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The White House intensified its attacks Sunday on the powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its alleged ties to foreign donors, part of an escalating Democratic effort to link Republican allies with corporate and overseas interests ahead of the November midterm elections.
The chamber adamantly denies that foreign funds are used in its U.S. election efforts, accusing Democrats of orchestrating a speculative smear campaign during a desperate political year.
Well, look, this isn’t a hard thing. Either money from overseas goes into the Chamber’s general fund, which is the same fund used to buy attack ads on Democrats, or it doesn’t. All the Chamber has to do is demonstrate the latter and this will all go away. So what’s the holdup?
