Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner received $24,000 in PAC donations from a meatpacking corporation.

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.businessinsider.com/sen-cory-gardner-jbs-meatpacking-colorado-donations-pac-money-2020-9

Meatpacking plants have been among the most devastated workplaces during the coronavirus pandemic, with the cramped working conditions and lack of consequential federal oversight leading to scores of COVID-19 infections and deaths.

But some Republican officials have remained surprisingly tight-lipped about the industry's poor COVID record — including Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, who has been one of the top recipients in Congress of PAC money from JBS meatpacking — over the past decade.

This cycle, his reelection campaign received more funds from JBS than any other member of Congress, with the exception of Rep. Josh Winegarner of Texas. Winegarner received a $10,000 donation from the company's political action committee, JBS USA LLC PAC, while Gardner has amassed $7,000 in donations so far.

Despite the company coming under mounting criticism for its lack of coronavirus protections following the biggest localized outbreak in Colorado — in addition to SEC and DOJ investigations into their Brazilian majority owners, according to court documents — Gardner's office and campaign refused to comment about the donation on the record.

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. Btw,JBS

Swift Eckrech Meat Company. Also Western Beef Corp. Not surprised,the two largest Feed Lots in the West are located in Colorado. And the owners are major donors to GOP Colorado causes .

[Blaukraut]

2. Blood money n/t