IA: Ernst, Young, Feenstra Take Smithfield Money Amid Outbreaks

[RandySF]

Three Iowa Republicans running for federal offices have taken campaign contributions from Smithfield Foods Political Action Committee in 2020 — a PAC that represents the meat processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which was home to the largest coronavirus outbreak in the country in April.

Senator Joni Ernst, and two candidates for Congress, David Young (IA-03) and Randy Feenstra (IA-04), have all taken money from the so-called “HAMPAC” within the last year.

The company was fined by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration earlier this year for failing to provide a safe workplace in its Sioux Falls plant after nearly 1,300 of its workers contracted COVID-19 and four died.

Workers at a Smithfield plant in Milan, Missouri also filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging Smithfield forced them to work in unsafe conditions.


https://iowastartingline.com/2020/10/06/ernst-young-feenstra-take-smithfield-money-amid-outbreaks/

[Sogo]

1. Smithfield is owned by the Chinese.

So, there’s your China meddling, Donald....