In a head-scratching moment, Republican candidate Mark Harris said he was not aware that campaigns can’t coordinate with independent political action committees during Thursday’s hearing before the North Carolina board of elections.
Board of Elections Director Kim Strach showed Harris checks he had signed to the PAC Patriots for Progress, which he said he filled out to pay political operative McCrae Dowless and get him on his campaign.
Strach pointed out that it is illegal for an “independent expenditure PAC” to work with a campaign.
Harris said that he wasn’t aware of that. It’s unlikely that Harris would be ignorant of a fairly basic tenet of campaign finance law as a candidate for federal office.
Good work @kate_riga
Maybe he shouldn’t have run for office, if this is his understanding of ballot laws
Sigh. Just waiting for a sex scandal to pop up here. This shitshow already has everything else except a dead body.
The George Costanza defense
His understanding of election law probably is something on the order of, “Republicans run this state, and we can do whatever we feel is necessary to make sure that never changes. Also too, Jesus likes us better, so it’s OK.”