Support for lambs being led to slaughter? - Trump supporters want to hide their names Posted: Aug 10th, 2019 - 9:57 am In Reply to: ‘Unhinged Mob’ Helps President Raise $12 Million - at Hamptons fundraisers
Don't you want to know who owns your president?
Calling out the people who fund campaigns is not a new tactic in politics, but the question of how much should be publicly disclosed about those donors has been an issue that Republicans, led by the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, have repeatedly raised in recent years. While the Supreme Court ruled in the 2010 Citizens United case to uphold public disclosure — with Justice Antonin Scalia, the court’s conservative stalwart, arguing later that without such revelations “democracy is doomed” — Republicans and wealthy allies like the Koch brothers have argued that it results in donor harassment and has a chilling effect on free speech.
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