{"id":113655,"date":"2021-01-29T17:40:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T22:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=113655"},"modified":"2021-01-31T10:45:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T15:45:24","slug":"waters-has-shoveled-over-1-million-in-campaign-cash-to-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waters-has-shoveled-over-1-million-in-campaign-cash-to-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Waters Has Shoveled Over $1 Million in Campaign Cash to Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwaters-has-shoveled-over-1-million-in-campaign-cash-to-daughter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=113655&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1135967789-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) has now dished out more than $1 million in campaign payments to her daughter following the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Karen Waters has pocketed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00167585&amp;recipient_name=karen+waters&amp;recipient_name=progressive+connections&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2004&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2006&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2008&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2010&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2012&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2014&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2016&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2018&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2020&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2003&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2020\">$1.13 million<\/a>\u00a0for providing an array of services for her mother&#8217;s campaign since 2003. The majority of the cash is for her role in running a controversial slate-mailer operation, in which California politicians gave money to Waters&#8217;s campaign in exchange for mailers bearing her endorsement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Politics<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/cuomo-nursing-home-death\/\"><strong>&#8216;Who Cares?&#8217;: Cuomo Channels Hillary in Response to Damning Report on NY Nursing Home Deaths<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/waters-has-shoveled-over-1-million-in-campaign-cash-to-daughter\/\"><strong>Waters Has Shoveled Over $1 Million in Campaign Cash to Daughter<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/kamala-harris-nepotism-scandal\/\"><strong>The Next Hunter? Kamala Harris&#8217;s Stepdaughter Cashes in on Biden Presidency<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The mailers have become increasingly lucrative for the younger Waters over the years. During the 2020 cycle, her payments hit a high of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maxine-waters-campaign-paid-her-daughter-240g-over-2019-20-election-cycle-fec-records-show\">$240,000<\/a>. That&#8217;s significantly more than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00167585&amp;recipient_name=karen+waters&amp;recipient_name=progressive+connections&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2006&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2003&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2006\">$90,000<\/a>\u00a0her firm, Progressive Connections, took in during the 2006 election cycle. The Federal Election Commission gave Waters the green light for the mailer operation in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>While slate mailers are commonplace in states like California and Oregon, the practice is extremely rare at the federal level. In fact, Waters appears to be the only federal politician to use a slate-mailer operation. As such, the arrangement between her and her daughter has led to complaints from watchdog groups asking the FEC to audit the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Many prominent California politicians have paid to be featured on the mailers. Vice President Kamala Harris\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/kamala-harris-twice-paid-maxine-waters-endorsement\/\">twice shelled out tens of thousands<\/a>\u00a0from her campaigns for a spot on the mailers. California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) and former senator Barbara Boxer (D.) have likewise\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/maxine-waterss-daughter-will-pocket-200k-campaign-operation\/\">dished out<\/a>\u00a0cash for Waters&#8217;s support.<\/p>\n<p>The practice has received criticism from local media.&#8221;While some of these mailers reflect the earnest political values of the organizations that put them together, many are pay-to-play money-makers that blur the line between endorsement, paid advertisement and extortion,&#8221;\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/post-it\/2020\/10\/slate-mailers-vote-california\/\">CalMatters\u00a0<\/a><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/post-it\/2020\/10\/slate-mailers-vote-california\/\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0last year.<\/p>\n<p>Waters&#8217;s campaign did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/waters-has-shoveled-over-1-million-in-campaign-cash-to-daughter\/\">Waters Has Shoveled Over $1 Million in Campaign Cash to Daughter<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) has now dished out more than $1 million in campaign payments to her daughter following the 2020 elections. Karen Waters has pocketed\u00a0$1.13 million\u00a0for providing an &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892244,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4087,4119,4116,3972,4113,4110],"class_list":["post-113655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign","tag-cash","tag-million","tag-over","tag-shoveled","tag-waters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}