Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) must miss Todd Akin these days.
Besides facing an uphill fight against a competent Republican challenger, the embattled Democrat now has to contend with the revelation that her husband’s businesses received an eyebrow-raising $131 million in federal subsidies since she took office in 2007.
Additionally, her family’s income from investments in said businesses has grown exponentially, according to an explosive exposé by The Kansas City Star.
Evie Fordham, of The Daily Caller, explains:
There is no indication that McCaskill used her influence to funnel funds to businesses that her husband invested in. This is not the first time that the senator, who has a combined net worth with her husband of more than $30 million, has faced backlash because of finances.
McCaskill was criticized in June when, after advertising that she would embark on a pro-veterans tour of her state by RV, it was revealed she had been traveling by private plane. McCaskill spent more than $3,000 to use the private plane on the “RV tour.” She spent $117,000 in total on private air travel between April and June, reported the Washington Free Beacon.
McCaskill’s husband has invested in affordable housing since the 1970s.
Shepard has seen his dividends from those investments shoot up in recent years, reported The Kansas City Star. He made between $365,374 and $1,118,158 in 2017 thanks to affordable housing investments subsidized by the federal government.
Omg pic.twitter.com/UAKz0CiPPG
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 24, 2018
Though The Kansas City Star report notes “there’s no evidence that McCaskill played any part in directing federal funds to businesses affiliated with her husband,” given the Senator’s controversial history, it’s harder for us to give her a pass.
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Your husband getting awarded $131 million is definitely For the People pic.twitter.com/SdkXEoUXym— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 24, 2018
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) July 24, 2018
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