New Black Panthers in Houston

[sangha]

Funny, but I didn't see an Black Panthers in that video

Who made it? Breitbart?

 

[Ravi]

When I went to vote, a black man asked me to turn off my cell phone.

 

[rightwinger]

When I went to vote, a black man asked me to turn off my cell phone.

I saw a black man as I was driving up.......I made sure my doors were locked

 

[Revere]

You're going to need more black guys outside polling places if you don't want to lose seats like you did last night.

 

[sangha]

You're going to need more black guys outside polling places if you don't want to lose seats like you did last night.

Even the wingnuts aren't falling the OP's blathering

 

[theHawk]

Was the New Black Panther prevented from voting?

What Panther?

There were complaints filed against the GOP for voter intimidation there since the start of early voting, and the GOP goon in the video admitted that he had approached the presiding judge with "voting violations" and as the lawyer for the King Street Thugs stated none of then are registered poll watchers. So what is this GOP goon doing approaching the presiding judge with a number of "voting violations?" He's breaking the law and he got the boot, not the nonexistent Panther.

OK you say these King Street Patriots are illegally at polling places because they are NOT affiliated with a political party, yet turn around and call them "GOP thugs".

Which is it?

 

[sangha]

Was the New Black Panther prevented from voting?

What Panther?

There were complaints filed against the GOP for voter intimidation there since the start of early voting, and the GOP goon in the video admitted that he had approached the presiding judge with "voting violations" and as the lawyer for the King Street Thugs stated none of then are registered poll watchers. So what is this GOP goon doing approaching the presiding judge with a number of "voting violations?" He's breaking the law and he got the boot, not the nonexistent Panther.

OK you say these King Street Patriots are illegally at polling places because they are NOT affiliated with a political party, yet turn around and call them "GOP thugs".

Which is it?

If wingnuts didn't make stuff up, they'd have nothiing to say

That quote says nothing about the GOP thugs being "NOT affiliated with a political party". It says "none of then are registered poll watchers"

Can't you read?

 

[Revere]

The "King Street Thugs" are the good guys?

 

[edthecynic]

Was the New Black Panther prevented from voting?

What Panther?

There were complaints filed against the GOP for voter intimidation there since the start of early voting, and the GOP goon in the video admitted that he had approached the presiding judge with "voting violations" and as the lawyer for the King Street Thugs stated none of then are registered poll watchers. So what is this GOP goon doing approaching the presiding judge with a number of "voting violations?" He's breaking the law and he got the boot, not the nonexistent Panther.

OK you say these King Street Patriots are illegally at polling places because they are NOT affiliated with a political party, yet turn around and call them "GOP thugs".

Which is it?

Pay attention, the LAWYER for the GOP King Street Goons said they are NOT REGISTERED POLL WORKERS. The LAWYER said "Registered poll watchers work for either a party or a candidate."

I said the GOP King Street Thugs were illegally at the polling place because they were NOT REGISTERED POLL WORKERS.

 

[edthecynic]

What Panther?

There were complaints filed against the GOP for voter intimidation there since the start of early voting, and the GOP goon in the video admitted that he had approached the presiding judge with "voting violations" and as the lawyer for the King Street Thugs stated none of then are registered poll watchers. So what is this GOP goon doing approaching the presiding judge with a number of "voting violations?" He's breaking the law and he got the boot, not the nonexistent Panther.

OK you say these King Street Patriots are illegally at polling places because they are NOT affiliated with a political party, yet turn around and call them "GOP thugs".

Which is it?

If wingnuts didn't make stuff up, they'd have nothiing to say

That quote says nothing about the GOP thugs being "NOT affiliated with a political party". It says "none of then are registered poll watchers"

Can't you read?

Actually the lawyer IS making the case that the GOP King Street Goons are not affiliated with a Party or candidate, even though they are, to protect their 501(c)4 tax exempt status so they don't have to report their donors so they can hide the fact that they are GOP shills. There is a complaint on their tax exempt status which forced the lawyer to say that.

TX: Houston tea party group King Street Patriots may risk violating state, federal laws, experts say | The American Independent

A controversial Houston tea party spinoff could be at risk of violating state campaign finance laws, legal experts said after learning of the group’s actions from The Texas Independent. At least one expert also suggested the group may be in violation of its federal nonprofit status, which currently allows it to avoid taxes and hide its donors’ identities.
The King Street Patriots (KSP), which representatives say is registered with the IRS as a nonprofit 501(c)4 corporation, has hosted regular forums for GOP candidates at its Hempstead Highway headquarters without extending invitations to their Democratic opponents. KSP president Catherine Engelbrecht said her group is abiding by the law, but legal experts said the forums, if partisan in nature, flout state prohibitions against corporate campaign contributions.
“You can’t operate a candidate forum where you bring in only one side of the spectrum. If you do you’re a political committee,” said Austin attorney Buck Wood, a Texas elections expert. “If a nonprofit takes money to pay for candidate forums and is expending that money to expose candidates for public office to audiences on a regular basis, then I have no doubt you’re a political committee under Texas law.”




KSP hosts forums for GOP candidates
The Republican candidates headlining recent KSP forums have included Jim Murphy for Texas House District 133 and Sarah Davis for HD 134. Jack O’Connor, running for HD 149, is scheduled to speak Wednesday evening. Congressional District 18 Republican John Faulk, whose headquarters is adjacent to KSP, would neither confirm nor deny that he spoke at an event Sept. 29.
None of their respective Democratic opponents — state Rep. Kristi Thibaut, state Rep. Ellen Cohen, state Rep. Hubert Vo and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee — were invited to speak at the forums, according to campaign spokespersons.




Additionally, KSP has an agreement, according to Engelbrecht, with the Harris County GOP to offer poll worker training to GOP volunteers, without offering a similar agreement to the county Democratic Party. Engelbrecht has said poll workers trained by KSP and and its True The Vote (TTV) initiative are prepared to address voter fraud on Election Day if they suspect it.


Nonprofits and political activity
KSP and True The Vote — which is incorporated as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, according to Engelbrecht — have already sparked a lawsuit between the Democratic Party and Harris County voter registrar over challenges to thousands of voter applications in Rep. Jackson Lee’s heavily Democratic congressional district.
Austin attorney Fred Lewis, leader of Houston Votes, the organization in charge of the voter drive investigated by KSP/TTV, recently filed a defamation suit against Engelbrecht for comments she made Aug. 9 linking Houston Votes to the New Black Panthers, according to the Texas Tribune.
Unlike 527 groups or political action committees, 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 nonprofits do not have to disclose their donors or expenditures, in exchange for restrictions on their political activity. While 501(c)4 groups are allowed to engage in politics, their primary purpose cannot be to influence elections, said Craig Holman, campaign finance expert and government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a progressive nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C., and Austin.
KSP and TTV each is registered as a nonprofit corporation with the Texas Secretary of State. Neither KSP nor TTV has a political committee registered with the TEC or Federal Elections Commission.
“It sounds like a violation of their 501(c)4 status,” Holman said. “They’re operating as a tea party, which by definition makes their primary purpose electioneering. They should be a 527 and disclosing their donors.”
According to the “About” page on its website, KSP “believes that current political initiatives must be focused on mobilizing the conservative electorate.” (emphasis theirs)
To accomplish that goal, KSP proposes two initiatives, TTV and LINKS. According to KSP’s site, a principal component of TTV is “Targeted Conservative voter registration efforts.” According to the IRS, however, “voter education or registration activities with evidence of bias that […] have the effect of favoring a candidate or group of candidates, will constitute prohibited participation or intervention” of a 501(c)(3) organization.