John K. Delaney

John K. Delaney (alias: One of the nicest men in politics, from Tucker Carlson)^[1] is a former Democratic party congressman from Maryland. Delaney is a white male "progressive businessman." Delaney founded two companies on the New York Stock Exchange, one of which still exists. Health Care Financial Partners (HCFP) was founded in 1993 and CapitalSource in 2000. CapitalSource was awarded a Bank Enterprise Award from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund by the Obama administration in 2010 (see Community Reinvestment Act).

Delaney wants a carbon tax in the United States, the same tax regime that sparked the Yellow vest movement in France.

Delaney talked too much sense. It was a downhill slide from the start.

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Delaney proposes "real solutions, not with impossible promises." Delaney criticized the communist Medicare for All proposal^[2] while using communist rhetoric: "we should give everyone in this country health care as a basic human right for free, full stop." Then made a capitalist argument in support of his insurance business: "But we should also give them the option to buy private insurance. Why do we have to stand for taking away something from people? If you go to every hospital in this country and you ask them one question, which is how would it have been for you last year if every one of your bills were paid at the Medicare rate? Every single hospital administrator said they would close. And the Medicare for all bill requires payments to stay at current Medicare rates. So to some extent, we're supporting a bill that will have every hospital closing."

Delaney announced he would run for president rather than re-election and was the first Democrat to file with the FEC as early as 2017. DNC rules require a candidate to have 65,000 small-dollar donors (less than $250) to participate in the First Debate; after two years Delaney was still lagging behind the 65,000 donor mark and promised to transfer $2 from each new donor to Planned Parenthood or several other non-profit groups, including an anti-Second Amendment group.^[3] After being eliminated, unspent funds can be channeled to other political campaigns,^[4] other candidates, non-profit groups, or used in a so-called walking dead or "zombie campaign".^[5] Most regard Delaney's stunt as a nationwide fundraising scam to raise out of state money for a 2022 election bid against the incumbent Republican governor of Maryland.^[6] Delaney raised $21 million as of the first quarter of 2019.^[7]

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