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Not this particular case but just to give context on why padding the primary with sham candidates of the same ethnic group is an issue, but also in Chicago it h
by sct202 5y ago
Not this particular case but just to give context on why padding the primary with sham candidates of the same ethnic group is an issue, but also in Chicago it has happened that people change their names to imply certain ethnic/heritage/characteristics like Phillip Spiwak (R) became Shannon P. O’Malley (D) to win an elected judge position in 2018 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illinois-judge-candidate-insists-he-s-o-malley-critics-call-n845651 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illinois-judge-candidat...
- lrem 5y agoThere was a movie about a person searching their Irish ancestors. Ended with the protagonist confronting their father, who admitted they made it up to win votes. The movie must be decades old now.
- rory 5y agoJohn Kerry comes to mind here, although at least the official story states that his grandfather chose an Irish name essentially through dumb luck.
- juped 5y agoWarren "Bill de Blasio" Wilhelm.
- sangnoir 5y ago"Bobby" Jindal, "Ted" Cruz, etc.