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ICYMI: Slotkin Raked In Thousands From Pharma-Backed PACs

Government and Politics

September 19, 2024


In case you missed it, living in the home of a pharma lobbyist just wasn’t enough for Slotkin, a new report today shows she secretly raked in nearly $100,000 in contributions from groups backed by the pharmaceutical industry.

Whether it’s lying about being a small business owner, inappropriately taking a farm tax credit, or blatantly lying about Mike Rogers’ record, Slotkin has proven herself to be incapable of telling the truth.

It’s abundantly clear that Michigan voters simply cannot trust hypocritical Shady Slotkin.

In case you missed it…

Slotkin Raked In Thousands From Pharma-Backed PACs While Attacking Opponent for Drug Industry Donations

Washington Free Beacon

September 18, 2024

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin, who has been slamming her opponent for taking donations from the pharma industry, raked in over $90,000 from candidate political action committees backed by drug and medical companies since last year.

Slotkin, a U.S. House member, received the donations from five leadership PACs that, in turn, took in $487,000 in funding from pharmaceutical and medical companies, according to campaign finance records.

Since 2023, Slotkin has received $25,000 from the Blue Hen Federal PAC, which is the leadership PAC for Sen. Chris Coons (D., Del.). The committee took in $106,000 from medical and pharma industry PACs during the same time period, including Amgen, AbbVie, and Eli Lilly.

She also received $10,000 from the All for Our Country Leadership PAC, linked to Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto (D., Nev.). The PAC took $139,000 from drug and medical sector groups, including Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Zeneca Inc., and CVS Health PAC.

Other drug and medical groups that helped fund leadership PACs supporting Slotkin, include Otsuka America Pharmaceutical PAC, Pfizer Inc PAC, and Bayer U.S. LLC Employee PAC.

Republicans hit back at Slotkin, saying that her decision to rent a home from a pharma lobbyist who was also a campaign donor was a sign of her own relationships with the drug industry. In 2022, Slotkin switched congressional districts and rented a condo owned by Jerry Hollister, the government affairs director at the pharmaceutical company Niowave Inc., who has donated around $1,800 to Slotkin, according to MLive.

Continue reading at the Washington Free Beacon.