Luria continues to take corporate PAC money after breaking promise

Roll Call reports Elaine Luria has collected $120,000 from corporate PACs after breaking her promise to not accept corporate PAC money to her constituents.

Will Elaine Luria give back the $120,000 she took from corporate PACs after breaking her phony promise or continue being dishonest to Virginians? 

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$6M flows through loopholes in pledge against corporate PACs
Kate Ackley
Roll Call
8/3/2021
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/03/6m-flows-through-loopholes-in-pledge-against-corporate-pacs/

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But once in office, incumbents are potentially passing up money that could help them fund their reelection efforts.

So far, just one incumbent, Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, has reversed her position and begun accepting donations from company PACs. Since her switch, she has disclosed donations totaling more than $120,000 from corporate PACs, including those of FedEx, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Walmart, according to federal election records.

Advocates urging officials to take the pledge, especially the group End Citizens United, say it remains important.

“Corporate PACs exist for one reason, and it isn’t for the benefit of their community or the country,” said End Citizens United spokesman Adam Bozzi, whose group has its own PAC to advocate a campaign finance overhaul and to make endorsements in congressional races.

“It often isn’t even for the benefit of their own workers,” Bozzi added. “They exist to pad their bottom lines, often advocating for rigging the tax code in their favor or anti-consumer deregulation. We’ve even seen many corporations blow off concerns about the attack on the Capitol in order to buy access to members of Congress who will help them with their pet projects.”

Bozzi drew a distinction between corporate PACs and other types of PACs, saying that grassroots organizations “don’t have the luxury of unlimited corporate funds to offset overhead and administrative costs.”

“Members of Congress who don’t take corporate PAC money separate themselves by going above and beyond to send a message to their constituents that they are putting their interests ahead of corporate interests, and they are making a significant sacrifice, leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table,” he added.

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