Republican donor sues GOP for fraud over ObamaCare repeal failure
Source: MSN
A Republican donor in Virginia has filed a lawsuit against the national and Virginia Republican parties, accusing them of fraud and racketeering for raising millions of dollars in donations knowing they wouldn't be able to repeal ObamaCare.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that Bob Heghmann, a retired attorney in Virginia Beach, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Thursday. The suit blasts the Republican Party, saying it "has been engaged in a pattern of Racketeering which involves massive fraud perpetrated on Republican voters and contributors as well as some Independents and Democrats."
The lawsuit's defendants include the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican Party of Virginia, as well as Virginia's two members of the RNC and the chairman of the state Republican Party, John Whitbeck.
Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-donor-sues-gop-for-fraud-over-obamacare-repeal-failure/ar-AApqJrk?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
It's getting interesting.
still_one
(92,494 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)But God do I love watching them eat their own.
still_one
(92,494 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,943 posts)"Caveat emptor" buyer beware.
I knew they couldn't deliver, he was too gullible.
still_one
(92,494 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)still_one
(92,494 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Last edited Sat Aug 5, 2017, 01:36 PM - Edit history (1)
bucolic_frolic
(43,465 posts)The vagueness, complexity, and lack of specific clauses for one
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)with Republicans.
Is this the guy's very first political donation, or what?
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)When Heghmann buys politicians, he expects them to STAY bought!
procon
(15,805 posts)normal way Republican politicians act. They lie. They lie to get money. They lie to get votes. They lie to get on TV. They lie in whatever office they were elected to, this is who they are. If he hasn't noticed that Republicans have been running the same con job for decades, then he deserves to be scammed and has no call to complain for his own stupidity.
groundloop
(11,530 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)lark
(23,190 posts)dlk
(11,598 posts)cstanleytech
(26,347 posts)binding, if they were a lot of politicians would be in jail.
trof
(54,256 posts)Have fun.
Go with it.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)jpak
(41,760 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)Beartracks
(12,834 posts)Their whole platform is just a house of cards. Not to mention, they market themselves as smart people with good ideas and the best interests of ALL Americans at heart, and none of that is true.
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cannabis_flower
(3,769 posts)He will lose. Appeal and lose again. Lots of work for his lawyer.
mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)WinstonSmith4740
(3,059 posts)But SO much fun watching them get into a circular firing squad.
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)The "You Forgot The 'Not From The Onion' Disclaimer" category.
rocktivity
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Fuck you, buddy. Drop dead yourself.
Squinch
(51,080 posts)allow donors to buy politicians or political outcomes.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Gothmog
(145,821 posts)He can waste his time but I doubt that he will bet any relief
IronLionZion
(45,621 posts)It would be awesome if our side came together and became more united.
sandensea
(21,711 posts)Today's GOP IS a racket.
That's what the rest of us have been tying to tell you and your fellow true believers for decades.
riversedge
(70,440 posts)................ He wants the GOP to either threaten to withhold money from members of Congress if they don't repeal ObamaCare, or return contributions to donors.
"If the candidates don't deliver, it's incumbent on the RNC to go to the candidate and say, 'You can't do this,' " Heghmann said, according to the Pilot.
Heghmann's suit alleges that both the national and state GOP raised millions of dollars from 2009 to 2016 by promising to repeal ObamaCare, but that Republicans knew they would be unable to repeal the law when former President Obama won reelection in 2012..........................
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,414 posts)"They took my bribe so I better see results!!!"