Posted on 02/01/2017 4:10:22 PM PST by TennesseeGirl
A document from the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) indicates that Donald Trump took steps last week to outmaneuver nonprofit organizations, leaving them unable to officially campaign against him over the next few years of his Presidency.
Filed on January 20th, 2017, the letter states that, while not an official announcement for reelection, Donald Trump has filed an FEC Form 2 in order to “ensure compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act.” This is an unprecedented, although legal, move for the President to make. Barack Obama did not file for his 2012 re-election bid until April 2011. Having filed (even if not formally announcing a bid) as a candidate, Trump would be able to coordinate with PACs and other similar organizations.
More importantly, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations would no longer be able to engage in “political speech” which could theoretically affect the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election without running the risk of losing their nonprofit status. The move effectively bars interest groups from creating nonprofits which they could funnel money into for the purposes of opposing Trump’s initiatives. This will likely create chaos for political opponents of Trump such as George Soros, who has sunk significant amounts of money into various nonprofit groups with the intent of opposing Trump’s government. How 501(c)(3) organizations will comply with the FEC’s regulations when participating an actions which qualify as political speech remains to be seen.
Ping for more winning!
Making sure that the law applies to demodogs as well as Republicans
I not really following this. Because he filed they can take out ads against him through his first term?
As things are at the moment, he can’t be blamed for doing this.
Required to file. Fund reached minimum amount triggering filing.
I don’t understand it. But I do accept it. Win?
This is the key.
very clever
Impressive. Donald Trump IS a Jedi Master.
Tis what im wondetring as well.
Shutting down the SorozNazi sedition operation? Sounds WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!please tell us it’s for real !
I'm not a lawyer and don't play one on t.v. (ha,ha), but it sounds like 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations WON'T be able to engage in opposition “political speech” which could theoretically affect the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election without risking their nonprofit status. Sounds to me like he's taking their Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, turning it around, and using it against the Left.
Rule 4: Make opponents live up to their own book of rules.
Rule 6: A good tactic is one your people enjoy. “If your people aren’t having a ball doing it, there is something very wrong with the tactic.”
it sounds like 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations WON’T be able to engage in opposition “political speech”
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Link to other thread and post on this issue
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3519956/posts?page=34#34
The non-profts can’t run “educational” advertising about what is now a partisan political issue.
Brilliant tactical move by General Trump!
Sounds like a very smart move
I see “Campaign Finance Reform” as unconstitutional regulations of freedom of the press (Note: “the press” is not, as the CFR statutes would have it, the Associated Press and its membership. “Freedom of the press” is the right of the people to spend their own money without limit in an effort to promote their own opinions. You have freedom of the press even if you do not own a press - yet. Because you have the right to buy one if you wanna. In fact, anyone who has a blog is engaged in the free use of a modern “press").My take on this article is that it is President Trump gaming the CFR system to his own advantage, and as a Republican I’m glad to see it. If it means that CFR steps on the toes of the perpetrators of CFR, that is poetic justice. I wish that President Trump found a way to enforce CFR so strictly that the Democrats who perpetrated CFR scream for its repeal. Thereby vindicating the four justices of SCOTUS (Scalia and Rhenquist, plus Kennedy and Thomas still sitting) who rightly dissented from McConnell v. FEC. Justice O’Connor, unfortunately, was the deciding vote for McConnell.
Absolutely genius. If the libs think they can outmaneuver DJT they are really in a world of hurt.
Playing chess.
Planned Parenthood is not gonna like this.
Fascinating, if true.
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