Chapter 256 Rifle Association Chairman Laureate

Abel answered the call from LaPierre.

LaPierre is the vice president of the National Rifle Association.

Compared to the chairman whose term is only one year.

LaPierre has been the executive vice chairman for almost ten years now.

In accordance with the rules of the Association, the Executive Vice President, who is not one of the 75 members of the Board of Directors but is appointed by the Board of Directors, serves as the Chief Executive Officer.

LaPierre was also in Indianapolis these days. After knowing that Abel and little Laura were also here, he invited Abel to come and get together.

The party was held at the Conrad Indianapolis Hotel, a club not far away.

The club is owned by the NRA Association, the National Rifle Association.

When Abel and little Laura arrived.

I discovered that LaPierre was not the only one in the club.

There was also a local named Richard Luger and his wife, as well as many other guests and their wives.

Richard Luger's wife knew little Laura, and little Laura knew her.

She quickly pulled little Laura into the ladies' circle not far away.

LaPierre's wife is there too.

In the spacious hall of the entire club, around a dozen sofas, twenty or thirty people gathered in small circles.

After little Laura left.

LaPierre smiled and introduced the identity of Richard Luger to Abel.

"Abel." The executive vice-president of the NRA, who is famous for his smooth talk, introduced Richard Lugar with a smile.

"This is Mr. Lugar. You may have heard of his name. But I still want to introduce it to you. Mr. Lugar is the chairman of our association this year. At the same time, he is one of the senators from Indiana.

Chairman of the Relations Committee.”

The words of LaPierre's introduction had just finished.

Standing in front of Abel, Richard Luger, who was a head shorter than Abel, had straight features and white hair, smiled and extended his hand to Abel:

"Hello, Mr. Smith. I am Richard Luger. I have wanted to meet you for a long time, but I never had the chance."

Abel also smiled, shook hands with him, and said softly:

"Hello, Mr. Luger. I am Abel Smith. In fact, I am too. Because Herbert mentioned you to me many times, and he praised you many times in front of me as an excellent diplomat, not a diplomat.

diplomat."

"Hahaha~" Richard Luger looked happy and laughed, "How is Herbert? I haven't seen him for half a year."

"He's fine." Abel actually hadn't seen the old bush for almost half a year.

But Abel could tell lies with his eyes open, and both people in front of him would believe him.

Many people in the upper echelons of the United States already know that the Smith family, which has some influence in Texas, has formed an alliance with the Bush family.

He also knew that the young man in front of him was the link between the two families.

He is one of the future sons-in-law of the Bush family.

Everyone naturally thought that it would be very easy for this young man to meet Herbert.

After the two people were introduced, the atmosphere was very good.

LaPierre took the opportunity to reveal the purpose of inviting Abel over.

LaPierre said straight to the point: "Abel, you know. Our association's annual internal elections are about to begin."

Abel actually doesn't know, he doesn't care much about the NRA, and he doesn't follow his father's path.

Abel's business often does not use the NRA association.

But at this time, of course Abel smiled and nodded, showing that he really knew.

"Same as usual," LaPierre said:

"25 council members will be re-elected this year. Dear Abel, Richard and I agree that you have long been qualified to become one of the council members."

Richard Luger smiled beside him and said:

"That's for sure. As the largest funder of the NRA Association last year, if you are not qualified yet, then who in the NRA Association is qualified to be this director?"

Abel had understood a little bit and smiled reservedly.

The thing is very simple.

The highest authority of the NRA Association is the Board of Directors, which always has only 75 members.

The board of directors will elect a chairman internally, and the current chairman is Richard Lugar.

The general term of this chairman is only one year, and most of them are honorary and nominal, regardless of matters.

The chairman himself is also one of the 75 directors, who are re-elected every three years.

Internal elections within the association are held every year. Each year, the terms of twenty-five directors expire, and then their positions are subject to re-election.

In this way, a group of new directors will join and a group of old directors will exit every year.

But at the same time, there are also many board members who can stay in their seats because of their strength.

Like Abel's father, Alexander, Abel knew that his father had served as a director of the NRA for at least five terms.

This is a bit like being a senator in the Senate. As long as you can win the election, you may even be a senator for a lifetime.

"Then where is my electoral district?" After understanding the reason why the two were looking for him, Abel smiled and said, "You won't let me go back to Texas to elect, right?"

Director status of the NRA Association.

The Rifle Association's more than four million members vote annually.

The election process is generally no different from other elections in the United States.

The 4 million members of the association are divided into 75 constituencies across the country according to their residential addresses.

Each constituency has three candidates in each election.

NRA association members in the constituency choose one of the three candidates to vote.

The final winner is the NRA director of the district, serving a three-year term.

Alexander's district is in Tarrant County and three nearby counties.

This area happens to be a place where the Smith family can influence, and the previous director has always been Alex Smith.

Richard Luger and LaPierre asked Abel to pick.

Abel, who understood these situations, asked which constituency he wanted to vote for.

You can't go back and seize dad's throne, right?

"New York and Los Angeles are fine," LaPierre said:

"It can even be anywhere. As long as you live in that place, own a house and pay local taxes."

"I understand." Abel smiled: "Then New York."

"No problem." LaPierre said firmly.

Little Laura is on the other side, like Abel.

She also integrated into a small circle of five or six noble ladies headed by the wives of LaPierre and Richard Luger.

Richard Lugar is a senior senator and an Indiana congressman since the 1980s.

He successfully ran for Senate in the late 1980s and has been re-elected until now.

When little Laura's grandfather was the owner of the White House.

Richard Lugar is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The cooperation between the two is very pleasant. At the same time, they are both big bosses in the Xiang Party and have a good relationship.

Richard Luger and his wife visited the Bush family many times.

This lady named Lisa naturally knew little Laura.

LaPierre's wife is Susan Znedoka, the second wife of the deputy executive director.

LaPierre has a weak character and holds a lot of power. He develops according to the normal human script. It is only a matter of time before he is taken advantage of.

LaPierre's new wife, Susan, is generally considered to be such a behind-the-scenes manipulator.

From the attitudes of Lisa and Susan towards little Laura, it can be seen that Susan wants to get closer to her and her attitude tends to be more flattering.

"This is Miss Lauren Bush Lauren." Susan Znedoka proactively and eagerly introduced little Laura into the small circle.

The five or six ladies in this small circle are all senior figures in the NRA association or their wives.

They may not know little Laura. But it is impossible that they have not heard of the surname Shrub.
To be continued...