Fri Oct 9, 2020, 09:41 AM
Wicked Blue (5,083 posts)
Self-funding QAnon candidate gave own campaign $450,000 after getting PPP loan
Source: Salon via Raw Story
Published 1 min ago on October 9, 2020 By Igor Derysh, Salon Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon conspiracy theorist and Republican candidate who is expected to win her House race in Georgia next month, donated $450,000 to her own campaign after receiving a six-figure Paycheck Protection Program loan from the government for her construction company. Greene, who has promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory and posted videos attacking Black people, Muslims and Jews, won the Republican primary in Georgia’s 14th congressional district in August despite opposition from Republican leaders. She is almost certain to take over the seat now held by retiring Republican Rep. Tom Graves, especially after her Democratic opponent dropped out of the race last month in a district President Trump carried by 50 points. Trump has since praised Greene as a “future Republican star.” Greene’s bid was partially funded by a super PAC allied with the House Freedom Caucus, which has opposed additional funding to provide coronavirus relief to Americans. Greene has opposed additional spending as well, declaring in a Facebook video that “the best stimulus for Americans is allowing Americans to go back to work!” Despite her opposition to the stimulus funding and the PPP, her family’s company, Taylor Commercial, received a six-figure PPP loan worth between $150,000 and $350,000 earlier this year. New York Magazine reported that her name had stopped appearing on the company’s registration forms in 2012 but was added back in 2019. Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/self-funding-qanon-candidate-gave-own-campaign-450000-after-getting-ppp-loan/
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Wicked Blue | Oct 2020 | OP |
dalton99a | Oct 2020 | #1 | |
progressoid | Oct 2020 | #2 | |
groundloop | Oct 2020 | #4 | |
progressoid | Oct 2020 | #7 | |
not_the_one | Oct 2020 | #18 | |
stillcool | Oct 2020 | #3 | |
Bernardo de La Paz | Oct 2020 | #5 | |
MissMillie | Oct 2020 | #6 | |
SergeStorms | Oct 2020 | #8 | |
marble falls | Oct 2020 | #9 | |
sakabatou | Oct 2020 | #10 | |
Duppers | Oct 2020 | #12 | |
BadGimp | Oct 2020 | #11 | |
Duppers | Oct 2020 | #13 | |
dansolo | Oct 2020 | #14 | |
ck4829 | Oct 2020 | #15 | |
NotASurfer | Oct 2020 | #16 | |
Wicked Blue | Oct 2020 | #17 |
Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 09:45 AM
dalton99a (73,758 posts)
1. This shit should get more exposure
Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:09 AM
progressoid (47,707 posts)
2. "who is expected to win her House race"
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Response to progressoid (Reply #2)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:44 AM
groundloop (10,868 posts)
4. Who WILL, unfortunately, win her House race.
That's a far far right district which I used to live in. No way in hell will a Democrat ever win there.
She's an absolute nut case, I've had to endure many of her radio and TV commercials. She's absolutely bonkers. |
Response to groundloop (Reply #4)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:53 AM
progressoid (47,707 posts)
7. Ugh. That's sad.
Response to groundloop (Reply #4)
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:25 AM
not_the_one (2,227 posts)
18. Maybe she can carry out her dutes from a jell cell.
It sounds like a misuse of federal funds, to me.
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Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:42 AM
stillcool (32,620 posts)
3. federally funded elections?
but only for the few. Typical.
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Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:14 AM
Bernardo de La Paz (44,185 posts)
5. Greed Over People going to be a rump party and QAnon will fit right in w rest of lunatics. nt
Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:18 AM
MissMillie (36,921 posts)
6. and the FEC is doing... exactly what about this? (n/t)
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Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 03:12 PM
SergeStorms (18,132 posts)
8. She'll fit right in with the rest of the republican...
criminals and grifters. That she's a Qanon fruitcake really adds to her appeal with right-wing voters.
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Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 03:33 PM
marble falls (47,684 posts)
9. Where's the cops?
Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 03:43 PM
sakabatou (39,992 posts)
10. I believe that's called fraud
Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 04:06 PM
BadGimp (3,893 posts)
11. KARMA will catch this one soon I'm betting.
Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Sat Oct 10, 2020, 06:00 AM
dansolo (5,376 posts)
14. Let her take the seat
She can be arrested when Biden's AG takes over.
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Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 08:38 AM
NotASurfer (1,910 posts)
16. It won't be the first time the House votes to expel a member for criminal activity
But it may be the fastest
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Response to NotASurfer (Reply #16)
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 08:45 AM
Wicked Blue (5,083 posts)