Washington, D.C. – Democrats are getting busted left and right for being hypocrites on corporate PAC money. Now, Raphael Warnock is being called out on his hypocrisy.
Not only does Warnock take money from corporate-funded PACs but he also takes it from their lobbyists as well. In fact, he and Sen. Mark Kelly flew to Nantucket this weekend for an exclusive fundraiser hosted by a major corporate lobbyist.
From the Daily Caller:
“Sen. Raphael Warnock has collected tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from political action committees (PAC) funded by corporations this election cycle, records show. At the same time, the Georgia Democrat has said he’s “never taken a dime of corporate PAC money” and pledged not to do so.
Warnock’s campaign took $29,600 during the first and second quarters of 2022 from Democratic leadership PACs that have in turn accepted $1.6 million from corporate-backed PACs since 2003, according to Federal Election Commission records (FEC) reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
‘I’ve made the decision to reject corporate PAC money, so I’m fully relying on grassroots folks like you to power our reelection campaign to victory,’ Warnock’s campaign wrote in a fundraising email Wednesday.
Ameripac, which is tied to Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, gave $5,000 to Warnock’s campaign in June, filings show. The leadership PAC has gotten $373,000 since 2003 from PACs for Google, CVS, Lockheed Martin, General Electric and Pfizer.
Green Mountain PAC, which is the leadership PAC for Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, donated $2,500 to the senator’s campaign in March, filings show. Leahy’s PAC has received $489,250 since 2005 from PACs for General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, AT&T, Microsoft, Deloitte, Lockheed Martin, Google, Comcast and Pfizer, records show.”
Statement from NRSC Spokesman T.W. Arrighi: “Raphael Warnock loves to sound like a man of the people when speaking to Georgians and then turn around and do the opposite when he is with the Washington crowd. Corporate money and trips to Nantucket are nice things to attack on the campaign trail but even nicer to accept when you think no one is watching. Unfortunately for Warnock, voters are watching, and they won’t forget so easily.”
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