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Re:Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App by _bxg1 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @11:38AM (#22237597)
Are you disputing the stated facts, or just the (unstated) connection to the other issues? A conflict of interest is a conflict of interest, no matter how far it may or may not have gone.
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Re:Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App by sappapp on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @11:44AM (#22237700)
Both.

Shadow provides peer to peer engagement software, which is being used by the Buttigieg campaign. Just because the same software is being used in Iowa doesn't mean there is a conflict of interest.

https://shadowinc.io/

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Re:Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App by ameister14 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:12PM (#22238887)
But you're not really disputing the facts there - the CEO's husband being an advisor, Buttigieg's organizing director being a former employee, etc?
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Re:Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App by sappapp on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:31PM (#22239158)
No one has provided evidence of this either. But, if the evidence is presented it still doesn't prove that there is a conflict of interest.
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Re:Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App by aksss on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @07:29PM (#22242763)
I think the standard is to avoid the appearance of a conflict, not to have plausible deniability. I think the person’s point is that it doesn’t look good, and this is the kind of scenario where _you need everything to look good_, because when shit like this happens, it erodes confidence all the more.
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