Um…

~ susie
15 Nov 1960, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA --- At a meeting of the White Citizens Council of Greater New Orleans - a body formed in opposition to the idea of school desegregation - some members stand, wave Confederate flags and one holds a sign threatening the Federal judge, school board president, and mayor with deportation to Cuba. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
15 Nov 1960, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA — At a meeting of the White Citizens Council of Greater New Orleans – a body formed in opposition to the idea of school desegregation – some members stand, wave Confederate flags and one holds a sign threatening the Federal judge, school board president, and mayor with deportation to Cuba. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

As someone (I forget who) pointed out today, campaign contributions of that amount are solicited. So yes, they knew exactly whose money they were taking:

WASHINGTON — Two U.S. senators and one congressman from Nebraska and Iowa received political donations from the leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church slaying suspect Dylann Roof.

The Guardian newspaper first reported that Earl Holt of Texas has given more than $60,000 to Republican campaigns in recent years. Holt is the leader of the Council of Conservative Citizens.

Those donations included $1,000 to Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and $2,000 to Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., in the last cycle. Both won in open-seat contests in their respective states.

Tyler Grassmeyer, Sasse’s deputy chief of staff, provided a written statement to The World-Herald.

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  1. If we at least had real time disclosure the funds would have been returned when it mattered.

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