Source: The Intercept
Monga demokalase pulayimale m'chigawo cha 11 cha Congression ku Ohio chatsala pang'ono kutha, a Shontel Brown, membala wa Council of Cuyahoga County komanso wapampando wachipani cha Democratic Party, akuyang'anizana ndi kafukufuku yemwe angachitike chifukwa cha ntchito yake yam'mbuyomu yochirikiza mamiliyoni a madola m'makontrakitala operekedwa kumakampani omwe amayendetsedwa ndi iye. othandizana nawo komanso opereka kampeni. Malinga ndi nkhani yofalitsidwa Lachiwiri ndi Newsweek ndi Daily Poster, Ofesi ya Attorney General ya Ohio idachita chidwi ndi kale Intercept nkhani ndipo mu June adatumiza ku ofesi ya auditor wa boma, komwe akuluakulu adagwirizana kuti nkhaniyi ipite ku bungwe loona za malamulo a boma. Pakadali pano, komanso zosagwirizana ndi kafukufuku yemwe angachitike, zowululira zandalama zomwe zangotulutsidwa kumene zikuwonetsa kuti a Brown ndi a Democratic PAC omwe amathandizira kampeni yake athandizidwa kwambiri ndi othandizira omwe nthawi zambiri amathandizira ma Republican.
Zomwe zawululidwa zimabwera kwatsala sabata imodzi yokha kuti a Brown ndi Nina Turner, yemwe kale anali senator wa boma yemwe apitirire patsogolo pa Sen. Bernie Sanders pa nthawi yaupulezidenti wake mu 2016 ndi 2020 ndipo, kwa anthu ambiri, akuyimirabe kampeni yake yolimbana ndi Hillary. Clinton.
Clinton, wodziwika bwino kumbuyo kwa Brown, adadzudzula Sanders kuti "osati wa Democrat,โ ndipo ananena kuti ankanyadira kuti adani ake aakulu anali โRepublican.โ Koma mu nkhani iyi, ndalama malipoti onetsani opereka ndalama a GOP akukhamukira kwa munthu wosankhidwa ndi Clinton pa mpikisano wovuta wa Congress.
Ndi Clinton ndi Sanders adakangananso wina ndi mnzake, nthawi ino kudzera mwa oyimira boma, mpikisano wapadera wa zisankho ku Ohio's 11th Congressional District wafotokozedwa ngati chiwonetsero cha "mikangano yachipani." Kuphatikiza pa Clinton, ziwerengero za demokalase monga Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., ndi ma PAC apamwamba omwe amapeza ndalama zambiri adagwirizana ndi a Brown, pomwe opita patsogolo monga Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., ndi Justice Democrats agwirizana. kuthandizira Turner.
Oyambitsa mikanganoyi ndi opereka ndalama omwe ali ndi mbiri yakale yothandiza opikisana nawo ku Republican omwe tsopano akupereka ndalama zothandizira kampeni ya a Brown, kaya mwachindunji kapena kudzera mu komiti ya ndale ya Democratic Majority for Israel, a mthandizi wamkulu za kampeni yake. Odziwika kwambiri pakati pawo ndi mwiniwake wa New England Patriots Robert Kraft, mnzake wapamtima wa Donald Trump yemwe adapereka $ 1 miliyoni pakutsegulira kwa Trump ndipo adathandizira kuphedwa kwa ofuna ku Republican. Wothandizira wolimba wa Israeli, Kraft mu 2019 nawonso anayambitsa ndi kupereka $ 20 miliyoni ku maziko olimbana ndi anti-Semitism ndi Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, zomwe zimamupangitsa kuti alandire ku Yerusalemu kuti alandire Mphotho ya Genesis Genesis. Kraft wapereka ndalama zokwana $5,800 pachisankho ku kampeni ya Brown, ndipo ndi banja lake adapereka ndalama zoposa $20,000.
Wapampando wakale wa Cuyahoga County Republican Party, Roger Synenberg, adapereka $1,000 ku kampeni ya Brown. Synenberg adakopa mkangano mu 2018 potumiza kalata yosadziwika kwa yemwe kale anali wowerengera ndalama, kumutcha "kuswaโ chifukwa cha udindo wake pakufufuza za katangale mโbomalo.
Democratic Majority for Israel, PAC / super PAC yosakanizidwa yomwe yawononga $ 1.2 miliyoni pazotsatsa zomwe zimathandizira a Brown komanso wotsutsa Turner pachisankho, ilinso ndi anthu ambiri omwe apereka ndalama zambiri kwa ofuna ku Republican ndi zomwe adayambitsa. Leonard Feinstein, yemwe adapereka $25,000 ku DMFI pa June 14, wapanga lalikulu zopereka ku National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party ya Cuyahoga County, ndi makomiti omwe amathandizira kampeni ya Republican Rick Berg ya 2012 ku Senate ku North Dakota.
Steven Fishman, yemwe adapereka $20,000 kupita ku DMFI pa June 14, kusinthidwa $10,000 muzopereka kwa anthu aku Republican omwe akuyenda mu 2020, kuphatikiza Lindsey Graham, Jim Risch, Mike Rounds, ndi Michael McCaul. Anaperekanso $1,800 kwa Brown.
David Heller, woyang'anira nyumba ku Cleveland, adapereka $10,000 ku DMFI pa February 23 ndipo adaperekanso $2,800 ku Brown. Heller, amene ali zakhala wochirikiza wodzipereka wa Republican ku Ohio ndi ku Texas, adapereka $13,000 kwa Gov. Ohio Mike DeWine mu 2020, komanso $5,000 kwa sipikala wa nyumba ya Texas Dade Phelan, yemwe akutsogolera kukankha kuletsa ufulu wovota m'boma limenelo.
Neil Kadisha, amene adapereka $2,000 kwa Brown pa June 1 ndi $18,000 kupita ku DMFI pa Juni 14, anapereka ku kampeni yosankhanso a Trump mu 2019, komanso kwa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Mike Pence's PAC. Mu 2012, Kadisha wฤpelele bipa bilumbuluke ku Komiti ya Bulopwe ya Republican ne ya National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Opereka ena aku Republican sanathandize a Brown mwachindunji koma adatsanulira ndalama ku DMFI. David Horowitz, wamkulu pakampani yazakudya yakusukulu yaku New York ya Tasty Brands, adapereka $10,000 kupita ku DMFI pa June 7. Mu 2020, iye anapereka $25,000 kwa Sen. Mitch McConnell's super PAC, Senate Leadership Fund, komanso kupereka ndalama zambiri kuti ataya Sens a Georgia Republican. Kelly Loeffler ndi David Perdue.
Philip De Toledo, Purezidenti wa Capital Group, adapereka $50,000 ku DMFI pa June 8, 2020. De Toledo anapereka ndalama zoposa $25,000 za zopereka za kampeni kwa a Republican omwe akupikisana nawo pazisankho za 2020, kuphatikizapo Ma Reps akumanja. Patrick McHenry ndi Jim Risch.
Victor Kohn, wamkulu wina wa Capital Group yemwe adapereka $100,000 kupita ku DMFI kuchokera ku banja lake trust pa June 10, adathera pa $ 10,000 mu 2020 kuzungulira Republican Mike Rounds, Bill Cassidy, Cynthia Lummis, Ben Sasse, ndi Kay Granger.
"Tingakhale bwanji ndi munthu yemwe ndi wapampando wachipani ndikuti ndi Democrat wa Democrat koma akulandira ndalama za Republican?"
Atafunsidwa kuti afotokoze, wolankhulira a Democratic Majority ku Israel adadzudzula The Intercept kufuna "opereka chitumbuwa" ndipo adati DMFI idangothandizira "odziwika bwino" a Democratic. Kampeni ya Shontel Brown sinabweze pempho loti ayankhe.
Mtsogoleri wa State Juanita Brent, wothandizira Turner yemwe akuimira Cuyahoga County ku Ohio House, ndipo adatumizidwa ku The Intercept ndi kampeni ya Turner, adawonetsa udindo wa GOP mu kampeni yoyamba ya Democratic. "Monga wa Democrat yemwe wathandiza ma Democrat m'boma lonse, sitingavomereze ma Democrat omwe akuvomereza ndalama zogwirizana ndi Trump," Brent adauza The Intercept. "Tingakhale bwanji ndi munthu yemwe ndi wapampando wachipani ndikuti ndi Democrat wa Democrat koma akulandira ndalama za Republican?"
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