Update: Campaign Money lists this group, which has been around since 2004 but never spent anything:
Group Name | Republicans for Honesty in Government |
Stated Purpose | Political Action Organization designed to provide information about election and political processes. |
Email Address | no@email |
Established Date | 09/02/2004 |
Contact Person | A M Holland |
Contact Address | PO Box 2402 Saint Paul, MN 55102 |
Mailing Address | PO Box 2402 Saint Paul, MN 55102 |
Contributions Received (since 09/02/2004) |
$0 |
Expenditures Made (since 09/02/2004) |
$0 |
The group "Republicans for Honesty in Government" filed a 8871 in 2004 with the Internal Revenue Service, but no other filings are available.
Does the billboard itself actually exist of Highway 52? The leaves on the trees look a bit too green for Minnesota in the winter. [end update]
[Update #2] There's another, earlier version of the billboard shot from a different angle reported by Grant Nelson (grantnel2002) on reddit in from October 2017. The discussion notes:
[–]grantnel2002[S] 1 point
[–]Alyeskas_ghost 1 point
If this discussion is honest, it's real. Campaign finance records indicate Hampton is the home of Robert Johnson, president of "Republicans for Honesty in Government and a major DFL donor on the federal level.
On Sunday, "Paladin Cornelia" tweeted the photo above. Today, a friend of Bluestem provided a bit on research into just who those "Republicans for Honesty in Government" are:
step 1 look up "Republicans for Honesty in Government" on the MN Sec. of State website https://t.co/PwtEiKjNz5
— Andy (@tacomachine) January 2, 2018
step 2 google the address listed, which leads you here https://t.co/ccIWvgDNJ7
step 3 look up AEI on MN SOS, realize they are located in Delaware https://t.co/QYmlc70XfW
Looking at those links, we learn that
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