Trump ally Kris Kobach accepted donations from white nationalists

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian


The Republican candidate for governor of Kansas has accepted thousand of dollars in donations, and has for over a decade been affiliated with groups espousing white supremacist views

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
@skirchy Email
Mon 5 Nov 2018 01.00 EST

The Republican candidate for governor of Kansas, Kris Kobach, who has close ties to the Trump administration, has accepted financial donations from white nationalist sympathizers and has for more than a decade been affiliated with groups espousing white supremacist views.

Recent financial disclosures show that Kobach, a driving force behind dozens of proposals across the US designed to suppress minority voting and immigrant rights, has accepted thousands of dollars from white nationalists. Donors include a former official in the Trump administration who was forced to resign from the Department of Homeland Security this year after emails showed he had close ties to white supremacists and once engaged in an email exchange about a dinner party invitation that was described as “Judenfrei”, or free of Jews.

Now Kansas secretary of state, Kobach is running in a tight race against the Democrat Laura Kelly. The election has drawn the concern of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), after the single polling place located in Dodge City was moved outside the town, in what some claimed to be an attempt to suppress the Hispanic vote.

Kobach, who was vice-chairman of the Trump administration’s now disbanded election-fraud commission, is known for his zero-tolerance approach to undocumented migrants and his staunch support for voter ID laws, which critics say unfairly and illegally target minority voters.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/05/trump-ally-kris-kobach-donations-white-nationalists

[RockRaven]

1. In other breaking news, water is wet and Donald Trump is an asshole...

who did anyone think was giving him money?

[AZ8theist]

11. DAMN YOU ROCK!!!!

you beat me to it!!!

[William Seger]

2. In other news, bear shit discovered in woods

[dalton99a]

3. .

[Judi Lynn]

5. Stupendous sign. Hope a lot of those signs are found everywhere in North East Kansas. Thanks. n/t

[rusty quoin]

4. Of course he did.

[Solly Mack]

6. Raise your hand if you're shocked, surprised, or find this unexpected.

Disgusting, yes.

[CountAllVotes]

7. and ...

Off to THE GREATEST PAGE for this piece of *shocking* info!

DUMP TRAITOR TRUMP !!!!!

& recommend !!

[JohnnyRingo]

8. He's just showboating now.

After he gathered all the votes from despicables, homophobes, and religious kooks, now he's hoovering up the remaining Nazis.

[duforsure]

9. HE's a neo nazi supporter,

When he supports their causes like trump does , and gets campaign funds from them . Trump is one too, and has sent numerous people working for him around the world to meet with them. Bannon and Ghouliani both have had meetings with these neo nazi's. Its not your mothers republican party any more, they're just hate groups, and corrupt criminals.

[Eyeball_Kid]

10. "...in what some claimed to be an attempt to suppress the Hispanic vote." Eh??

What's this "some claimed" bullshit?

THIS is the kind of chickenshit reporting that should drive everyone-anyone- nuts. There is no doubt here. It's not a matter of who is claiming what. It's outright election fraud. Kobach is a white racist who is denying Hispanics the right to vote. Period.

If his illegal behavior isn't called into account, and he's not arrested and sent into jail without bond, then he should lose the election anyway. He's part of the tyranny by white supremacists, and he ought to be dragged through the streets and pummeled by citizens BEFORE going to jail. (OH, I know it's hyperbole, but it's a wonderful visual.)

[Julian Englis]

12. K & R