A clever loophole could hurt the senator in his tough reelection bid.
WFB: Sen. Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.) swore off corporate PAC contributions, but money from corporations is still finding a way into his campaign coffers.
Kelly, who has called corporate money “one of the biggest problems in our politics today,” received $55,500 in contributions last quarter from the PACs of corporate trade groups and the Senate leadership committees of many of his fellow Democrats. The leadership committees have received tens of thousands of dollars from the sort of corporate PACs that Kelly decries. Trade associations like the National Football League and Internet & Television Association also contributed to Kelly’s campaign, according to his latest FEC disclosures.
Kelly taking corporate donations through a loophole is the latest example of his inconsistent position on corporate influence in politics. In 2019, Kelly attended a fundraiser hosted by the firm lobbying for Citigroup, Chevron, and ExxonMobil even after he came out against corporate PAC money. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.) criticized Kelly for raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars on the corporate speaking circuit, saying it conflicted with Kelly’s self-imposed ban on corporate PAC contributions for his campaign.
The senator, who faces a tough reelection bid in November, introduced a bill with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D., Ga.) last month to ban companies from forming PACs or soliciting money to fund them. “Our legislation would put an end to the corrupt influence of corporate PACs in our political system,” Kelly said of the bill.
But while Kelly has not taken cash directly from corporate PACs, he has still benefited from their political contributions. Eleven Democratic senators have given $40,000 to Kelly’s campaign through their leadership PACs. A review of FEC records shows all of the committees took thousands of dollars in corporate PAC money. more
They can use fancy encomiums and monikers all they want to snooker us plain old folks, but when the rubber meets the road, all these Progressive charlatans, snake oil salesmen and knaves are parasitic swine. They float like political scum and dross on the toils of others, and siphon off a living by yoking the useful idiots to their poisonous ideology. Just look at their Curricula Vitae ‘s…lots of “education” but little contribution or dirt under fingernails. Yup…parasitic swine…and the embodiment of pure evil.
It’d be a shame if this shot his campaign down.
No worries, that won’t happen cracker ass.
Imagine that……
a demOCrat caught lying.
Dumbass needs put on a one way trip to Jupiter.
How to tell if a politician is lying:
It has a (D) behind its name.
Or an (R).
keep sucking gun control dk & swallowing, commie asshole
There’s “No, no!” on his lips, but ‘Yes, yes!’ in his eyes.
Gun control, you need it, got to have, plus more lawsuits like the Remmi gton.
Buzz Lightyear made more sense.
That old commie POS is propped up by the COMMCHINKS!
It really amazed me how anyone who was in the military can be a democrat.
I honestly do not understand it.
That Spock-eared Conehead looks like an ugly Keebler Elf after over-dosing on growth hormones.
Plus, he gives me the creeps.
And still gonna win, creepin you out, well thats a plus!
Gabby “Head Wound” Hayes Gifford owns a lot of sex toys. Why? Because that astrnut she married has no balls. I still laugh at his failed attempt to buy an illegal gun. Which was criminal. Why wasn’t he prosecuted. FAG.