RawStory has jumped the shark. They appear to have single sourced their information from Fusion and have bought into the hyperbole.
Zinke's link was having been given a donation by an idiot, who donated $65,000 to a number of Republican candidates, all of whom returned or donated the contributions (as far as I can tell right now, Ted Cruz being another) when informed of its source. Zinke, when notified of who contributed a whopping $500, promptly donated it to a charity to help the Roof victims.
The other link that apparently counts as being cozy with racist organizations is the charge from his congressional seat competitor that he endorsed Taylor Rose, who as a student at Bob Jones university was a member of a now defunct Christian based Western Civilization organization. Rose is also accused of contributing as a writer to some other organization identified as a hate group by the SPLC. This seems a bit problematic, but there's no way of knowing what Zinke's understanding here is. The Zinke campaign denies the claim.
The clickbait headlines are overstating the supposed links and coziness I think.
Zinke's link was having been given a donation by an idiot, who donated $65,000 to a number of Republican candidates, all of whom returned or donated the contributions (as far as I can tell right now, Ted Cruz being another) when informed of its source. Zinke, when notified of who contributed a whopping $500, promptly donated it to a charity to help the Roof victims.
The other link that apparently counts as being cozy with racist organizations is the charge from his congressional seat competitor that he endorsed Taylor Rose, who as a student at Bob Jones university was a member of a now defunct Christian based Western Civilization organization. Rose is also accused of contributing as a writer to some other organization identified as a hate group by the SPLC. This seems a bit problematic, but there's no way of knowing what Zinke's understanding here is. The Zinke campaign denies the claim.
The clickbait headlines are overstating the supposed links and coziness I think.
