House GOP report details how Dem fundraising platform ActBlue

This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.

Source: New York Post
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Why This Matters

That quote is going to age badly. "Donor sometimes has an IP in Hong Kong but none of their other signals raise any eyebrows. " That's an ActBlue supervisor explaining, in writing, why a suspicious donation was fine.

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House GOP report details how Dem fundraising platform ActBlue
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"Donor sometimes has an IP in Hong Kong but none of their other signals raise any eyebrows," an ActBlue supervisor wrote to one employee.

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How We See It

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That quote is going to age badly. "Donor sometimes has an IP in Hong Kong but none of their other signals raise any eyebrows." That's an ActBlue supervisor explaining, in writing, why a suspicious donation was fine. Not a red flag. Not a follow-up. Just a shrug.

The House GOP report tells the rest of the story. ActBlue, the Democrats' online fundraising machine, moved hundreds of millions in small-dollar donations. But their own internal communications show supervisors repeatedly waving through transactions that looked off. Foreign IP addresses. Bulk contributions. Anomalies they quietly overrode. They called it fraud prevention. The memo suggests it was more like fraud accommodation.

This is the party that lectured us about Russian interference for four years. They demanded more election security. They questioned whether any Trump win could be legitimate. And now we find out their own fundraising platform was a welcome mat for suspicious money. They knew, and they processed it anyway. That isn't a glitch. That's a choice.

Democrats will call this a partisan hit job. They'll say the report was cherry-picked. Fine. Let them explain the memo. Let them explain why no one at ActBlue raised the alarm and why the donor's money kept flowing. The rest of us will be watching the campaign finance filings. The receipts are already public..

Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.