Dennis Kucinich says he is returning $20,000 speaking fee to pro-Syrian government group

[Upstate One]

Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

Former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat running for governor, said on Thursday he is returning a $20,000 speaking fee he received from a group sympathetic to the Syrian government.

Kucinich initially failed to disclose in state ethics filings that he received $20,000 in 2017 for a paid speech in London from the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees , which includes the pro-President Bashar Assad group Syria Solidarity Movement. Kucinich received widespread criticism, including from former Gov. Ted Strickland , though some voters seemed unconcerned .

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[jberryhill]

1. He should just donate it to a group fighting chemtrails

[FarPoint]

10. Hahaha...

That is a good one..You make me smile....

[emulatorloo]

2. Too little too late. Shouldnt have taken the money in the first plaee.

Shouldn’t have lied either.

[still_one]

3. You got caught Dennis, too bad, you are toast

[rpannier]

4. his time on faux spews should have ended it for him nt

[still_one]

5. I agree rp

[jes06c]

6. I really liked Kucinich

Voted for him in 2004 and 2008. What the hell happened to him?

[gyroscope]

7. He got caught up in the DC culture of corruption

and became corrupted by it. Not easy to keep one's hands clean in such an environment.

Because the culture of DC is that of a banana republic.

[Scurrilous]

8. Another bought and paid for Putin tool.

[dalton99a]

11. Yep.

[JohnnyRingo]

9. We love you Dennis

We don't care that you were paid for a speaking engagement.

Now please take your name off the primary ballot in Ohio to make way for Richard Cordray to run for the statehouse before you start negative campaigning against him. The same goes for my hometown candidate Joe Shivoni. We need someone who can beat Mike DeWine this fall.