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Democrats the party of hypocrites. Sure, we will happily take your millions of dollars in campaign contributions, but then pretend like there is no conflict of

Democrats the party of hypocrites. Sure, we will happily take your millions of dollars in campaign contributions, but then pretend like there is no conflict of interest and sit on a pedestal of moral and intellectual superiority as we have hearings about crypto and the FTX meltdown.

starkd 4y ago
Exactly. Once its clear there's no more donations to be had, all to ready to denounce it. On the other hand, you have to wonder if they are truly done with it, since SBF felt a little too comfortable answering questions, no real fear of prosecution.
chollida1 4y ago
It should be noted that Sam admitted to giving equally to both Dems and Reps. This has nothign to do with one party or another. He said he gave publicly to Dems to get credit and via dark money to Reps due to reporters giving him a hard time about donations to republicans, which in of itself says alot about people these days:(
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > Sam admitted to giving equally to both Dems and Reps Sam is a liar. What we know: he predominantly gave to Democrats, though he “also made maximum donations to many individual candidates, including Republican senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.)” [1]. Meanwhile, “Ryan Salame, a top Bankman-Fried lieutenant at FTX” gave “$19 million…to Republican candidates and committees, and made him the GOP's 10th-largest donor.” [1] https://www.axios.com/2022/11/15/ftz-crypto-bankman-fried-democrats-midterms-campaigns https://www.axios.com/2022/11/15/ftz-crypto-bankman-fried-de...
  - gamblor956 4y ago
    Sam originally denied giving any money to Republicans, until he discovered that political donations are publicly reported and he admitted to donating to Republicans. And that's around the time he stopped donating to Democrats and claims he started making untraceable donations to the GOP. The GOP Senate Leadership PAC admitted to receiving large dark money donations in the summer, so it's fair to say that SBF was one of these donors since the timing adds up.
fullshark 4y ago
Well the alternative: being totally beholden to SBF and allowing campaign contributors to openly buy public figures and their favor is much worse no?
mcv 4y ago
Would you prefer that they kept supporting scams? The fact that US politics is inherently corrupt and depends way too much on big money donations is absolutely disgusting, but given that that's the law of the land, I'd rather they accept the bribe and do the right thing anyway, than to accept the bribe and stay bought.

starkd 4y ago

Exactly. Once its clear there's no more donations to be had, all to ready to denounce it. On the other hand, you have to wonder if they are truly done with it, since SBF felt a little too comfortable answering questions, no real fear of prosecution.

chollida1 4y ago

It should be noted that Sam admitted to giving equally to both Dems and Reps. This has nothign to do with one party or another. He said he gave publicly to Dems to get credit and via dark money to Reps due to reporters giving him a hard time about donations to republicans, which in of itself says alot about people these days:(

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> Sam admitted to giving equally to both Dems and Reps Sam is a liar. What we know: he predominantly gave to Democrats, though he “also made maximum donations to many individual candidates, including Republican senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.)” [1]. Meanwhile, “Ryan Salame, a top Bankman-Fried lieutenant at FTX” gave “$19 million…to Republican candidates and committees, and made him the GOP's 10th-largest donor.” [1] https://www.axios.com/2022/11/15/ftz-crypto-bankman-fried-democrats-midterms-campaigns https://www.axios.com/2022/11/15/ftz-crypto-bankman-fried-de...
- gamblor956 4y ago
  Sam originally denied giving any money to Republicans, until he discovered that political donations are publicly reported and he admitted to donating to Republicans. And that's around the time he stopped donating to Democrats and claims he started making untraceable donations to the GOP. The GOP Senate Leadership PAC admitted to receiving large dark money donations in the summer, so it's fair to say that SBF was one of these donors since the timing adds up.

fullshark 4y ago

Well the alternative: being totally beholden to SBF and allowing campaign contributors to openly buy public figures and their favor is much worse no?

mcv 4y ago

Would you prefer that they kept supporting scams? The fact that US politics is inherently corrupt and depends way too much on big money donations is absolutely disgusting, but given that that's the law of the land, I'd rather they accept the bribe and do the right thing anyway, than to accept the bribe and stay bought.