CLEVELAND — Democrats on the Federal Election Commission are trolling through the Republican National Convention looking for violations of elections laws, even at the t-shirt stands.
‘Patriotic Millionaire’ protests against rich political donors https://t.co/7fWxcxHWiw via @usatoday
— Ann Ravel (@AnnMRavel) July 19, 2016
Commissioners Ann Ravel and Ellen Weintraub are here looking into what vendors are offering and if they are following the rules. They are paying attention to groups also looking for violators at the convention.
Weintraub even took a picture, posted on Twitter, of one vendor’s stand and wrote, “We’re on it — RNC vendors appear to be compliant!”
Wonder if this RNC/Trump merch is up to @FEC rules & regs… #SFinCLE #gopconvention pic.twitter.com/O5vVNVZhz3
— Political Party Time (@PolPartyTime) July 21, 2016
She was reacting to a tweet from a staffer for the Sunshine Foundation who is also here searching for violations big and small.
Ravel, meanwhile, drew attention to a convention protest of money in politics. “‘Patriotic Millionaire’ protests against rich political donors,” was her retweet of a newspaper article.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
