{"id":122367,"date":"2021-02-09T15:40:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122367"},"modified":"2021-02-09T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:57:40","slug":"dem-cheri-bustos-diverts-post-office-aid-cash-to-own-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-cheri-bustos-diverts-post-office-aid-cash-to-own-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Cheri Bustos Diverts Post Office Aid Cash to Own Campaign"},"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%2Fdem-cheri-bustos-diverts-post-office-aid-cash-to-own-campaign%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=122367&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>The latest fundraising plea from Democratic congresswoman Cheri <span class=\"il\">Bustos<\/span> tells potential donors their money is desperately needed to fund struggling post offices\u2014but every dollar raised is going straight to her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A Sunday email from&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Bustos<\/span>, an Illinois lawmaker who was chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last cycle, painted a dire picture of operations at the USPS, and begged recipients to chip in. &#8220;We need EVERYONE reading this email to do their part to help us raise $3,420 TODAY and save USPS,&#8221;&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Bustos<\/span>&nbsp;wrote in the fundraising email, pointing to an NPR report on mail delivery delays. &#8220;Please chip in $5 or whatever you can afford right now.&#8221;<\/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 Democrats<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dem-cheri-bustos-diverts-post-office-aid-cash-to-own-campaign\/\"><strong>Dem Cheri Bustos Diverts Post Office Aid Cash to Own Campaign<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/cut-off-from-campaign-cash-omars-husband-turns-to-booze-biz\/\"><strong>Cut Off from Campaign Cash, Omar&#8217;s Husband Turns to Booze Biz<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/colorado-dems-move-to-censure-hickenlooper-for-voting-to-block-stimulus-checks-to-illegal-immigrants\/\"><strong>CO Dems Move to Censure Hickenlooper for Voting to Block Stimulus Checks to Illegal Immigrants<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1444282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width:613px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1444282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-09-at-1.19.15-PM.png\" alt width=\"613\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"width:613px;padding: 5px\">Fundraising email from Friends of Cheri Bustos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Any concerned donor who clicked to help post offices, however, arrived on&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Bustos<\/span>\u2018s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/ms_bustos_fr_q12021_USPS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mt-original-track-url=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/5cf667e45f23cee3c6fa427d97fed1883740f510?notrack=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.actblue.com%2Fdonate%2Fms_bustos_fr_q12021_USPS&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=95625b7cf2eed5c9\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">ActBlue fundraising page<\/a>, where she was pleading for money to help fight Republicans in Congress. And links to NPR&#8217;s story on mail delays didn&#8217;t lead to a news report but, rather, to the same request for contributions.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1444285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width:728px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1444285 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-8.17.48-PM.png\" alt width=\"728\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"width:728px;padding: 5px\">Bustos&#8217;s ActBlue fundraising page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1444285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-8.17.48-PM.png\" alt width=\"728\" height=\"465\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The bizarre fundraising attempt comes as <span class=\"il\">Bustos<\/span> fights to cling to her House seat\u2014after winning reelection by more than 20 percentage points in both 2016 and 2018, she won reelection this November by only about 12,000 votes.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>One shortcoming was her inability to raise money from Illinois constituents. Campaign finance disclosures show <span class=\"il\">Bustos<\/span> received only 9 percent of her contributions for the entire 2020 cycle from inside the 17th Congressional District she represents. In her latest campaign finance filing, she failed to register a single contribution from inside her district,&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00498568\/1494797\/sa\/ALL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mt-original-track-url=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/91691275f6bf382e7ef9cbe15c8535c9e25edc56?notrack=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocquery.fec.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fforms%2FC00498568%2F1494797%2Fsa%2FALL&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=75ee8c05c8540a99\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">only three donations<\/a> totaling $692 from anyone who lists an Illinois zip code.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The latest fundraising email from the Illinois congresswoman does not contain a single reference to anything in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Bustos did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest fundraising plea from Democratic congresswoman Cheri Bustos tells potential donors their money is desperately needed to fund struggling post offices\u2014but every dollar raised is going straight to her &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893015,"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":[6038,4119,6036,6040,5660,4899],"class_list":["post-122367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bustos","tag-cash","tag-cheri","tag-diverts","tag-office","tag-post"],"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\/122367","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=122367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}