FEC Moves Forward With Rulings -- Despite Trump's Contested Firing Of A Longtime Democratic Commissioner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : "With multiple FEC commissioners serving on expired terms and one vacant seat, Trump is free to nominate multiple new commissioners and to allow Congress to perform its constitutional role of advice and consent," said Republican Trevor Potter, a former FEC chair who is now president of Campaign Legal Center, in a statement.
38% : Additionally, Weintraub's attorneys noted that Trump can now easily skew the FEC's bipartisan structure by removing another Democratic commissioner and then filling the empty Republican seat, giving the GOP a 3-1 advantage.
28% : " Trump told his supporters "I am your retribution" during the 2024 campaign, promising to exact revenge on his political opponents and the perceived enemies of his backers.
23% : And during the Jan. 6 riots, Weintraub publicly urged Trump to "concede the election you have lost" and denounce the violence he incited.
20% : In 2023, she criticized her Republican colleagues for never voting to approve recommendations from the FEC's general counsel against Trump.

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