Darrell Issa took a $150k PPP check, then loaned exactly $150k to his campaign

[soothsayer]

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Ammar Campa-Najjar
@ACampaNajjar

US House candidate, CA-50
Retweet: Voters need to know millionaire Darrell Issa skipped to the front of the line & took a $150k PPP check, while #CA50 small businesses were forced to close forever because of #COVID19!

3 weeks later, Issa loaned exactly $150k to his own campaign...

Congressional District 50: Will East County Elect an Honest Human?
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[malaise]

1. GTA should have been in prison

ages ago - a genuine swamp dweller

[Demovictory9]

5. I recall that nick name, Grand Theft Auto

yeah, he gets away with a lot

[malaise]

12. LOL

[aggiesal]

19. I call him AssI, Issa spelled backwards n/t

[malaise]

22. LOL

[Frustratedlady]

2. Here's another one that needs to disappear. We had enough "Issa" and sure don't need more!

Issa made fools out of Repukes with his constant investigations of Democrats. Did he ever accomplish anything with the hearings? I do remember that Hillary seemed to enjoy his investigations by zinging him every chance she got. Wasn't one of them many hours long?

[Submariner]

9. She stayed cool and calm for 11 hours while they bristled with hate

and she gazed at them like "Well...what's your next stupid question Darrell?"

They could not score points on her for anything. I remember that well.

[SledDriver]

17. I love this take on that photo

[Frustratedlady]

42. And, how many Democrats did he investigate? Someone should have shown him the Repuke list

of crimes/convictions so he'd shut up and leave the Democrats alone. They think we forget over time. Wrong!

[dubyadiprecession]

3. For those of us, who haven't had our coffee yet.

What is a PPP check?

[soothsayer]

4. Paycheck Protection Program -- Covid aid to help small biz keep employees paid

[keithbvadu2]

6. Many of them are 'loans' that may turn out to be forgiven.

Many of them are 'loans' that may turn out to be forgiven.

[Captain Zero]

20. Doesn't a forgiven loan become INCOME

We need to check up on the forgiven loans and see if the recipient reports it as income, especially if this one ends up being forgiven.

[dubyadiprecession]

7. We need to start off 2021 right...

And Assa off to prison!
Lock him up!
Lock him up!

[barbtries]

8. Issa is a lowlife sleazebag.

always has been.

[TNNurse]

10. How was he possibly eligible for the check?

What is his small business??? Besides fraud.

[jmowreader]

11. He gave up the car alarm business long ago

Hopefully the bug-dicked bastard didn’t apply for it for his congressional staff.

[grantcart]

15. Darrell Issa is not in Congress. Facing certain defeat in 2018 he didn't run

[jmowreader]

40. Oh, sorry. Thanks.

[panader0]

18. "bug-dicked"----My old boss had a phrase for certain people:

Needle dick the bug fucker.

[marble falls]

13. Well, of course he did.

[ET Awful]

14. So the guy who financed the effort to recall Grey Davis and accused him of fund raising violations

Has now blatantly ripped off wage earners.

Typical hypocritical Republican.

[PatSeg]

16. Good god

I thought we were done with him forever. Some people just won't go away.

Meanwhile, Issa was the wealthiest member of congress worth a reported $250 million. What did he need a PPP loan for? And why couldn't he afford to loan his campaign money? These greedy bastards will take advantage of anything from the government, even if they don't need it, but will be quick to cut food stamps or assistance to the poor.

On the upside, hopefully his little stunt will undo his plans to move back to DC.

[aggiesal]

21. He's running for Duncan Hunter Jr.'s seat in East San Diego County ...

a safe Republican district that elected Hunter even after news of his indictment was released and he blamed his wife.
And Darrell AssI doesn't even live in that district.

[PatSeg]

24. He doesn't even live in the district?

[aggiesal]

25. No, he's a political carpetbagger ...

You don't have to live in the district to be the congressional representative of that district.
It's called carpetbagger.
Definition of carpetbagger: A political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.

Darrell AssI, lives in Vista, a north county suburb about 45 miles away from East County district he's running in.

He lives in the 49th Congressional District and is running in the 50th Congressional District.
The population center of the 50th is in the El Cajon/Santee area, about 45 miles away from Vista.

[PatSeg]

27. Yes carpetbagger is an apt word

And a very wealthy one at that. What I don't understand is the man has everything he could possibly want (or so you'd think), why on earth does he need a congressional seat as well? If he were younger, I'd say he had long range political ambitions, but at 66 and very rich, what is his motivation? Of course, I'm thinking as a sane, rational person, so it is hard getting inside the head of a man like that.

[aggiesal]

28. I met him at the Registrar of Voters ...

back around 2008, when he was the congressman from the 49th district.

He really wanted to be the Governor of California and instigated the Recall of Governor Gray Davis,
so that he could become Governor.
When Ahnold announced his candidacy, Darrell AssI tearfully announced his dropout (crying like a baby),
knowing he could never beat Ahnold. He'll quit instead of losing an election, when the writing is on the wall.
AssI - Issa spelled backwards.

Everyone in the ROV office was surrounding him like he was some celebrity.

He's as smarmy as he looks.

[PatSeg]

33. And that is awfully smarmy

In 2008, I can see him eyeing the governor's office perhaps as a step toward president one day, but I can't see any path for him now. Of course, he could probably be another republican who constantly craves media attention and will do anything to be in the public eye. Getting rid of these republicans is like playing whack-a-mole. Whenever you think you've succeeded, either another one pops up or the same ones rise from the dead. They just won't go away!

[tblue37]

38. I think those who can't stop amazing wealth and power, even when they have more

than they could ever use, suffer from a form of hoarding disorder.

[keithbvadu2]

23. Rudy G got some?

https://imgur.com/gallery/IqtwheG

[PatSeg]

34. I suppose

no one should be surprised. If any of them ever did anything honest and aboveboard, THAT would be a surprise. It is a way of life for these people and they really think there is nothing wrong with it.

[Frustratedlady]

44. You know damned well there are many more that got them.

They are probably filling out the paperwork in anticipation of the next PPP:II.

[kentuck]

26. Still in the swamp?

Still corrupt?

[Brother Buzz]

29. Issa and Campa-Najjar are in a statistical dead heat

In my perfect world, Campa-Najjar would have a double digit lead, but Ca-50 is a tough nut to crack.

Ammar would love to hear from you: https://www.campacampaign.com/

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

31. It's insane to me. "Well we lost our last crook for well, being a crook. Let's replace him with this

other crook...... Because freedom!". Or some such dumb shit. Large swaths of this country, do indeed suffer from the Morona virus.

[Brother Buzz]

32. Low information voters do recognize Darrell Issa's name

Ca-50 is a really odd district. I am under the impression the district is front loaded with change jingling retire Navy, so that patriotic flag waving jingoism is an easy sell; to Hell with facts and reality.

[PatSeg]

35. Well, in fairness

Issa is a BETTER crook than Duncan Hunter. He doesn't get caught. Perhaps its, "I like crooks who don't get caught, okay?"

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

37. Well, I do remember my old man's advice when I started getting in trouble as a teen. "If you're

going to be a criminal. At least be good at it...."

[Wounded Bear]

30. Timing is everything!

[Luz]

36. Can one collect interest on money loaned to one's own

campaign? Is there any limits on interest if doing this?

[UTUSN]

39. K&R

[Earthshine2]

41. Darry Issa net worth -- $250M

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Issa

"With a net worth of approximately $250 million, Issa during his tenure was the wealthiest serving member of Congress."

[rockfordfile]

43. The problem for some is when you're corrupt, you're just corrupt no matter the day.

[TexasBushwhacker]

45. I'm pretty sure that won't be forgivable

What made the PPP so attractive was that if you spent 75% of it on payroll for your business in the first 60 days, the entire loan was forgiven. To qualify, you had to show records of your payroll over the previous year. With Issa loaning the money to his campaign, rather than covering payroll for a business, he will just have to pay it back. Not only is it stupid, he may have committed fraud.

[Blue_true]

47. Depends upon how he hid things.

If he took the loan, paid employees with the loan, but by doing that “saved” an equal amount that he could give to his campaign, he could claim that he used the loan properly. I seriously doubt that he will allow an audit of all his (company and personal) bank records.

The thing that irritates me is the guy is (was?) super rich. $150,000 should not be anything for a person that is (was?) worth north of $175 million dollars.

[TexasBushwhacker]

49. And the whole point was to offer the loans to small businesses

to help keep them afloat and help to keep them from laying off workers. Large companies and companies owned by millionaires have financial avenues not available to small businesses. Those loans should not have been available to someone like Issa, AT ALL.

[Blue_true]

50. I agree. The guy was worth a quarter billion at one time. nt

[Blue_true]

46. Issa isn't just a millionaire.

He was one of the richest members of Congress while he was there. He is also a known thief (built a “security” company that prospered from auto thelfs that he organized and had executed) and general scumbag.

[Blue Owl]

48. Well issn't that special