Rand Paul linked to campaign donations of White Supremacist groups
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theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
What Republican repudiated the war on drugs? Rand Paul? U sure thats who u want to hang ur ideological hat on?
http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-...tor-open-to-sweeping-criminal-justice-reforms
http://chicago.suntimes.com/washing...ds-on-gop-for-police-criminal-justice-reforms
http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/senators-see-bipartisan-momentum-for-criminal-justice-reform/?dcz=
my ideological hat is black domination
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Rand Paul Refuses To Return Contributions From These White Separatists
BY JOSH ISRAEL
POSTED ON JUNE 24, 2015 AT 9:55 AM
CREDIT: AP PHOTO/ANDREW HARNIK
Republican politicians scrambled this week to divest themselves of campaign contributions received from a donor tied to the designated white nationalist hate group that allegedly influenced Dylann Roof to shoot and kill nine African Americans at the historic Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina last week.
While Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) quickly moved to donate the contributions he received from Earl **** III to a fund established to help the victims’ families, this stands in stark contrast to his past handling of white separatist donors.
Though on most of ****’s campaign contributions he identified himself as a “landlord” or as a “slumlord,” he has also served as president of the Council of Conservative Citizens — a group that calls itself “the only serious nationwide activist group that sticks up for white rights.” The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) describes the Council as “the modern reincarnation of the old White Citizens Councils, which were formed in the 1950s and 1960s to battle school desegregation in the South.”
**** made multiple contributions to Paul’s leadership political action committee, RandPAC. A Paul spokesman said Monday that “RandPAC is donating the funds to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund to assist the victims’ families.”
But this is not the first time Paul has had to deal with this issue. In his first campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2010, Paul received multiple donations from contributors tied to organizations identified by SPLC as white nationalist or neo-confederate hate groups. In September of that year, the New York Daily News reported that three such activists had given at least $1,400 combined to Paul.
The Paul campaign’s Federal Election Commission reports revealed that he received $500 fromVirginia Abernethy (a self-described “ethnic separatist” with her own ties to the Council of Conservative Citizens), two donations totaling $700 from William Daniel Johnson (a corporate lawyer who once proposed a constitutional amendment to strip non-white Americans of their citizenship), and $200 from Carl Ford (an officer of a group that endorsed a second secession).
The contributions came during a campaign in which Paul openly criticized the public accommodations provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, saying “I think it’s a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant — but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership.” Paul has since denied ever holding that position.
When the 2010 donations came to light, Paul spokesman Gary Howard said that the campaign would not return the donations and “cannot perform background checks on all of our 35,000 plus donors.” He later acknowledged that these donations had come from white separatists — but still declined to return the funds, arguing, “Dr. Paul condemns hatred and discrimination, and if the white separatists who donated to his campaign think he shares their views they are badly mistaken and would be in for a rude awakening when they see that 20 percent of his campaign staff is made up of African Americans.”
The Paul campaign did not immediately respond to multiple ThinkProgress inquiries regarding whether it would now donate the Abernethy, Johnson, and Ford contributions to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund and why those contributions were handled differently than the funds received from Earl **** III.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/06/24/3673358/rand-paul-white-separatist-money/
this isn't the first time as some of you may remember
BY JOSH ISRAEL
POSTED ON JUNE 24, 2015 AT 9:55 AM
CREDIT: AP PHOTO/ANDREW HARNIK
Republican politicians scrambled this week to divest themselves of campaign contributions received from a donor tied to the designated white nationalist hate group that allegedly influenced Dylann Roof to shoot and kill nine African Americans at the historic Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina last week.
While Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) quickly moved to donate the contributions he received from Earl **** III to a fund established to help the victims’ families, this stands in stark contrast to his past handling of white separatist donors.
Though on most of ****’s campaign contributions he identified himself as a “landlord” or as a “slumlord,” he has also served as president of the Council of Conservative Citizens — a group that calls itself “the only serious nationwide activist group that sticks up for white rights.” The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) describes the Council as “the modern reincarnation of the old White Citizens Councils, which were formed in the 1950s and 1960s to battle school desegregation in the South.”
**** made multiple contributions to Paul’s leadership political action committee, RandPAC. A Paul spokesman said Monday that “RandPAC is donating the funds to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund to assist the victims’ families.”
But this is not the first time Paul has had to deal with this issue. In his first campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2010, Paul received multiple donations from contributors tied to organizations identified by SPLC as white nationalist or neo-confederate hate groups. In September of that year, the New York Daily News reported that three such activists had given at least $1,400 combined to Paul.
The Paul campaign’s Federal Election Commission reports revealed that he received $500 fromVirginia Abernethy (a self-described “ethnic separatist” with her own ties to the Council of Conservative Citizens), two donations totaling $700 from William Daniel Johnson (a corporate lawyer who once proposed a constitutional amendment to strip non-white Americans of their citizenship), and $200 from Carl Ford (an officer of a group that endorsed a second secession).
The contributions came during a campaign in which Paul openly criticized the public accommodations provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, saying “I think it’s a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant — but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership.” Paul has since denied ever holding that position.
When the 2010 donations came to light, Paul spokesman Gary Howard said that the campaign would not return the donations and “cannot perform background checks on all of our 35,000 plus donors.” He later acknowledged that these donations had come from white separatists — but still declined to return the funds, arguing, “Dr. Paul condemns hatred and discrimination, and if the white separatists who donated to his campaign think he shares their views they are badly mistaken and would be in for a rude awakening when they see that 20 percent of his campaign staff is made up of African Americans.”
The Paul campaign did not immediately respond to multiple ThinkProgress inquiries regarding whether it would now donate the Abernethy, Johnson, and Ford contributions to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund and why those contributions were handled differently than the funds received from Earl **** III.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/06/24/3673358/rand-paul-white-separatist-money/
this isn't the first time as some of you may remember
superunknown23
Superstar
He's been getting money from them since 2010.... He knows who butters his bread
So republican candidates get donations from white supremacists like Earl ****, Don Black and David Duke. Yet some folks act surprised that minorities avoid them like the plague
The GOP isn't 92 percent white by accident.
So republican candidates get donations from white supremacists like Earl ****, Don Black and David Duke. Yet some folks act surprised that minorities avoid them like the plague
The GOP isn't 92 percent white by accident.
Domingo Halliburton
Handmade in USA
so when is every democratic senator going to have to explain their relationship to Bob Byrd who was a clansmen?
superunknown23
Superstar
The same Robert Byrd who compiled the most Civil Rights-friendly record in the Senate (even more liberal than Ted Kennedy) and consistently earned an A-rating from the NAACP since the 1970s? The same guy who pushed for the creation of the MLK Holiday in 1983 (Reagan opposed it but was forced to sign the bill after it passed with a veto-proof majority)?
Compare his evolution to southern racists like Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms...
Domingo Halliburton
Handmade in USA
The same Robert Byrd who compiled the most Civil Rights-friendly record in the Senate (even more liberal than Ted Kennedy) and consistently earned an A-rating from the NAACP since the 1970s? The same guy who pushed for the creation of the MLK Holiday in 1983 (Reagan opposed it but was forced to sign the bill after it passed with a veto-proof majority)?
Compare his evolution to southern racists like Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms...
he did have quite the change of heart after recruiting 150 people to the clan.
edit: I should clarify both sides are clowns
Dusty Bake Activate
Fukk your corny debates
Meeting with Cliven Bundy now. No way he's serious about being President.
No way he's serious about being President.