ICYMI: Nickel accepts corporate PAC funds after filing bill against it
In case you missed it, Wiley Nickel is being accused of hypocrisy.
In the state legislature, Nickel sponsored legislation urging Congress to act on corporate influence in American elections, but now as a member of Congress, he’s accepting corporate money. He took $88,500 from corporate PACs in Q2.
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Wiley Nickel accepts over $80k from corporate PACs after filing bill against
Carolina Journal
July 20, 2023
Between the months of April and June of 2023, Congressman Wiley Nickel, D-NC13, accepted $88,500 from corporate PACs. Company PACs include Amazon, Visa, and H&R Block.
During his time in the state legislature, then state-Senator Wiley Nickel sponsored legislation urging Congress to act on corporate influence in American elections, saying “corporate participation in the political process often conflicts with the public interest.”
“Wiley Nickel has repeatedly proven himself a hypocrite, and his acceptance of corporate campaign donations are just another example of it,” NRCC spokeswoman Delanie Bomar said.
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In April, Nickel accepted money from over a dozen PACs and special interests.
Congressman Nickel campaigned against members of Congress trading individual stocks. Nickel’s asset disclosure report from May 2022 revealed that Nickel owned around 50 individual company stocks.
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