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British leftists are preparing to meddle in U.S. elections and stump for Vice President Kamala Harris in swing states, vowing to “show the Democrats how to win elections.”
“The Labor Party is organizing a visit by 100 former and current staff to boost Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground states, an unusual effort by British liberals to bolster their political allies across the pond,” the Washington Times reported.
“Sofia Patel, the Labor Party’s head of operations, said the staffers will travel to North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Virginia in the ‘next few weeks,’” the media outlet added.
She claims to have “nearly 100 Labour Party staff (current and former)” that will participate in helping Democrats win the presidential election. Patel is a lead planner for Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Labour Party in Britain. That party is comprised of social democrats, democratic socialists, and trade unionists. She used to be the head of field operations for former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Huge: The UK’s far left Labour Party has been organizing FOR MONTHS to come to America to campaign for Kamala. This is foreign election interference. Their head of operations who has been a lead planner for Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in charge of this operation.
As you can… pic.twitter.com/IU0Sa4ztOB
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) October 17, 2024
“I have 10 spots available for anyone available to head to the battleground state of North Carolina — we will sort your housing,” the leftist Labour Party official stated on her LinkedIn page, which according to The Federalist has been deleted. As previously mentioned, Patel promised to “show Democrats how to win elections” in one of her since-deleted posts.
Sofia Patel page @UKLabour was scrubbed!
Last night and today ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/POf0Gv4DXa— Fat Cat (@FATCAed) October 18, 2024
The involvement of the British in US elections skates right up to the edge of legality but it is not technically illegal for them to help Harris campaign on US soil according to The Federalist. However, it’s very bad optics for Democrats according to election law expert Hans von Spakovsky.
“From the standpoint of public relations, the Democrat Party has been the loudest complainer about ‘foreign interference’ in elections, starting with their false claims about Trump and the Russian government,” von Spakovsky, who is the manager of the Heritage Foundation’s Election Law Reform initiative and is a former member of the Federal Election Commission, told The Federalist via email. “Yet, here they are accepting volunteers from a foreign political party? They are obviously soliciting and accepting foreign interference.”
“According to the FEC, foreign nationals are prohibited from making contributions or expenditures — including advances of personal funds — in connection to any federal, state, or local election. But ‘an individual who is a foreign national may participate in campaign activities as an uncompensated volunteer,’” The Federalist noted.
“The Biden-Harris administration has repeatedly warned about foreign interference, mainly from Russia, and has taken formal action to crack down on Moscow-guided online trolls. Democrats have criticized former President Donald Trump for hosting Hungarian President Viktor Orban, whose reforms are viewed as undemocratic,” the Washington Times wrote.
Here’s Sofia Patel. She locked her account. You see who’s in the picture. pic.twitter.com/pYqAZnFf19
— Debra Milam America First (@DebraMilam6) October 17, 2024
And that brings into focus the question of exactly who is paying for all this. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a Republican from Wisconsin, wants answers.
“If Democratic organizations are paying them, they need to comply with the campaign finance laws of the United States of America,” Tiffany told The Federalist.
“Von Spakovsky said if the Labour Party is paying British volunteers’ expenses while they work for the Harris campaign or is paying them a salary or stipend covering travel expenses, ‘then you do have a violation of the federal law against foreign contributions being made to, and accepted by, a campaign,’” the outlet contended.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) called the effort “yet another reason to vote for President Trump.”
The British getting involved in US elections reeks of desperation and are likely to go home with their socialist tails between their legs.
We sent an email to @UKLabour’s Sofia Patel about the “deployment” of British campaign hacks to the States. pic.twitter.com/fNKZrn2AfV
— Arlington GOP (@goparlington) October 18, 2024
Users on X exploded over the development:
Exactly! This is a blatant example of the left accusing others of what they’re actually doing themselves. They screamed about “Russia collusion” for years, only to turn around and get foreign help from the UK’s Labour Party for Kamala’s campaign? Talk about projection!
— MAG1775 (@Mar50cC5O) October 17, 2024
How is this legal? Foreign governments shouldn’t be allowed to come here and campaign for a presidential candidate. What do they expect in return? This needs to be investigated! @DeptofDefense @FBI @GOPoversight @FEC @CIA @NSAGov @HouseIntelDems
— PitunisWorld (@ScMesab) October 17, 2024
Russia! Russia! Russia! was FAKE, But this is UK! UK! UK!, and it’s REAL, and happening RIGHT NOW.
— RedPilledExLiberal (@RedPilled1788) October 17, 2024
From the UK putting people in jail for years because they post a grief stricken angry post, to actively interfering in our elections, Trump is going to need to leverage several pain points to get the UK to stop acting like authoritarian thugs.
— The Patriot Broadcast Silo (@Avis_Liberatum) October 17, 2024
For the past two months, I’ve been ringing the bell on this.
Kamala’s campaign is coordinating with foreign socialists on how to win, using the Labour “Ming vase” strategy.
Politico has reported on it. NY Times too (https://t.co/zqq4fGL7Fb). Outrage!https://t.co/gXCQUQxszi
— BDW (@BryanDeanWright) October 17, 2024
This is blatant US election interference, @Keir_Starmer @SofiaPatel100
I thought we made ourselves clear in 1776.
UK is a imploding mess. @FEC— Pistolannie (@Pistolannie31) October 17, 2024
Somebody comes to my house with a British accent speaking on politics they better bring a musket
— CaliforniansForTrump (@JCK302642380) October 17, 2024
Apparently they haven’t learned, over the last couple centuries, not to stick their nose in American politics.
— Dana Simmens (@simmens_dana) October 17, 2024
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