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Related: About this forumLibertarian Candidate Files Federal Complaint Against Beto O'Rourke and CNN
In what he is calling the largest single campaign complaint in history, Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Neal Dikeman is alleging that a planned town hall meeting by CNN amounts to an illegal $10 million in-kind campaign contribution to Democrat Beto ORourke.
Dikeman filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission on the heels of news last week that ORourke shattered fundraising records with a $38.1 million take in the final quarter before the November 6 election. Dikeman alleges in his complaint that a town hall scheduled for Thursday in McAllen violates federal election law because it will give ORourke an hour-long prime time forum worth millions of advertising dollars.
Politics should not be about money, and corporations should not be funding politicians, Dikeman said in a prepared statement. Particularly in this race as Congressman ORourke is running fundraising campaigns touting his exclusion of special interest money. Excluding a Libertarian nominee from the debates because you think Ill take more votes from you than the other guy is one thing, politics is politics. But violating campaign finance laws, especially on this scale is much bigger than that. The scope of this violation should give every American pause.
Neither the ORourke or Cruz campaigns responded to a Texas Monthly request for comment.
Read more: https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/libertarian-candidate-files-federal-complaint-beto-orourke-cnn/
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)Politics should not be about money, and corporations should not be funding politicians,
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)They only yell when it's their side getting screwed.