Graham wants to review ActBlue's source of small-dollar contributions

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who has seen a tsunami of Democratic small-dollar donations flood the South Carolina Senate race, says the sources of the massive amounts of money flowing through ActBlue and other groups need to be reviewed by policymakers.

Graham says that Congress has little idea who’s behind the huge inflows of money that have given his opponent, Jaime Harrison, and other Democratic challengers a major fundraising advantage over GOP incumbents in the final weeks of the campaign.

“Where’s all this money coming from ActBlue coming from? How easy would it be to just have a bunch of pre-paid credit cards?” he asked The Hill.

...snip...

An ActBlue spokesperson said the group reports even its smallest donations to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which oversees fundraising for federal campaigns.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/521989-graham-wants-to-review-actblues-source-of-small-dollar-contributions

[exboyfil]

1. Graham complaining about dark money?

Seriously.

[mpcamb]

17. Oracle CEO donated $250K to Graham Super PAC days before TikTok deal

I'm a guy with a short memory but this was from Sat Oct 17, 2020, 02:04 PM!!

Oracle CEO donated $250K to Graham Super PAC days before TikTok deal went through: report (The Hill)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142606993

Any whining by that little sniveler should land him in front of a Congressional Committee to explain that quarter million.

[chia]

53. +1000

[olegramps]

70. Republicans have sunk to the bottom of the cesspool. It just can't sink any lower.

I was only a child during WWII but I vividly remember the news reports at the movies my mom and I often attended. The pictures of Hitler raving and ranting and the crowd's adulation are being replayed in my mind when I see the Trump campaign rallies. It a phenomena that I never dreamed I would see reenacted during my lifetime. The mobs screaming Heil Hitler and giving the Nazi salute to a murderous dictator and the films of the bellicose Mussolini and his sycophants was something I believed would never se repeated in my lifetime or ever for that matter.

How wrong I was. The only difference is that I don't have to go to the movies to see it. I can see this monstrosity that I thought would never come to my beloved nation happen right in my living room day after day.

[groundloop]

82. Sadly true.... I read many many books about Hitler and WWII growing up ....

I never could quite grasp the phenomenon that led to Hitler's ascension to power. Now, sadly, I understand. And while I want to believe in our election system there's still this nagging doubt in the back of my mind that tRump has something up his sleeve (could his rush to force through a Supreme Court justice friendly to him have something to do with this?).

And as to Lindsey Graham..... if he really wants to look into campaign contributions he's a far bigger fool than I imagined.

[olegramps]

87. Thanks for your input. Every what-a-be dictator has used demagoguery to seize power.

Trump is a master of this tactic. His major scapegoats were the South American immigrates who were desperate to escape their man-made hell. In actuality what they wanted to escape is exactly what he wants to create. I society in which the rich and powerful rule with an iron hand. As for Linsey Graham, he has the spine of a jelly fish and the soul of a cretin. A typical bootlicking Republican.

[lagomorph777]

79. No, Graham complaining about the little people overpowering his big donors.

[ananda]

83. Harrison must be ahead in the polls.

I'm so glad I donated to him more than once...
and I think it went through ActBlue...
I know a lot of my donations did.

[madaboutharry]

2. Hey Lindsey,

The money is coming from people like me! Shut up and go away!

[lastlib]

32. First time in his god-damned life he has ever given a shit about people like us.....

...and he's mad that we exist and hate his stinking entrails.

[Leghorn21]

43. +++

[orangecrush]

51. ++++++++++

[sarge43]

49. Hey Lind, I'll send you my debit card receipts for my ActBlue contributions

Will that help?

*a-hole

[groundloop]

78. Maybe EVERYONE who contributed should email Lindsey..... that'll keep him busy for awhile

[sarge43]

80. I'm seriously thinking of calling his office and asking if that would help.

An email is a good alternative.

[yellowdogintexas]

113. LOL, I would gladly show him my credit card statement and Act Blue history

I can't remember if I sent Jamie a tiny donation or not, but I can do it if it will make Lindsay have a conniption fit

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

3. They are giving up...not even a very creative idea...nt

[Sherman A1]

4. Poor little Leningrad Lindsey

[Bayard]

5. He's one step away

One step away from Trump's--Lock him up--about his political opponent.

[we can do it]

6. Blue money trumps little lindsay, funny!

[orangecrush]

52. Van Morrison!

[UrbanProspector]

7. Hmmm...IIRC

corporations are people too, just ask Mittens.
These lying, desperate republics will loose the Kraken upon themselves even.

[keepthemhonestO]

8. What will he find?

He will find regular people donating whatever they can whenever they can. I even donated and I am frugal as shit especially donated to Harrison when I saw him how they should be praising their anti-choice nominee. I don't live in that state either or the bunch of other senate races that are tight around the country. People are pissed and want to effect change where ever they can. So he'll find regular pissed off citizens. I hope we get him out and Mitch too.

[pazzyanne]

27. + 1 nt

[PatSeg]

44. Of course, he won't find anything

one way or the other. Obviously he won't look, because he knows there's nothing there. It is just a feeble attempt on his part to create the appearance of corruption and illegality. That is what republicans do, they deal in perceptions and distractions, not reality. Too bad they can't apply all that imitative into actual legislation, that would benefit their constituents instead of the contributors of dark money to their campaigns.

The years of republican corruption appears to be unraveling.

[keepthemhonestO]

65. excellent

excellent point

[jaxexpat]

67. The cynicism. "Conservatives" have lived off it for years.....

and it's rewards have come home to roost. So preoccupied with the pretense that they represented the heartland, they could never fathom the actual components of a legitimate grass-roots movement. Since it requires empathy and a passing acquaintance with integrity, a profane concept with republicans since Newt's time, they're caught flatfooted and gob-smacked in the face of some actual citizens who aren't hypnotized by the bumper sticker nonsense.

"Who leaked our playbook?", asks Lindsay and other, here-to-fore confident, GOP saps. It's no longer hypothetical guys. You have finally jumped the shark. Prepare for a dose of your own medicine.

[Sapient Donkey]

85. Yeap. I never donate to political to campaigns

but even I've donated some this year through Act Blue.

[rurallib]

9. All he will learn is how truly hated Republicans are

ETA - I went WAAAAY over my usual budget because this is a true crisis.
And i never used actblue before, but that is what was needed.

How about revealing your sources, Lyndsey?

[pazzyanne]

29. + 1 nt

[yellowdogintexas]

114. Act Blue only works with Democrats

and Democratic organization. Our local Democratic grass roots groups and the county party use it all the time. It is very secure.

The PACs (and we have a LOT of small ones) love it because it gives a list with all the information needed for the state ethics reports.

[patricia92243]

10. I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

[Croney]

13. LOL

[Arkansas Granny]

20. Yes ma'm!

[dem4decades]

11. Bless his heart. He's asking about me.

[Croney]

12. Ooh! Ooh! Let's all give a little more! I want to be investigated.

😁

[AZ8theist]

14. Where is ActBlue money coming from? From ME, that's who.

And thousands more like me. You see, Leningrad, you are so fucking odious as a flip flopping Trumptard, that after your performance at the Kavadrunk hearings, decent Americans COULD NOT WAIT to get rid of you. And now it's (hopefully) happening.

AND, hopefully, it will be discovered WHY you were blackmailed into supporting a traitorous piece of shit you once called a "kook" among other things.

[pazzyanne]

31. Hear, hear!

We know who we are and the Republicans have unleashed the angry silent majority. They just don't understand what their willful ignorance has done - to them. Egotism leads to the downfall of the possessors of this trait.

[truthisfreedom]

15. Good luck there, lady G.

You start snooping and you’ll soon find someone sniffing up your skirt.

[AZ8theist]

16. Repukes had NO PROBLEM with all of the money flowing their way after Citizens United...

Now the shoe is on the other foot, they want to investigate???

Fuck you, Leningrad.

What utter hypocrites....

[Arkansas Granny]

18. He wants to review me? And my daughter? We've both been sending donations to Harrison and others

since we don't have a Democrat to support in the Arkansas Senate race. I've donated to several races outside my state to help flip the Senate.

[UpInArms]

19. Stfu, Lindsey

We found a way to combine our $20 donations.... and there are millions of us

[mahatmakanejeeves]

22. Actually, it's $19.21. AB takes 3.95 percent off the top as a processing fee. I know this because:

Sat Oct 17, 2020: I made a seven-way split at Ditch Mitch or Die Trying.

I am prohibited from using my work computer for partisan purposes, even during non-work hours, so I went to the library to make my donation.

Lindsey Graham will find my name on the list too.

And good morning.

[UpInArms]

24. I always add in the tip

To cover their part ...

☕️☕️☕️☕️

Good morning, my friend

Eta ... Barbara Bollier needs help in Kansas ...

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bluewavehq_ks-sen

[mahatmakanejeeves]

26. Next time. NT

[Salviati]

97. The processing fee goes to the credit card companies, not to ActBlue.

It's going to be present in any donations made via credit card, whether you use ActBlue or not.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

100. Got it. Thanks. NT

[BumRushDaShow]

21. "Where's all this money coming from ActBlue coming from?"

Coming from people like ME dumbass.

My question is, where is all that money coming from that feeds the RNC's "dark money" PACs? Russia perhaps?

You see, whenever they say stuff like this, they are actually the ones guilty of what they assert because they know that their own fundraising has illegal contributions in it, and that prompts them to immediately "project" their own criminal operations onto their opposition to try to deflect attention. But all that does is eventually call attention to themselves. Every. Single. Time.

[yardwork]

23. You gonna investigate me, Lindsey? Bring it.

And then let's investigate YOUR campaign funding.

[irisblue]

25. Yo # Leningrad Lindsey....Yo! It was me. 👋👋👋👋

Tell your friends

[lastlib]

28. Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey, you are so pathetic.

Not only are you getting your ass kicked (and DESERVEDLY so!), but you're whining about it like a three-year-old whose mommy yanked his favorite toy away. You wrote the rules, and now, when they don't work to your advantage, you whine and throw a tempy-tantrum. Why don't you just go home and concede the election and suck on your binky the rest of your miserable life?

[smb]

61. He Can't Suck His Binky When His Mouth Is Busy French-Kissing Trump's Ass nt

[lastlib]

63. point taken.

--- ---

[Escurumbele]

30. Citizens United anyone?

How wonderful Citizens United is when it favours stupid republicans, but when it does not? lets investigate...republicans hypocrisy has no limits, has no end.

How I want to see Graham gone, and the turtle, and Gym Jordan, and many more of course, but those three would be so nice to see them gone.

[Freethinker65]

33. Or, Lindsey, American voters really really do not like you very much.

[mwb970]

34. It's like they just can't believe that most of us want trump out of office.

[StClone]

88. Or, Graham out of office, oh my

[Gothmog]

35. LOL

[James48]

36. Dear Lindsey:

Me.

The money that ACT BLUE passed along to your challenger- was ME.

I saw your ugly face on TV, heard your contempt for America, saw your violations of the Hatch Act pleading for cash inside a government building, while you were at work, and the first thing I said to myself was- when Barr is replaced, I hope they go after your ass criminally.

And then I gave $20.20 to Act Blue, to give to your challenger.

[RicROC]

37. I give $ through ActBlue..

buy my complaint is that they seem to release my eMail address to every Dem. campaign running.

I spend all day blocking texts from people all over the country asking me for MORE money.

[mbusby]

59. Don't feel like...

...the lone ranger. We give when we can but get inundated by them.

[pamdb]

38. Act blue

I can tell you, limp Lindsey, where it comes from, you piece of white trash, it comes from my husband and I who have been donating $25 every social security check. Mostly to Gary Peters, our Senator in Michigan who is locked in a tight race with John James who is getting millions from the DeVos family, from Moscow Mitch, and even from Louis DeJoy.

I have done a little donating to Biden ( only one) and once to Jamie Harrison. But they have a lot of money, so mostly Peters. If you had managed to take your head out of trumps ass long enough to look around, you might not be in the trouble you’re in now.

[denbot]

109. I'll donate $20 to Peters, through ActBlue.

I’ve been giving mostly to Biden and Harrison, but they seem flush, so thanks for the tip.

[Aviation91]

39. Lindsey Graham

you've got a lot of dam nerve to even bring up that subject!!

[Rebl2]

90. Got that right!

[DENVERPOPS]

92. Exactly

If there is one word, to perfectly describe the entire RepubliCON bunch, it would be HYPOCRITICAL......

[Newest Reality]

40. Wait...is Lindsey jelly? He should focus on his own finance problems.

[mdbl]

41. I am going to donate to act blue right now

I don't want to be left off the lindsey's list

[zentrum]

64. Love this!

[lark]

42. Graham is just hated so much that people donate to get rid of him.

His sycophantic lies and treason have hurt the country and the people of SC and they are sick of him!

[Rebl2]

45. Maybe we should

investigate you Lindsay Graham to see where your donations are coming from.

[Journeyman]

46. It's me, Lindsey. Me, and millions of other "me's" all over this great land . . .

Look it up, Lindsey. It's public record. No need to spend my tax money searching for all of us who are here in plain sight.

[keithbvadu2]

47. Lindsey, I'll gladly donate $20 to you if you tell us what dirt on you that Trump told you he has th

Lindsey, I'll gladly donate $20 to you if you tell us what dirt on you that Trump told you he has that made you completely reverse course on hating/now loving him.

[usaf-vet]

48. So he thinks there is a problem and it small donations through ActBlue. Well here is the problem.

Look in the mirror THERE is your problem right in front of you.

And the money is coming from people like ME who want you defeated.

So Citizen United Dark Money is alright as long as it advantages YOU.

You lying tRump cultist hypocrite!

[jonstl08]

50. I donated

Let him look. I donated small dollar amounts to 5 democrat senate campaigns yesterday because it is imperative to take back the Senate. Nothing illegal about it.

[GreenEyedLefty]

54. Oh, NOW they care about money in politics.

He's so gross. He can look - I'm in Michigan and have contributed at least $50 to Jaime Harrison in multiple small donations over the last few months. Harrison might lose but my donations were a statement in support of him, and definitely a reflection of how many of us feel about Lindsey Graham. It's too bad the whole country can't vote in that race, the humiliation would be total and complete. And well deserved.

[colorado_ufo]

55. Why don't you go hug him again, DiFi?

[Evolve Dammit]

56. Hey Lenigrad Lindsey: It's coming from all of us who are sick of your corrupt ass.

[orangecrush]

57. I AM ACT BLUE!!!

[BlueIdaho]

69. X 1000

[BlueIdaho]

71. Must be tough when you're no longer the Belle of the Ball. nt

[AllyCat]

58. Oh Lindsey!!! Right here! I have donated many, many times.

I've donated to your much more honest and qualified challenger! I don't live in your state, but I recognize that your state is not represented by you and that Mr. Harrison is the one to represent your state best and that helps the whole country. I didn't use a prepaid card. But that is a legal and viable option for many.

BTW: since when do you care about "dark money"? Or is it only dark when it supports a candidate you don't like?

[turbinetree]

60. Hey Lindsey think I will donate again to ACT BLUE and oh yeah bring it

after all Citizens United says that we can or did you forget that small print by your Roberts Bush vs Gore enabler...........and just for added measurer maybe you should be worried about Jamie Harrison..

in fact since speech is now money:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-jaime-harrison

[sarge43]

68. That's a plan.

Off to the ActBlue site.

[turbinetree]

73. That's the plan................

[appleannie1]

62. Awe, Lindsey Baby thinks Dems do the same things Thugs do.

[tavernier]

66. *raises hand*

I’m the dark money. Hope my $70 bucks tosses you right out the door.

[kag]

72. And I want to see the donors behind...

ALEC
Americans for Prosperity
The NRA
Wellspring
American Action Network
etc.
etc.
etc.

Lindsey Graham is an enormous hypocrite!

[Marthe48]

74. I donated and used Pay Pal

My friend and I went together and chose candidates we wanted to help, both in our state and others. We sent money to Jaime Harrison. Because graham is a 2 faced liar, and I hope Harrison rides over him on the blue wave!

I have my list handy of who we made political donations to. And since I sent the donations, I'm getting email from every one of the candidates we back.

Really glad graham is feeling the pressure.

[yellowdogintexas]

116. Pay Pal is Republican, I believe

feel free to correct me if I am wrong

[Lulu KC]

75. Look for mine on the list, Lindsay!

From halfway across the country, Jaime's on my list. You gotta go.

[IrishEyes]

76. I confess. The money came from me.

and my little Irish mom, my neighbor, my cousin, my aunt and millions more people who want to see a decent person in the senate instating of a evil little maggot like you.

No offense to maggots. They have a function in this world unlike Lindsey.

[DemoTex]

77. Lindsey, this is why we hate your guts (as you said).

Whiny hypocrite.

[Warpy]

81. I think he's most offended that LITTLE PEOPLE are funding an election

How dare they? Everybody knows it takes BIG MONEY from BIG MEN to run! Little people? They could ruin everything!

[sarge43]

84. A moment in the film Dragonheart

"M'lord, the peasants are revolting!"

"They're always revolting. Now they're rebelling."

[SWBTATTReg]

86. Apparently donations of any kind are prohibited, especially if made to democratic candidates.

Again, the fund raising capabilities of ActBlue are making the republicans insanely jealous and they are coming after ActBlue, I predicted that this would happen but it won't go anywhere, after all, it's our first amendment right.

[ramen]

89. Well, Lindsey, I just made another small-dollar donation in response to this nonsense.

You're welcome.

[relayerbob]

91. Maybe he can my credit card bill that he and his ilk forced me to run up

[notinkansas]

93. If this is so important to him -

it would be totally appropriate for repubs to lead by example. Do it, Graham. Report/disclose all your funding sources.

[samnsara]

94. have at it Lindsey! He will see a whole bunch of small donations from ME....

...and Im making ANOTHER one right now!

[rkleinberger]

95. Well, let's donate to Jamie Harrison's campaign.

[BumRushDaShow]

96. I just found why he is doing this - something posted in LBN last week

Lindsey Graham Accused of Illegally Soliciting Donations in Federal Building
Source: Newsweek

Senator Lindsey Graham has been accused of illegally soliciting donations to his campaign after a statement to the press following Tuesday's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

The South Carolina senator, who is a Republican and staunch ally of President Donald Trump, made a fresh plea for donations at the Capitol as he fights a close race with Democrat Jaime Harrison.

His critics were quick to point out that soliciting campaign donations on federal property is illegal. Graham has called for supporters to give to his re-election effort during previous media appearances.

...

Many social media users also said Graham had broken the law and pointed to 18 U.S. Code § 607, which says, in part : "It shall be unlawful for an individual who is an officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress, to solicit or receive a donation of money or other thing of value in connection with a Federal, State, or local election, while in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by an officer or employee of the United States, from any person."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-accused-illegally-soliciting-donations-federal-building-1539300


https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142605357

And also posted as commentary in that OP -

Link to tweet

TEXT

Rep. Eric Swalwell
@RepSwalwell
This is a crime. @LindseyGrahamSC committed a crime in plain sight.

aída chávez
@aidachavez
Sen. Graham: “I think people in South Carolina are excited about Judge Barrett. I don’t know how much it affected fundraising today, but if you want to help me close the gap…I think the contest in South Carolina has taken on sort of a national profile.”
Embedded video
12:24 AM · Oct 15, 2020

Link to tweet

TEXT

Amee Vanderpool
@girlsreallyrule
Here is @LindseyGrahamSC directly violating 18USC§ 607 that says: It shall be unlawful for an individual, who is a Members of Congress, to solicit or receive a donation in connection with a federal election, while in any room used for official US duties.
1:16 PM · Oct 15, 2020

[marmar]

98. He's pathetic.

[onetexan]

101. Seriously so. I hope Graham loses has pants. This man is now reduced to a pathetic loser who can't

even be gracious in losing. He's made a career of politics and can't accept it when the public is giving him the boot.

[Nitram]

99. Graham just wants to know how the Democrats manage to inspire so many small-dollar contributors.

[BainsBane]

102. The donations come from

people who hate Lindsay's guts.

[efhmc]

103. Is there an Act Blue link to donate to Harrison on DU?

Dying to be called to testify in DC. Only used it for Texas candidates and Biden so far.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

104. Okay Lindsey I'll fess up

I'm one of the donors you big cry baby.

[Greybnk48]

105. Fuck Graham, and the elephant he rode in on! n/t

[westen]

106. Send him two pages

and tell him he can have the rest in mid November.

[denbot]

107. I am ActBlue Spartacus..

I’m sure Leningrad Lindsey is also chomping at the bits to find exactly how 15-20 million passed from Russian sources through the NRA, and to Shitler..

‘Cause anything else would be hypocritical..

[SunSeeker]

108. I'm one of those Actblue small dollar donors for Harrison!

Fuck you Lindsey!


Just for that, I'm donating another $20!

[sarcasmo]

110. Lindsey crying because Jaime Harrison will be victorious.

[Mr.Bill]

111. We may be looking at the first time that members of Congress

who get voted out won't be able to find law firms that will pay them one million dollars a year to put their names on their letterhead.

And that's what really scares the shit out of them.

[Chakaconcarne]

112. They hit me up through Move On.org...

$pecifically to target Graham.

Didn't even have to think twice on that one... Bastard.

[mahina]

115. Right here Senator.

Enjoy your retirement you sad man.

[bluecollar2]

117. I sent Harrison 50 bucks this afternoon through ActBlue

Then I called Lindsey's DC office and told them I'd done it and that I also took the opportunity to donate to my FL26 representative Debbie Mucarsel Powell.

[electric_blue68]

118. Raises hand ✋...

"Guilty" as "charged". 🤪 👍


Screw you, Lindsey! 😠

(hopefully, Buh-bye -too!)


.

[LiberalLovinLug]

119. Republicans found out years ago, that its all about the investigations

Not necessarily about results of those investigations.

They have been using this tactic a long time. The biggest one was the Bill Clinton "lying" to a grand jury about a sexual dalliance.
Benghazi. Emails. whatever they can scrape even the smallest amount of dirt. They gather it all up, add a lot of their own manure to it, mix it with water into mud and throw it at the wall over and over (Benghazi had 11 investigations/hearings) until the old adage, where there's smoke there must be some kind of fire, works. Especially if their water carriers in the TV, radio, and internet help push it 24/7.

No different here. Fox will take this baton like every other one offered, and expand it and make it look like its a very very very serious crime going unnoticed. And being suppressed by the Deep State of course.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

120. Got 2 25's from his neighbors down South.

And we are real. See you in your nightmares Linz.

[Sparky 1]

121. He's apparently unaware of how many Americans detest him. nt

[intheflow]

122. Oh, now it's our fault he's not raising enough money to win?

Nice deflection.