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Related: About this forum‘Killary Clinton’ PAC Earns High School Students a Visit from the Feds
http://www.mediaite.com/online/killary-clinton-pac-earns-high-school-students-a-visit-from-the-feds/A high school civics lesson earned three Ohio honor-roll students a summons to the principals office and a visit from the Department of Homeland Security after they created a Political Action Committee named Killary Clinton.
The students said they took interest in the seemingly simple process of filing for a PAC, noting one of their classmates set up a pro-Marco Rubio Super PAC to raise funds for the Republican candidate. Because theyre not exactly fans of Hillary Clinton, the students chose to give their PAC a less-than-PC designation for the former Secretary of State.
We just did it for the heck of it, one of the PACs creators told Cleveland.com. We thought it was cool so we all talked about it. But the students attempt at political engagement raised red flags with authorities:
Killary sounded funny, but it has a menacing ring to it. It is also a name that some critics use for Clinton, the former first lady and secretary of state.
Some Clinton critics have established Killary Facebook and Instagram pages with graphic images and vulgar language. Another PAC was set up in Las Vegas called Its about Killary, although the founder told the FEC in a filing that Killary is a fictional character.
The Department of Homeland Security and the high school principal apparently met with the students to determine if their intentions were malicious. For now, they seem to have avoided any real consequences although having federal agents pay a visit to your parents house isnt exactly getting off scot-free.
In an email, one student told Koff, We all try to be good students and this is not reflecting positively on us, so I hope you can understand.
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‘Killary Clinton’ PAC Earns High School Students a Visit from the Feds (Original Post)
MrWendel
Dec 2015
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Maybe they were just reflecting her neocon roots and the results in the Middle East
daybranch
Dec 2015
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)1. Future GOP congresscritters n/m
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)2. I do not like Hillary one bit.
But this is way over the top. I think it is a promotion of violence.
Beacool
(30,254 posts)3. I've seen RW posters on various sites using that same name.
I wonder if they also got visited by Homeland Security.
As for the students, let this be a lesson to them.
riversedge
(70,464 posts)5. I have the impression that these students acted on their own...
Although inspired by a civic glass, I see no mention of them having an advisor--like in a school newspaper or club.
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2015/12/killary_clinton_pac_creates_trouble_for_ohio_high_school_students.html
Beacool
(30,254 posts)6. Oh, I didn't mean that others put the suggestion in their minds.
I meant that I've heard many RW commenters call Hillary, "Killary". I was just wondering if they received a visit too from Homeland Security.
daybranch
(1,309 posts)4. Maybe they were just reflecting her neocon roots and the results in the Middle East
I have no trouble calling George Bush a killer because of his actions, but I in no way say we should kill him.
Homeland Security overreacted.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)7. That's what I thought, too.
Her war vote and her wrong moves in Libya and Syria could put her in a similar category.