, 2015

Johnson "benefitted from more than $1.3 MILLION from gun rights groups" https://t.co/H2j4d2h3y7 https://t.co/6m0B0fq8nK

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) December 3, 2015

Got $2,000 from NRA during the 2014 election cycle, so praying is about all you'll do to prevent gun violence https://t.co/evUsCJdArg

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) December 3, 2015

Got $4,500 from NRA in 2014, meaning she'll work to reduce gun violence only using "heartfelt thoughts" https://t.co/IVgdOTxckN

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) December 3, 2015

&c.