House conservatives call for ethics probe into Joaquin Castro tweet

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It’s public information.

They need to have a fucking seat with that shit! With as much deranged crap as that orange, bloated asshole spews on a daily basis?

Whii’s the bleached blond hag? She can have a seat, too!

This is absurd. IT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, AVAILABLE TO ANYONE.

As R2 pointed out. It's freely available at fec.gov/data

Yes, it is PUBLIC INFORMATION, R2, but Juliegrace Brufke thought you DLers needed to know.

^^ then why did Joaquin feel the need to personally publish certain names?

^^Maybe because "go back to where you came from" was already used?

[quote] then why did Joaquin feel the need to personally publish certain names?

Doesn't matter. He could.

y'all would be screaming up and down if a Republican did that to the other side

[quote] y'all would be screaming up and down if a Republican did that to the other side

Nope. Try again.

That's why Republicans are so much better than Democrats in the optics of politics. They raise hell with one perceived slight. Dems are so relaxed all the time with the logic and common sense.

Yeah, r12, we would. It's not dissimilar to the AOC saying she was keeping a list of her fellow Democrats who didn't vote the way she wanted. The Constitution allows for political freedom without fear of retribution. And while the information is indeed public, having a politician tweet it out in the way he did implies he's looking for some sort of action to be taken against these donors.

Are the donors ashamed they contributed to Trump. Do they think they did something bad that has to be hidden? If they didn't do anything wrong why does it matter to them?

If you take actions, you suffer the consequences of those actions. This is public information, but the public sometimes needs to be reminded of things. Nothing Castro did was wrong here. It was the Washington Post who "outed" the owner of Equinox for throwing a fundraiser: do you think the House should call for an ethics probe over that, too? Absurd.

You can be sure the Rethugs are trolling through the FEC records right now looking for people who made Dem donations. Problem is, so what if they publish them? Who's going to be upset to learn their local bigwig gave money to Kamala or Liz?

[quote] It's not dissimilar to the AOC saying she was keeping a list of her fellow Democrats who didn't vote the way she wanted.

Not even close.

[quote] And while the information is indeed public, having a politician tweet it out in the way he did implies he's looking for some sort of action to be taken against these donors.

And there is nothing wrong with that.

No one would care if someone donated to the Democrats. The only reason people care about donating to the GOP is that the Republican Party is now the White Supremacist Party. There's a huge difference between now and even three years ago.

Now you can "doxx" too. Everybody dock your cocks to rock the box and kick off your sox so we can doxx!!

Oh sue him, Mitch or Steve or whoever the fuck is going on about this, SUE Joaquin! And watch that suit crash and burn, you fucking retards.

It's not only publicly available information, it is a FEDERAL LAW that it MUST BE PUBLIC. It's the law. So go ahead, sue him for publishing public information. "Investigate" him. He'll be cleared and cleared quickly.

Yeah, r18, there is something wrong with it. The extremes of both parties are just throwing basic rights out the window and are flushing this country right down the toilet. Fuck both sides with a red hot poker.

[quote] The extremes of both parties are just throwing basic rights out the window and are flushing this country right down the toilet.

What rights exactly are you talking about in this case?

Who’s rights were thrown "out the window" in this case, R22? These donations are PUBLIC INFORMATION.

It’s easily findable through FEC. It is not doxxing. And btw, if you’re a Trump voter WHY ARE YOU SO ASHAMED AND WORRIED???

It was a bit over the top.

I take it you are unfamiliar with campaign contribution being a form of expression and speech, r23. I also take it that you aren't familiar with the court cases that reaffirmed this.

What Castro did was opened the door for all the candidates to turn on the other's donor list. It wouldn't be okay if Castro turned on Beto for accepting oil money. It doesn't make it any more okay just because I don't agree with the other side. Fuck the extremes.

But... they LOVE HIM! He's the bestest prez ever! They are pleased and proud to support him! If people want to take their business somewhere else, so what? They don't care one bit, they love and support Donald Trump and will continue to do so no matter how much people boycott them!

Go ahead and join a different gym! Go ahead and stop watching those Marvel movies! They don't care! They love their guy and they would much rather stick with him than listen to silly old gym members and movie-goers. Boycott them! See if they care!

[quote] I take it you are unfamiliar with campaign contribution being a form of expression and speech, [R23]. I also take it that you aren't familiar with the court cases that reaffirmed this.

Why? There is absolutely no reason to believe that anyone was ignorant of this.

[quote] What Castro did was opened the door for all the candidates to turn on the other's donor list. It wouldn't be okay if Castro turned on Beto for accepting oil money. It doesn't make it any more okay just because I don't agree with the other side. Fuck the extremes.

Castro didn't open any door. Who donates to a campaign has been part of political discussion forever. And there is nothing extreme here. Grow up.

[quote]Who’s rights were thrown "out the window"

Oh, dear!

[quote]It wouldn't be okay if Castro turned on Beto for accepting oil money.

Of course it would be okay. That’s the whole point of making this information public. The more we know, the better.

Wow. It's already becoming quite apparent that the Trumptards and foreign interests (hey Boris!) are already starting on their 2020 campaign. Tweeting, posting, publishing, creating an ad about public information is in noway doxxing. It's not illegal. It is simply calling attention to persons political contributions since most voters don't know about/don't look at the government website. This is going to be an ugly campaign season.

No one who makes a political contribution is unaware that it is public information. No politician is unaware that this is public information.

The fauxrage is laughable. Go ahead, Republican cunts, investigate the ethics of making federally mandated publicly available information ... um.. public.

Please proceed!

It’s hilarious that in bringing the suit against Castro, the GOP is acknowledging that donating to Trump is a liability to his donors!

But maybe they’ll learn something about ethics once the schooled.

How about an ethics probe into MoscowMitch and his tombstones? That is far more offensive and dangerous.

[quote]The Constitution allows for political freedom without fear of retribution. And while the information is indeed public, having a politician tweet it out in the way he did implies he's looking for some sort of action to be taken against these donors.

As has already been mentioned several times above, political donations are publicly available information that can be found in the Federal databases.

Plus, if people are donating money to a racist party and a racist leader, they deserve to have their businesses boycotted.

It's no different than Jews not wanting to go to a business that supported a neo-Nazi group, or gays not wanting to go to a business that donated to anti-gay organizations.