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Showing Original Post only (View all)Campaign Donations Linked to White Supremacist -the one Dylann Roof liked. [View all]
The leader of a white supremacist group that has been linked to Dylann Roof, the suspect in the murder of nine African-Americans in a Charleston, S.C., church last week, has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican campaigns, including those of 2016 presidential contenders such as Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum and Rand Paul, records show.
Mr. Cruz, a Texas senator, said Sunday night that he would be returning about $8,500 in donations that he had received from the Texas donor, Earl Holt III, who lists himself as president of the Council of Conservative Citizens.
Snip....Mr. Holt, who identified himself in some donation records as a Texas slumlord, has also given money to a number of other current and former Republican members of Congress, including Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, former Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, Representative Steve King of Iowa, and former Representative Todd Akin of Missouri.
Spokesmen for Mr. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, and Mr. Paul, a senator from Kentucky, did not respond to requests for comment on the donations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/us/campaign-donations-linked-to-white-supremacist.html?_r=0Mr. Cruz, a Texas senator, said Sunday night that he would be returning about $8,500 in donations that he had received from the Texas donor, Earl Holt III, who lists himself as president of the Council of Conservative Citizens.
Snip....Mr. Holt, who identified himself in some donation records as a Texas slumlord, has also given money to a number of other current and former Republican members of Congress, including Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, former Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, Representative Steve King of Iowa, and former Representative Todd Akin of Missouri.
Spokesmen for Mr. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, and Mr. Paul, a senator from Kentucky, did not respond to requests for comment on the donations.
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Campaign Donations Linked to White Supremacist -the one Dylann Roof liked. [View all]
dixiegrrrrl
Jun 2015
OP
Didn't know that about George Allen but believe it. Sons named to honor Nathan Bedford Forrest..?
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#47
Last night Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC on The Last Word had a great panel discussion on many
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#43
We have supported the SPLC for many years with small donations, and that will increase. Thank heaven
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#46
now that they know where this money came from, hopefully the media stays on them until they return
Takket
Jun 2015
#8
Same here, this OP is major & needs to be seen by many more Duers too. MSNBC covered a good bit
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#48
Michelle Bachmann? Hey Michelle weren't you going to move out of the country? Soon I hope.
jwirr
Jun 2015
#26
Kicking! The associaton of these pols with white supremacist groups like the CCC, Council of
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#45
In the early-mid 90s I recall hearing about southern white supremacists but not specifically the CCC
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#49
In May 2013, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley appointed Roan Garcia-Quintara, a lifelong CCC,
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#42