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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill the freeze on Russian assets hurt the GOP campaign efforts?
I mean, that's the real reason they're all in with Putin, isn't it?
live love laugh
(13,140 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Same thing, really.
live love laugh
(13,140 posts)with power they can get money domestically.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)For example, that clown who got convicted the other day of taking campaign data from the KGB (FSB).
KGB doesn't work for free.
DBoon
(22,397 posts)laundered through organizations like the NRA
Gore1FL
(21,152 posts)I don't doubt they bankroll a few of them.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,453 posts)I assume Putin has huge amounts of money hidden away before the invasion.
So I assume the money will still come to the US GOP from Putin.
live love laugh
(13,140 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,453 posts)But I am sure Putin will still be able to get money them as well.
mopinko
(70,238 posts)but yeah, they'll find a way.
Irish_Dem
(47,453 posts)And there is more where that came from.
Edit to add:
Everything is expendable. Putin will find another way to get money to the GOP if the NRA goes away.
Funding gun violence is important to Putin. Makes the US look foolish to allow school children to be killed in their classrooms.
brooklynite
(94,745 posts)Can we be honest? Foreign entities CANNOT contribute money to US candidates or to FEC registered PACs. They never have. And all contributions are logged and publicly searchable.
gab13by13
(21,408 posts)We don't know who is funding right wing bills. What's the difference if the money goes to the bills instead of directly to the politician?
We have a serious problem with dark money, we need to be honest about that.
maxrandb
(15,359 posts)it's that they always respect and follow the law.
boston bean
(36,223 posts)gab13by13
(21,408 posts)to better launder money?
TheBlackAdder
(28,222 posts).
Just a few percentage is enough to flip or ensure Democratic victories in some of the close states.
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