You might be surprised to learn that despite a federal restrictions on foreign-national efforts in the United States, you still have frenzy over Russiagate and alleged foreign influence in American elections. S. elections—Democrats have been able to retake control of the White House and Congress thanks to half-a-billion money from a dark foreign billionaire with the expressed goal of turning the U.S. around. S. Constitution into a left-wing social resource.
To shut this foreign-influence hole, I’m introducing the Preventing Foreign Ignorance Act this year. My legislation may prohibit foreign nationals from circumventing the recent ban and from funding voter mobilization activities, election management, or ballot methods.
It’s important to see what Democrats do, never what they say, as with so many other aspects of American politics. Joe Biden declared that there was “[f]oreign meddling in the U.S. S. The British people’s legal right to vote is violated by the electoral process. ” Chuck Schumer repeated George Washington ’s warning that “foreign interference [in our elections ] is one of the most baneful foes of Republican government. Our Members were precisely determined to make sure that foreign entities did not destroy the dignity of our elections, Nancy Pelosi said. ”
That is why national legislation forbids foreigners from making contributions to the United States. S. social activities, political parties, and battle ads. Hansjorg Wyss, a Swiss tycoon, has continued to try to alter British politics with the victory of Democrats.
How?
Wyss previously donated directly to Democratic candidates and political action boards, apparently in violation of the law, but in recent years he has developed more advanced methods for releasing around$ 500 million to control American elections.
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg ( left ) and Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss at a charity event on April 1, 2015 in New York City. ( Craig Barritt/Getty Images )
The Wyss Foundation and Berger Action Fund, as well as a “daisy ring of impenetrable companies that face the greatest beneficiaries of his wealth, ” are used by the New York Times to shell out$ 208 million from 2016 to 2020 to organizations that helped Democrats win the White House and Congress and advance their agenda.
Although it would be against the law for Wyss to donate to a political party or political action committee ( PAC ) active in the United States. S. votes, the Berger Action Fund gave more than$ 135 million in a four-year extend to a Washington, D. C. after spending$ 41 million in 2018 to resist the election of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, influence ballot initiatives, and shift voting laws, the nonprofit called the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which finally gave$ 63 million to Super PACs that year that next gave$ 63 million in 2020.
In 2021, the Berger Action Fund distributed more than$ 62 million to Democrat-aligned organizations, the majority of which went to organizations that ran ads supporting President Biden’s agenda and supporting the Democrat-run candidates ‘ campaigns. Another$ 63 million followed in 2022.
Why?
Wyss ‘ sister claims that his ultimate goal is to spend hundreds of millions to influence the U.S. S. Elections are intended to “reverse the American Constitution in the light of progressive politics. ” My legislation is meant to stop this.
President Joe Biden addresses guests at the White House’s February dinner reception. 11, 2023. Through a network of nonprofit organizations that have supported efforts to advance Biden’s agenda, The Berger Action Fund has benefited from the millions of dollars that Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss billionaire, has received. ( AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta )
To cut Wyss’s “daisy chain ” of organizations that funnel his money to groups backing Democrat campaigns, my bill would outlaw foreign nationals from using instructions, intermediaries, or conduits to engage in prohibited U. S. election-related activity. Although Wyss’s organizations villy claim that their funds are used by recipients of American campaigns or elections, this flaw needs to be closed by law.
My bill would also prohibit foreign-national funding for ballot harvesting, get-out-the-vote activity, promoting a particular political party, or election administration activity to prevent a repeat of the “Zuckerbucks ” of 2020. Finally, it would prevent foreigners from influencing local and state ballot initiatives like Wyss ‘ supporters have done in the past election cycles.
To prevent infringement on Americans ’ free-speech rights, the legislation contains safeguards that prevent abusive investigations and pretextual government collection or disclosure of Americans ’ donor information.
Federal law accurately reflects the opinion of the majority of Americans that foreign interference in American elections is improper. However, to keep up with contemporary tactics, it needs an update. If Democrats are serious about safeguarding American democracy and self-government, they’ll join my bill.
Bill Hagerty is a former U.S. Senator from Tennessee. S. ambassador to Japan.
