Grant Stinchfield, the host of a new venture from the National Rifle Association called NRATV, has written on social media that minorities should be blamed for gun violence and promoted conspiracy theories that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered and that “maybe Israelis” shot down a Russian passenger aircraft.
Launched earlier this month, NRATV plays material from the NRA’s video archive 24 hours a day, with Stinchfield breaking in to give live updates. Many of the updates involve promoting the candidacy of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and are branded with a graphic that says, “ELECTION COUNTDOWN: SAVE THE 2ND.” (Though Stinchfield, a conservative Texas-based radio host and former Republican candidate for Congress, previously authored a column in which he said he regretted voting for Trump during the GOP primary.)
Commenting in October 2015 on a New York Times article about the 30-plus gun homicides that occur on an average day in America, Stinchfield wrote on Twitter, “Blame minorities killing each other not law abiding conservatives. Let's look harder at broken families not gun laws.”
Blame minorities killing each other not law abiding conservatives. Let's look harder at broken families not gun laws https://t.co/uUxu6goVWb
— Grant Stinchfield (@stinchfield1776) October 9, 2015
Stinchfield also suggested that Justice Scalia, who died in February, was murdered by President Obama:
Justice Scalia murdered? pillow over his face. No autopsy. Death ruled natural causes by judge over the phone.
— Grant Stinchfield (@stinchfield1776) February 16, 2016
#ScaliaDeath should be investigated by the FBI. To many red flags. #Obama and Unions have motive to want him dead.
— Grant Stinchfield (@stinchfield1776) February 16, 2016
In November 2015, Stinchfield speculated about whether Israel, MI6 or the CIA may have been involved in downing Metrojet Flight 9268, a Russian passenger plane that exploded over Egypt in October 2015. ISIS has claimed credit for placing a bomb on the plane.
Russian Jetliner brought down by CIA, MI6 maybe Israelis. Conspiracy theory or possibility? I break it down 3pm. @570KLIF #russianplane
— Grant Stinchfield (@stinchfield1776) November 12, 2015
Stinchfield has also asked on Twitter, “Does #ISIS have Tranny Jihadis?”:
#Transgender Soldiers? Is that about National Security or a weird social experiment? Does #ISIS have Tranny Jihadis? #LGBT 3pm @570KLIF
— Grant Stinchfield (@stinchfield1776) July 14, 2015