Election Interference? British Labour Party Staffers Reportedly To Campaign For Kamala Harris In Battleground States
By Danielle
Is this blatant election interference from the U.K. Labour Party?
According to reports, approximately 100 current and former Labour Party staff will travel to the United States for the next few weeks to campaign for Kamala Harris.
According to The National Pulse, Sofia Patel, the Labour Party’s head of operations, said in a LinkedIn post that staffers would travel to North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
“I have nearly 100 Labour Party staff (current and former) going to the US in the next few weeks heading to North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Virginia. I have 10 spots available for anyone available to head to the battleground state of North Carolina – we will sort your housing,” the alleged LinkedIn post read.
Hello @UKLabour.
You are breaking @FEC laws.
Foreign nationals are not allowed to be involved in anyway in U.S. elections.
Please go back to the UK and fix your own mass immigration problems that are ruining your country.
See next post for FEC laws.👇 pic.twitter.com/aJXsgjitSD
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 17, 2024
The National Pulse reports:
Patel advertised in the LinkedIn post, made on October 16, that there were still ten spots remaining for those who wish to go to North Carolina and that housing accommodations would be provided for them. It is unclear whether the Labour Party, the Harris campaign, or someone else may be paying for the accommodations. While foreigners can volunteer in elections, they cannot be directly compensated.
Earlier this year, several high-profile Labour Party figures, including several sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) and Labour General Secretary David Evans, attended the Democratic National Convention (DNC). The Harris campaign also recruited Deborah Mattinson, a former strategy director for Britain’s leftist prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer. Mattinson had helped rebrand Labour in an effort to appeal to the party’s traditional working-class voters.
Sofia Patel’s announcement reveals the deep connections between Labour and the Democrats amid concerns about foreign election interference in the U.S.