Of the multimillionaires who are 50 richest Members of Congress 32 are very conservative Republicans.
No doubt you've read that the DCCC also recruits multimillionaires to run as Democrats. That is how the Blue Dogs were created...
Of course, not every single multimillionaire is a selfish prig out to serve himself an even bigger slice of the pie, but all things being equal, you can probably count on most of them to not relate to the problems faced by ordinary working American families.
It's sad when that doesn't only apply to Republicans but to Democrats as well. Last year Steve Israel helped crush Progressive, working and middle class aspirants who wanted to run for Congress while clearing a path for more fucking ego-driven millionaires. And once they become DCCC-preferred candidates, Israel squeezes them to become politically-unhealthy self-funders.
These were some of his top recruits last cycle and how much they spent from their personal fortunes to purchase their congressional seats:
• Suzan DelBene (New Dem-WA)- $2,796,879 (63%) after spending $2,284,034 (57%) in 2010Each one rushed to join the super-corrupt, Big Business-oriented Conserva-Dems.
• Scott Peters (New Dem-CA)- $2,757,452 (63%)
• John Delaney (New Dem-MD)- $2,370,556 (54%)
• Elizabeth Esty (New Dem-CT)- $545,195 (17%)
• Bill Foster (New Dem-IL)- $500,000 (14%) after spending $545,000 in 2010 and $1,998,223 (41%) in 2008
• Denny Heck (New Dem-WA)- $99,000 (5%) after spending $350,000 (18%) in 2010
What a coincidence!
NOT.
Then there's Patrick Fucking Murphy, the spoiled rich kid and lifetime Republican who switched parties so he could be in Congress? He's a Conserva-Dem too, of course, but he only self-funded to the tune of $66,743.
But don't worry, his rich Republican daddy started his own superPAC, American Sunrise, to funnel much more substantial sums into Patrick's campaign. And now that he's in Congress, he's been voting with the Republicans on financial and economic issues and working with right-wing crackpots to push the regressive Republican agenda of low wages, fewer worker protections and lower taxes for millionaires and corporations.... At the expense of jobs, upward mobility, buying power and the overall American Economy.
Write Steve Israel today and tell him to stop supporting Conservatives pretending to be Democrats, and help elect Democrats that believe the American People are more than just "Human Resources".... Or vote his DINO ass out of Congress!
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