Revelations that candidate Dennis Kucinich was paid $20000 for a speech in London brings an strange twist to the gubernatorial raceMost Democratic primaries in 2018 bear focused on bread-and-butter progressive issues like healthcare,education and gun control. In Ohio’s gubernatorial primary, however, or domestic policy has increasingly been overshadowed by an unexpected figure: Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria took center stage final week,after the two-time presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich revealed in an amended filing with the state ethics board that he had received $20000 for a paid speech to a pro-Assad group in London. Related: If only the west’s motives for Syria strikes were more principled | Letters Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com