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Campaigns distance themselves from ‘white supremacist’ leader’s donations

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Campaigns distance themselves from ‘white supremacist’ leader’s donations - The Washington Post

The leader of a white supremacist group that appears to have influenced accused Charleston church killer Dylann Roof made thousands of dollars of campaign contributions to various Republican campaigns, according to federal records and news reports. There is no evidence that the campaigns, including those of Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Rick Santorum, were aware of the group’s background and they were moving quickly yesterday to disassociate themselves from it, with Cruz’s campaign the first to announce that it would return money it had received.

Earl Holt III, president of the Council of Conservative Citizens, has given money to the campaigns or Super PACs supporting Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Rick Santorum, among others, Federal Election Commission records show. The CCC Web site is among those mentioned in Roof’s online manifesto. Roof is accused of killing nine people at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church last Wednesday night.
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yikes. :shock: This is going to hang over the election indefinitely.
 
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SlevinKelevra said:
good for him;
doesn't change that this guy gave $ to the GOP candidates.

why did he? what is it about GOP candidates that he prefers?
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I guess you'd have to ask him.
 
SlevinKelevra said:
I'd rather ask the candidates. "Why is it a racist, (seemingly?) cultesque loon thinks your installation in government serves him?"
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SlevinKelevra said:
good for him;
doesn't change that this guy gave $ to the GOP candidates.

why did he? what is it about GOP candidates that he prefers?
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No more reasonable a question than asking why members of NAMBLA give money to Democratic candidates.

There's two parties within the united states that have any legitimate shot of winning a presidential election. Simply because a particular person or group prefers one to the other does not suggest that said party somehow supports, agrees with, or is in line with the fringe views of those groups as the obvious attempt to combine the two is being done here.

All that's going on here is a Godwin-style method of pathetic and disgusting political mudslinging of the lowest order.
 
Zyphlin said:
No more reasonable a question than asking why members of NAMBLA give money to Democratic candidates.

There's two parties within the united states that have any legitimate shot of winning a presidential election. Simply because a particular person or group prefers one to the other does not suggest that said party somehow supports, agrees with, or is in line with the fringe views of those groups as the obvious attempt to combine the two is being done here.

All that's going on here is a Godwin-style method of pathetic and disgusting political mudslinging of the lowest order.
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while I'm not going to defend Nambla or their ilk,

you are conflating membership with leadership. do Nambla leaders give to DEMs ? (I don't know)
 
SlevinKelevra said:
I'd rather ask the candidates. "Why is it a racist, (seemingly?) cultesque loon thinks your installation in government serves him?"
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Maybe he's not a one issue voter.
 
So now the press is interested in who is donating to whom? The Clinton Foundation may start getting concerned.
 
While I can't stand most of the Republicans I certainly don't hold them responsible for the actions of all their donors, let alone for the actions of those influenced by the actions of some of their donors. And Democrats better be careful in capitalizing on it because I can assure you plenty of their donors will have dirt as well.
 
I would find it shameful if every candidate had to vet every donor, but if they become aware of a donation from an objectionable source, they have full rights to return the funds.
Lets get real. People of all political persuasion can be disgusting. While I abhor bigots of any sort, I defend their right to speak their mind and to donate to whomever they wish. America isn't made up of polite little robots who fit into preselected and acceptable categories.
Seriously, vetting a candidate based on their donor list isn't high on my list of priorities?
 
SlevinKelevra said:
good for him;
doesn't change that this guy gave $ to the GOP candidates.

why did he? what is it about GOP candidates that he prefers?
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Who is this guy? The shooter?
 
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