RE: Pro-Clinton Super PAC Caught Spending $1 Million on Social Media Trolls
April 26, 2016 at 7:21 pm
(April 26, 2016 at 2:15 am)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote:(April 25, 2016 at 8:36 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: Hillary has no control over what a super PAC does.
Are you sure about that? I will quote further down in the article. Here is the link the below except talks about: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...ce=twitter
Quote:Libby Watson of the Sunlight Foundation told the Daily Beast on Thursday that FEC loopholes allow the Hillary Clinton campaign and David Brock’s Super PAC to coordinate with one another, despite the Citizens United vs. FEC Supreme Court decision prohibiting a Super PAC’s independent expenditures from going directly toward a particular candidate.
(April 25, 2016 at 8:17 pm)Irrational Wrote: Haven't checked the link yet, but maybe Hillary has nothing to do with this herself. Super PACs can support a candidate without ever having their permission.You think Hilary won't exploit election law loopholes?
I quite the Daily Beast article:
Quote:“SuperPACs aren’t supposed to coordinate with candidates. The whole reasoning behind (Supreme Court decision) Citizens United rests on (PACs) being independent, but Correct the Record claims it can coordinate,” Watson told The Daily Beast. “It’s not totally clear what their reasoning is, but it seems to be that material posted on the Internet for free—like, blogs—doesn’t count as an ‘independent expenditure.’”
Not saying she wouldn't, only that it doesn't necessarily mean she will. I'm not a fan of Hillary at all, and I'm hoping for a miraculous win for Sanders, but just trying to be objective here.
By the way, I thought SuperPACs can coordinate with candidates. They just can't directly fund their campaigns. But I don't know all of the rules regarding SuperPACs.
