GOP Senate Candidates Have Been Fundraising For Gas Money
The economy is so bad Republican candidates for U.S. Senate have been fundraising for gas money from their constituents. In a callous move adding insult to injury in this economy, Republican Sens. Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, and Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia have included asks for gas money in recent grassroots fundraising emails so that they can travel around their states to campaign.
This despite voting for and backing Donald Trump’s war in Iran which is the reason for the high gas prices, as well as denying that working people are struggling in Trump’s economy.
Senator Dan Sullivan recently sent an email to his donor list “personally” asking for small-donor donations of $3, $5, or $10 with the disclosure that funds will go to, among other things, “pay for gas as we visit isolated rural areas of Alaska.”
Senator Susan Collins‘ campaign sent an email asking constituents to chip in to “fuel the tour,” writing, “Organizing a tour of this scale takes a lot of coordination, enthusiasm, and quite literally fuel. Every dollar goes directly toward keeping our team on the road, our events fully stocked, and our bus powered from stop to stop.”
Representative Mike Collins of Georgia has a gas money donation section on his website and the Republican Party fundraising site WinRed which reads, “Put some diesel in the tank. We can’t win if we’re running on fumes. It’s a long road to Election Day. Your donation today gives Mike the fuel he needs to go the distance.”
