Constitution Party nominee aiming to help Trump, ‘destroy’ Democratic Party (www.yahoo.com)

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[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago

"I am not going to win the presidency. I'm not running to win. I'm running to be the margin of defeat … in the swing states. Because I'm a federal candidate, I can run television ads 60 days from the election, and the TV stations are required by law to take them, so I can target Catholic and African-American voters in Wisconsin, in Michigan, in Pennsylvania."

So, he admits that he is campaigning to elect Trump and his expenditures are actually intended to aid the Trump campaign rather than getting himself elected. That seems to me that this advertising an in kind contribution and, since it would exceed personal contribution limits, illegal under Federal Election laws.

Any lawyers around who can confirm or refute that?

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 2 months ago

"The Constitution Party's economic policy is simple: less regulation, lower taxes," he said. "Stop putting a gun to people's head to pay for your favorite giveaway. America had averaged a 1% tax on the entire populace up until 1913, with the exception of the Civil War when they were retiring war debt. When we had incredibly low taxes, low government regulations, we became the economic wonder of the world," he said.

Stupid fucking idiot. We became an economic power when most of Europe was destroyed and had to rebuild.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

What's so fucking special about 1910s America?

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago

In 2024, Terry won the Constitution Party nomination for president and is running to make the sanctity of human life the focal point of his campaign, with an advertising strategy explicitly designed to boost the Trump campaign and hurt the Democrats.

So… he’s planning to make the death penalty illegal and ban guns? Because sanctity of human life suggests ALL humans, not just the unborn.

[-] DevCat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Randall Terry is a lifelong pro-life activist who founded the Operation Rescue group, which he headed until 1991. He and the group were known for their controversial tactics targeting abortion clinics, blocking entrances and staging raucous protests as Terry and associates racked up dozens of arrests and enormous sums in civil judgments along the way.

Please tie trump to this guy. The ads would write themselves.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

This man does not appear or sound unhinged whatsoever. I'm sure this will be a rousing success.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It's ironic that his strategy depends on what Federal law forces TV stations to do.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago

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