Woman angry at Biden buys $500,000 in ads against him

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BY BO ERICKSON, ZAK HUDAK
UPDATED ON: AUGUST 28, 2019 / 10:23 PM / CBS NEWS

A wealthy private citizen named Shirley Shawe has purchased $500,000 in ad time in early-voting states to slam Joe Biden over a business dispute that negatively affected her son's company years ago. The ad, which has little to do with 2020 issues, instead focuses on a bit of business arcana, the Delaware Chancery Court system, which was formed to adjudicate business disputes involving Delaware-based corporations ...

"The ad misrepresents Vice President Biden's position in this exchange from 2005 by manipulating footage to suggest he means one court when he means another," Biden campaign national press secretary Jamal Brown said in a statement. "It's a clear reminder of the way that third-party money poisons our politics with false attack ads, and it has no place in this race."

Asked about the ad that prominently features Warren, her campaign told CBS News that "the ad should be taken down" ...

Shawe declined to be interviewed by CBS News, but her press representative, Juda Engelmayer, confirmed Shawe is a "registered Republican" ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-angry-at-biden-buys-500000-in-ads-against-him/

[Recursion]

1. Heh

This whole story is bizarre and yet funny

[Tarc]

2. Shawe is a "registered Republican"

The ratfuckery has begun.

[groundloop]

3. It just burns my ass having wealthy repubs interfere

Not only that, but putting out false information.

But hey, it's all good. Money is speech and repubs have a God given right to lie.

[ehrnst]

4. I have to wonder if campaign finance laws come in here somewhere...

If this could be considered a donation to the Trump campaign.

[groundloop]

5. I believe Citizens United means this shit is perfectly legal

It's a screwed up world anymore..... Corporations are people, money is speech.

[bronxiteforever]

6. Shirley Shawe's Lawyer in the case was Alan Dershowitz.

Trump ratfuckery.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransPerfect

[Gothmog]

7. This lady is mad at the Delaware Chancery Court

I am a corporate attorney. Many of my clients are Delaware entities in part because they love the Delaware Chancery Court. The Delaware Chancery Court is one of the best courts in the nation for dealing with complex corporate and business issues. All of the major decisions on corporate law come from the Delaware Chancery Court

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8. What did Biden even have to do with it?

I don't see her getting her wealthy derrière much sympathy from this. There aren't enough voters to hate the Delaware Chancery Court enough to even be affected.