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Democrats Launch Lawsuit To Stop Republicans From Using Their Campaign Finance Tactic
Daily Caller ^ | 18 Oct 2024 | Robert Schmad

Posted on 10/18/2024 11:30:17 PM PDT by blueplum

House Democrats’ campaign arm sued the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday to block Republicans from using a campaign finance strategy that Democratic committees employ.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) alleges in its lawsuit that Republican joint fundraising committees are exploiting a campaign finance loophole by running attack ads, which they are prohibited from doing, and simply categorizing them as fundraising ads, which are allowed, Axios reported. A joint fundraising committee formed by the DCCC and Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Elisa Slotkin, however, is running an attack ad against Republican Michigan Senate nominee Mike Rogers that seemingly uses the same loophole....

The lawsuit comes after Democrats failed to convince the FEC that Republicans were violating campaign finance law, according to Axios. The Democratic effort to hamstring Republican political spending comes...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaignfinance; dcc; dccc; democraps; democrats; fec; lawfare; pac
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1 posted on 10/18/2024 11:30:17 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

By the title, I thought this was from The Bee. I chuckled but then saw that this was a true story.


2 posted on 10/19/2024 12:40:05 AM PDT by KittyKares
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To: KittyKares

My advice to DJT?

Run TV ads featuring off-the-cuff comments by “Que-Mala”.


3 posted on 10/19/2024 3:23:27 AM PDT by Does so (Vote for The Anti-War President...🇺🇦...Dem☭crats...)
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To: blueplum

The ads against Mike Rogers are brutal in Michigan.

Dems whining about negative ads Repubs using against them while they do the same against Repubs.


4 posted on 10/19/2024 12:08:22 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: Does so

Que-Mala, that’s good. I’ve usually seen Commie-la, which is also applicable.


5 posted on 10/19/2024 2:15:05 PM PDT by KittyKares
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