Mark Kelly, a Democratic Senate candidate in Arizona, is scheduled later this month to attend a high-dollar fundraiser hosted by one of the city’s top lobbying firms, despite his pledge not to take “a dime of corporate PAC money.”
Kelly, a former astronaut and the husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D., Ariz.), announced back in January that he was running for the Democratic nomination in Arizona in 2020. As part of his campaign platform, Kelly highlights on his website that “this campaign is about the people of Arizona, not corporate PACs and the mess they’ve created in Washington.” He goes on to say that he will “only answer to Arizonans,” but Capitol Counsel, the host of the fundraiser, represents numerous corporations like Exxon Mobil, Chevron, JPMorgan Chase, Lockheed Martin, among others, according to the Intercept.
While the fundraiser invitation specifies that the attendees should not pay with corporate PAC checks, the corporate lobbyists and executives can pay with personal checks. By doing this, disclosure records will not reflect any contributions from the banks or fossil fuel corporations that are clients of Capitol Counsel. Kelly is using the model to fit with modern expectations for candidates to avoid “corporate influence in politics,” according to the Intercept.
The firm also represents Walmart, the NFL, Comcast, the American Health Care Association, the Health Care Service Corporation, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Edison Electric Institute, the National Business Aviation Association, and the Internet and Television Association.
The fundraiser comes as the old way of doing politics through big-money fundraising is colliding with a new model based on small donors. But the new paradigm has yet to fully take hold, which is leading candidates to try to mold the old approach to fit the new anti-corporate money mood.
Kelly clearly recognizes the salience of political corruption as an issue and criticized corporate influence in politics as part of his launch video, saying that “partisanship and polarization and gerrymandering and corporate money have ruined our politics.”
Kelly received scrutiny from one of his potential challengers, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.), for breaking his “no corporate PAC money” pledge because he had previously made at least 19 paid appearances on a corporate speaking tour over the span of multiple years, the Intercept reported earlier this month. more
Kelly is just another god damned (d) shape shifter.
Anti gun MF
He is a real piece of work
He is able to change his spots on demand, short term memory does not function.
A perfect professional politician! He is driven by power and the love of money!
He is nothing without his meat puppet.
Even if his anti corporate PAC lie was true, which it is not, ignored are the deep pockets of the Brady campaign, special interests, unions, and leftist puppet masters like Soros and Steyer.
There’s plenty of money in politics. Just ask AOC, the former bartender who passed a casting call and is suddenly a millionaire.
Politicians are persons of great principles.
Until those principles go against their personal financial interest.
Behold God’s sense of humor. Gave that guy a head like a penis.
Personal checks work just fine on the corporate expense report.
Typical two-face Democrat.
scream-of-consciousness; “If you’re trying to change minds and influence people it’s probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell.”
RTRKOF
If elected he’ll then be able to get one of his staff to change his wife’s diapers for a change.
This guy is nothing but a disgusting PIG!
Another Demass.
@ Anonymous
Damn, God broke his Ugly Stick on him.
Two-faced, double-tongued husband of lying, dual loyalist, US/Israeli citizen Gabby Giffords. Claimed to be the real target of shooting, but was not. Backed Hillary Clinton for President. She lies, accuses Trump and his backers of instigating and promoting violence. Another fraud for Commie Dems to rig an election for in Arizona? So the AIPAC lobby will very likely back this faker because of his wife?
(NaturalNews) While most of the country has been focused on the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), the murder of Judge John McCarthy Roll, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, remains largely and strangely missing from most of the mainstream press coverage of this event.
http://themillenniumreport.com/2018/09/the-shooting-of-gabby-giffords-was-all-about-killing-u-s-district-chief-judge-john-m-roll/
Gabby Giffords’ Husband Mark Kelly Considers 2020 Arizona Senate Run
This is the same Mark Kelly who testified in favor of a massive expansion of gun control for the residents of Oregon on February 7, 2014, then followed that testimony by shooting guns at the Portland Police Bureau Central Precinct Range. Portland Police tweeted a photo of Kelly shooting but deleted it amid public outcry.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/25/gabby-giffords-husband-mark-kelly-considers-2020-arizona-senate-run/
CBS Spins the Tall Tale – Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly are ‘Just Regular Gun Owners’
Ammoland Inc. Posted on March 16, 2015 by AWR Hawkins
https://www.ammoland.com/2015/03/cbs-giffords-kelly-are-just-regular-gun-owners/#axzz5i5x9RpDn
Gabby Giffords: Trump’s ‘2nd Amendment’ Line
Insinuates Violence
By Catherine Thompson
August 9, 2016 6:38 pm
“She was able to walk onstage at the Democratic National Convention last month without assistance. There, she addressed delegates and argued Hillary Clinton would work to reduce gun violence if elected president.”
““Donald Trump might astound Americans on a routine basis, but we must draw a bright red line between political speech and suggestions of violence. Responsible, stable individuals won’t take Trump’s rhetoric to its literal end, but his words may provide a magnet for those seeking infamy. They may provide inspiration or permission for those bent on bloodshed.”
“What political leaders say matters to their followers. When candidates descend into coarseness and insult, our politics follow suit. When they affirm violence, we should fear that violence will follow.””
“It must be the responsibility of all Americans – from Donald Trump himself, to his supporters, to those who remain silent or oppose him – to unambiguously condemn these remarks and the violence they insinuate. The integrity of our democracy and the decency of our nation is at stake.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gabby-giffords-trump-second-amendment-violence
89% of our Senators and Congress hold dual citizenship citizenship with Israel
March 21, 2018 by IWB
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/89-of-our-senators-and-congress-hold-dual-citizenship-citizenship-with-israel/
It wouldn’t surprise me if that anti-gun POS asks the NRA for money!
He and his twin brother must share one brain.