{"id":418,"date":"2023-08-07T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T20:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/articles\/foreign-influenced-political-spending-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:57:30","slug":"foreign-influenced-political-spending-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/articles\/os-gastos-politicos-influenciados-pelo-estrangeiro-sao-uma-ameaca-a-nossa-democracia\/","title":{"rendered":"Os gastos pol\u00edticos influenciados pelo estrangeiro s\u00e3o uma amea\u00e7a \u00e0 nossa democracia"},"template":"","class_list":["post-418","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"What Massachusetts lawmakers can do to protect our elections from foreign influences. ","featured_image":"","article_type":214,"authors":"","related_issues":[92,464,462],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Os fundadores do nosso pa\u00eds estavam preocupados com a potencial influ\u00eancia estrangeira nas elei\u00e7\u00f5es da nossa na\u00e7\u00e3o desde o in\u00edcio \u2014 e com raz\u00e3o. Em 1796, George Washington <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/library\/digitalhistory\/digital-encyclopedia\/article\/george-washington-s-farewell-address\/?gad=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw4s-kBhDqARIsAN-ipH238aKZmlC8W-kBcQDsr9Gq4P5SWEXwqzIM03W3Nb5JI7FCUCiKzTkaAqwQEALw_wcB\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discurso de despedida<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ele advertiu: &quot;Contra as artimanhas insidiosas da influ\u00eancia estrangeira... o zelo de um povo livre deve estar constantemente vigilante, visto que a hist\u00f3ria e a experi\u00eancia comprovam que a influ\u00eancia estrangeira \u00e9 um dos inimigos mais perniciosos do governo republicano.&quot;<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Temendo que a Europa tentasse minar a independ\u00eancia da nossa nova rep\u00fablica atrav\u00e9s do cargo mais poderoso, os Pais Fundadores escreveram <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/foreign-influence-constitution-founding-fathers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">duas medidas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> na Constitui\u00e7\u00e3o que d\u00e1 aos poderes legislativo e judici\u00e1rio o poder de controlar o poder executivo, se necess\u00e1rio: a cl\u00e1usula de emolumentos, que impede qualquer representante eleito ou embaixador de aceitar presentes de pot\u00eancias estrangeiras, e o poder de destituir um presidente.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A influ\u00eancia de pot\u00eancias estrangeiras \u00e9 muito mais complexa hoje do que era em 1787, e vai al\u00e9m do cargo de Presidente. A decis\u00e3o da Suprema Corte de 2010 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/supct\/html\/08-205.ZS.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cidad\u00e3os Unidos v. FEC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> abriu a porta para corpora\u00e7\u00f5es doarem livremente para campanhas americanas, incluindo elei\u00e7\u00f5es estaduais em Massachusetts. Isso significa que corpora\u00e7\u00f5es com fins lucrativos \u2014 incluindo aquelas sob controle ou influ\u00eancia estrangeira \u2014 t\u00eam o poder de gastar dinheiro ilimitado em nossas elei\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A influ\u00eancia estrangeira vem em muitas formas novas e impactantes em 2023. Considere a medida de vota\u00e7\u00e3o dos trabalhadores tempor\u00e1rios que foi <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/06\/15\/massachusetts-court-shuts-down-uber-and-lyft-backed-gig-work-ballot-measure-00039465\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">desligar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pela Suprema Corte do nosso estado no ano passado. Corpora\u00e7\u00f5es como Uber e Lyft, que se beneficiaram com a aprova\u00e7\u00e3o da medida eleitoral, doaram dezenas de milh\u00f5es de d\u00f3lares para a iniciativa. A contribui\u00e7\u00e3o de $13 milh\u00f5es da Lyft em dezembro de 2021 foi a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2022\/01\/18\/metro\/lyft-makes-largest-one-time-political-donation-massachusetts-history-fueling-gig-worker-ballot-fight\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">maior doa\u00e7\u00e3o pol\u00edtica<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> na hist\u00f3ria do estado.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-8869 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/MA-23-pull-quote-redo-300x74.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"142\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A influ\u00eancia corporativa em nossos sistemas pol\u00edticos \u00e9 preocupante por si s\u00f3. Mas se olharmos mais de perto, tamb\u00e9m veremos que investidores estrangeiros influenciam as corpora\u00e7\u00f5es que est\u00e3o fazendo essas grandes contribui\u00e7\u00f5es.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por exemplo, a Kingdom Holding da Ar\u00e1bia Saudita, a empresa de investimento do bilion\u00e1rio pr\u00edncipe Alwaleed bin Talal, comprou 5,3% da Lyft por $247,7 milh\u00f5es em <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/lyft-kingdom-holding-ma\/saudis-kingdom-holding-among-group-investing-247-7-mln-in-lyft-idUSL8N14D09I20151224\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A Uber aceitou $3,5 bilh\u00f5es do pr\u00edncipe herdeiro da Ar\u00e1bia Saudita, Mohammed Bin Salman, em <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/02\/technology\/uber-investment-saudi-arabia.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2016<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. S\u00f3 a Ar\u00e1bia Saudita tem uma d\u00edvida de $700 mil milh\u00f5es de d\u00f3lares <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/07\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-sovereign-wealth-fund.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fundo de Investimento P\u00fablico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, que investiu em uma ampla gama de empresas e projetos, desde infraestrutura russa at\u00e9 a empresa de investimentos administrada por Jared Kushner, genro do ex-presidente Trump.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Embora o pr\u00edncipe herdeiro Mohammed Bin Salman provavelmente n\u00e3o tenha tido envolvimento na medida de vota\u00e7\u00e3o dos trabalhadores tempor\u00e1rios de Massachusetts, h\u00e1 um potencial \u00f3bvio de influ\u00eancia estrangeira poderosa em nossas elei\u00e7\u00f5es estaduais. <\/span><b>\u00c9 uma brecha que pode ser facilmente explorada e precisa ser fechada.<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aqui em Massachusetts, podemos agir aprovando uma legisla\u00e7\u00e3o que proteja nossas elei\u00e7\u00f5es de gastos pol\u00edticos de empresas sob influ\u00eancia estrangeira. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uma lei que limita os gastos pol\u00edticos de empresas de influ\u00eancia estrangeira,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> introduzido<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pelo senador estadual Mark Montigny como projeto de lei <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/193\/S430\/BillHistory\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.430<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> e a Representante Erika Uyterhoeven como<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conta <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/193\/H722\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">H.722<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, limitaria os gastos pol\u00edticos nas elei\u00e7\u00f5es de Massachusetts por corpora\u00e7\u00f5es de influ\u00eancia estrangeira. \u201cInfluenciada por estrangeiros\u201d seria definida como qualquer corpora\u00e7\u00e3o com um \u00fanico propriet\u00e1rio estrangeiro com 1 por cento de propriedade ou mais, ou m\u00faltiplos propriet\u00e1rios estrangeiros com pelo menos 5 por cento de propriedade ou mais.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muitos <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/legalindustry\/states-localities-take-foreign-influenced-political-spending-2023-05-30\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">outros estados<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> est\u00e3o tomando medidas semelhantes para proteger nossas elei\u00e7\u00f5es. Colorado e Minnesota aprovaram recentemente proibi\u00e7\u00f5es semelhantes sobre gastos pol\u00edticos por corpora\u00e7\u00f5es de influ\u00eancia estrangeira, e projetos de lei semelhantes foram introduzidos na Calif\u00f3rnia e em Nova York este ano.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aqui no local de nascimento da Revolu\u00e7\u00e3o Americana, devemos agir agora para proteger nossa democracia. Lute contra as \u201carmadilhas insidiosas da influ\u00eancia estrangeira\u201d hoje, ligando para seus representantes e senadores estaduais e pedindo que apoiem H.722 e S.430 para fechar essa brecha de corpora\u00e7\u00f5es de influ\u00eancia estrangeira em nossa lei de financiamento de campanha.<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Foreign-influenced political spending is a threat to our democracy - Common Cause Massachusetts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/articles\/os-gastos-politicos-influenciados-pelo-estrangeiro-sao-uma-ameaca-a-nossa-democracia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Foreign-influenced political spending is a threat to our democracy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/articles\/os-gastos-politicos-influenciados-pelo-estrangeiro-sao-uma-ameaca-a-nossa-democracia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T17:57:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/articles\/foreign-influenced-political-spending-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/articles\/foreign-influenced-political-spending-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy\/\",\"name\":\"Foreign-influenced political spending is a threat to our democracy - 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