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The political speech and campaign finance reform section would relax regulations on state party committees, shield tax exempt organizations from donor disclosure requirements and remove statutory limits for aggregate individual contributions, among other proposals.
Protection for potential conservative donors is needed within the “woke culture that we find ourselves … where retribution has been, and is, taken onto people because of their political beliefs, their religious beliefs, their thoughts,” said Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga.
Panelist Harmeet Dhillon, who in January ran unsuccessfully to be Republican National Committee chair, said disclosure requirements could deter people from making donations.
“Donors across the board, but mostly conservatives … are concerned that if they express their political speech through contributions to nonprofits that are disfavored by the government in power, or state actors, what have you, they will be punished for their speech through audits, investigations, harassment, et cetera,” said Dhillon, who represented the President Donald Trump’s campaign in the wake of his 2020 loss and false claims of election fraud.
Asked by House Administration Committee ranking member Joseph D. Morelle, D-N.Y., whether President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, Dhillon responded: “He won a deeply flawed election. He is the president of the United States.”
