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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Feb 7, 2021, 06:23 PM Feb 2021

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley used campaign funds to pay for $197 in food during family Universal

Studios trip

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, who has been in the spotlight in recent days for stirring up Trump supporters who breached the Capitol, is attracting scrutiny for using campaign funds to pay for food for his family during a lobbyist retreat outing at Universal Studios Orlando.

The New York Post was the first to uncover the Federal Election Commission records showing Hawley using $197 in campaign funds to buy food at Universal Studios vendors like Lard Lad Donuts and Margaritaville.

Politicians are expressly prohibited from using campaign funds to pay for personal expenditures.

Hawley and his family visited Universal Studios as part of a family-friend lobbyist retreat to Orlando in February 2020.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-sen-josh-hawley-used-131918099.html
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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley used campaign funds to pay for $197 in food during family Universal (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 OP
I read that Josh Hawley's wife is a millionaire. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #1
That $197 could have bought some Missourian families going hungry some decent meals. Instead, SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #2
Rules are for the little people Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #3
This Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #4

SWBTATTReg

(22,166 posts)
2. That $197 could have bought some Missourian families going hungry some decent meals. Instead,
Sun Feb 7, 2021, 06:39 PM
Feb 2021

he and his millionaire wife are going Universal Studios, spending others' money to have fun, at lobbyist expense? What a hypocrite.

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