Accountability | Virginia
Dave Brat Connected Mass Shootings to Obamacare
During an interview with a conservative radio host earlier this year, Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., connected a spate of mass shootings to “elites up in D.C.,” suggesting that national leaders could do nothing to stop the violence and were, in fact, exacerbating it through the Affordable Care Act.
Accountability | Virginia
Week Before Election, Scott Taylor Won’t Say If He’s Supporting Corey Stewart
With a week until Election Day, Rep. Scott Taylor, R-Va., refused to answer whether he planned to vote for Corey Stewart, his party’s divisive nominee for Senate in Virginia. “I’m not going to be voting for Tim Kaine, that’s for sure," Taylor said at a debate Tuesday.
Accountability | Virginia
Scott Taylor Hit with $45K Federal Tax Lien Last Year
Last year, Rep. Scott Taylor, R-Va., faced a previously unreported federal tax lien of more than $45,000, another example of the congressman’s recent financial trouble, including late penalties for not paying thousands of dollars in state property taxes this summer.
Accountability | Florida
DeSantis Ally Blames Pittsburgh Synagogue’s Former President for Massacre
Ron DeSantis ally David Horowitz on Monday blamed the toxic political culture that led to Saturday’s massacre inside a Pittsburgh synagogue on the synagogue’s former president.
Accountability | Montana
As State Auditor, Rosendale Was Out to Lunch, or Just Out
Montana State Auditor Matt Rosendale missed what amounts to 12 weeks of work in 2017 and the first five months of this year, according to his official calendars, raising questions about his performance in his current job as he seeks a promotion to the U.S. Senate.
Accountability | California
Mimi Walters Owns Stake in Brokerage Firm That Hired Shady Advisers, Including a Sex Predator
Rep. Mimi Walters, R-Calif., jointly owns a stock brokerage firm with her husband that has raised red flags on Wall Street by employing a large number of brokers with checkered pasts, including a convicted child molester.
Accountability | Florida
Records Raise Questions About Tax Dollars Paying for DeSantis’s 2016 Horowitz Speech
Ron DeSantis’s congressional office spent hundreds of dollars for travel around the time he attended a 2016 conference sponsored by a right-wing figure with a history of racist rhetoric, raising new questions about whether taxpayers paid for the trip.