my heart big, but it beat quiet.

YESSSSSSSSS

Here’s the link to the full thread because there are a LOT more politicians that received money from the NRA. There are also sources that confirms the amount of money these corrupt politicians have from the NRA: 

I had once believed that we were all masters of our fate–that we could mold our lives into any form we pleased… I had overcome deafness and blindness sufficiently to be happy, and I supposed that anyone could come out victorious if he threw himself valiantly into life’s struggle. But as I went more and more about the country I learned that I had spoken with assurance on a subject I knew little about… I learned that the power to rise in the world is not within the reach of everyone.

Put light against light - you have nothing. Put dark against dark - you have nothing. It’s the contrast of light and dark that each give the other one meaning.