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People For Member --

While countless people continue struggling financially across the country,
Georgia Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have raked in MILLIONS
from the pandemic – exploiting their positions in Congress to line their
pockets.

As members of the U.S. Senate, Perdue and Loeffler received confidential
briefings at the start of the pandemic and just days later dumped stock
that later tanked as the virus surged across the U.S., while buying up
massive amounts of stock in companies that specialize in personal
protective equipment and teleworking software – companies whose business
has boomed during the pandemic.^1, 2

It’s corruption, it’s greed, it’s pandemic profiteering. The people of
Georgia and the nation deserve better.

[ [link removed] ]Rush an emergency 3X-MATCHED donation to our Georgia Runoff Fund to
help put an END to their Senate careers and stand up to this abhorrent
corruption!>>

With lucrative careers in the business world, Senators Perdue and Loeffler
have treated their positions in the Senate as just another way to continue
amassing massive amounts of wealth. Former business executives turned
senators, both Loeffler and Perdue knew the serious threat the virus posed
to the country and as they publicly played down the threat to their
constituents, behind the scenes they were buying and selling millions of
dollars’ worth of stock.^3

Both Loeffler and Perdue have denied knowing anything about these stock
trades – claiming their portfolios are managed independently – and would
rather Georgia voters not believe what their eyes and ears are showing
them.

This type of corruption, greed, and self-dealing is why People For has
launched an emergency campaign for our Georgia Runoff Fund, and we have
just 48 hours to raise another $41,739 or we’re going to have to scale
back our voter outreach campaigns at this crucial moment!

[ [link removed] ]Chip in now and your donation will be triple-matched to unseat these
two greedy, corrupt senators and put an END to the McConnell majority!>>

This isn’t the first time Perdue’s stock trading raised more than a few
eyebrows. Once chair of the Senate subcommittee on sea power, he bought
and sold stock in a company that equips submarines – making upwards of
$50,000 on the sale. It doesn’t stop there; during just one term, Perdue
bought and sold stock 2,596 times! Perdue shamelessly exploited the
information he obtained from serving on the committee to serve his own
financial interests rather than the needs of his constituents and the
nation.^4

Further adding to Loeffler’s egregious conflicts of interest is that she
once sat on the subcommittee on commodities, risk management and trade
while married to the president of the New York Stock Exchange! And even
though Loeffler stepped down from that subcommittee earlier this year, she
still sits on the overarching committee that oversees legislation in which
she has a clear conflict of interest!

All donations 3X-MATCHED!

[ [link removed] ]We need senators who serve the interest of the People, NOT those who
act to line their own pockets while their constituents suffer – pitch in
now and your donation will be TRIPLE-MATCHED to put an end to Perdue and
Loeffler’s Senate careers!>>

Thankfully Georgia residents have a clear alternative to the corruption
and greed that have defined Perdue and Loeffler’s time in the Senate: Jon
Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock.

Help make sure that Georgians get the representation they deserve in the
Senate.

[ [link removed] ]Chip in today and have your impact TRIPLED!>>

Thanks for all that you do,

-- Zach, Ben, Lizet and the whole Take Back the Senate Team at People For
the American Way

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[1] [ [link removed] ]Op-ed: "The naked corruption of Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue"
The Week, 12/2/20

[2] [ [link removed] ]"Sen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus
Briefing" The Daily Beast, 3/20/20

[3] [ [link removed] ]"The Richest Politician On Capitol Hill Is Likely Georgia’s
Recently Appointed, Controversial Sen. Kelly Loeffler" Forbes Magazine,
8/3/20

[4] [ [link removed] ]"Sen. Perdue Helped Defense Contractor—and Sold Off Its Stock" The
Daily Beast, 11/19/20

 

 

 

 

 


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