It’s perfectly legal and normal for foreign governments to lobby in the United States, so long as you register via Foreign Agents Registration Act. Countries like Canada, South Korea, and Germany spend millions on US politics.
If you think this practice is fucked, well I don’t disagree, but stop calling it “election interference” and comparing it to real rat-fuckery. I’d be amazed if Mossad wasn’t doing illegal shit to shape US policy (they’ve been caught spying many times), but this is the “legitimate” way to do things.
Oh you are right but it is still fucking annoying. I don’t want a government lobbying my government. I am willing to accept lobbying over stuff that doesn’t really matter like wanted a better trade deal or something, as a small evil not worth dealing with, I am not willing to accept this.
You are allowed to have an opinion and vote accordingly. I don’t have to agree with you for me to not want your voice silenced with cash.
It’s perfectly legal and normal for foreign governments to lobby in the United States, so long as you register via Foreign Agents Registration Act. Countries like Canada, South Korea, and Germany spend millions on US politics.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2018-08-17/biggest-spenders-of-foreign-lobbying-in-the-us-comes-from-americas-closest-allies
If you think this practice is fucked, well I don’t disagree, but stop calling it “election interference” and comparing it to real rat-fuckery. I’d be amazed if Mossad wasn’t doing illegal shit to shape US policy (they’ve been caught spying many times), but this is the “legitimate” way to do things.
Other countries do, sure, but AIPAC isnt a country. It actually maintains that it is an American entity and not an Israeli one.
This is why people want it labeled as ‘foreign’.
Oh you are right but it is still fucking annoying. I don’t want a government lobbying my government. I am willing to accept lobbying over stuff that doesn’t really matter like wanted a better trade deal or something, as a small evil not worth dealing with, I am not willing to accept this.
You are allowed to have an opinion and vote accordingly. I don’t have to agree with you for me to not want your voice silenced with cash.