{"id":1975857,"date":"2023-07-18T05:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ruben-gallego-rakes-in-lobbyist-cash-as-he-blasts-sinema-over-ties-to-deep-pocketed-lobbyists\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T05:34:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:34:12","slug":"ruben-gallego-rakes-in-lobbyist-cash-as-he-blasts-sinema-over-ties-to-deep-pocketed-lobbyists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ruben-gallego-rakes-in-lobbyist-cash-as-he-blasts-sinema-over-ties-to-deep-pocketed-lobbyists\/","title":{"rendered":"Rub\u00e9n Gallego criticizes Sinema&#8217;s connections to wealthy lobbyists while benefiting from their financial support."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fruben-gallego-rakes-in-lobbyist-cash-as-he-blasts-sinema-over-ties-to-deep-pocketed-lobbyists%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=1975857&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--><div>\n\u200b  <\/p>\n<h2>Democratic\u200b Rep.\u2063 Rub\u00e9n\u2063 Gallego&#8217;s Financial Ties Come Under Scrutiny<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u200c \u200c \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Democratic\u200c Rep. Rub\u00e9n Gallego has \u2064criticized Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an independent whom he will potentially challenge next year,\u200d over\u2062 her ties \u2062to\u2062 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gallego-criticizes-sinema-over-lobbyist-ties-hes-literally-in-bed-with-a-lobbyist\/\" title=\"Gallego Criticizes Sinema Over Lobbyist Ties. He's Literally in Bed With a Lobbyist.\">deep-pocketed lobbyists<\/a>.&#8221;\u200c But the progressive Arizona Democrat has his own financial\u200d ties \u200binside \u200dthe Beltway, campaign finance records \u200bshow.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n  \u2062  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2062 \u200d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u200d target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b  \u2063<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2062  \u2063<\/p>\n<h3>Lobbyist\u2062 Contributions\u2064 to\u2063 Gallego&#8217;s Campaign<\/h3>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sixteen \u2063lobbyists contributed \u2064$9,635 to\u200b Gallego \u2064in the most\u2064 recent \u2063fundraising quarter, \u2064according to \u2064filings\u2063 with\u2064 the Federal\u2062 Election Commission.<\/li>\n<p>  \u200b \u200d <\/p>\n<li>Two lobbyists\u200d from Ogilvy\u200d Government\u200d Relations \u200dcontributed \u200b$3,500 to\u200b Gallego.<\/li>\n<li>Lobbyists from Cornerstone \u2064Government Affairs, \u200bThorn Run Partners, \u200dand the \u200btelecom industry also\u2063 contributed \u2062to \u200dGallego&#8217;s \u200bcampaign,\u2063 which\u200b reported \u200creceipts\u200b of $3.1\u2062 million \u2064over\u200c the\u2063 past three months.<\/li>\n<p>\u2063 \u2064   <\/p>\n<li>Gallego&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ruben-gallego-rakes-in-lobbyist-cash-as-he-blasts-sinema-over-ties-to-deep-pocketed-lobbyists\/\" title=\"Rub\u00e9n Gallego criticizes Sinema's connections to wealthy lobbyists while benefiting from their financial support.\">lobbyist donors represent \u200ccorporations<\/a>\u200d with \u200bsignificant business \u200dbefore the \u200cfederal government, including AT&#038;T, \u2063Pfizer, \u200bMeta, \u2064and \u200bWells Fargo.<\/li>\n<p> \u200b <\/ul>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Gallego accepted \u2063the lobbyist cash\u2064 while \u2063fighting \u200cto \u200cmake\u200d Sinema&#8217;s apparent \u2063coziness \u2064with \u200dlobbyists a centerpiece \u2064of\u2064 his campaign.\u2062 Gallego \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/politicalemails.org\/messages\/935551\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> the\u200c incumbent\u2064 earlier\u2064 this year of choosing\u200d &#8220;to side\u200d with\u200b the lobbyists and special\u200d interests&#8221;\u200c over \u200bArizonans. \u2062He\u200c also <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/progressive-dem-accuses-sinema-funded-deep-pocketed-lobbyists-despite-ties-industry\"\u2064 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took \u200daim<\/a>\u200c at the &#8220;deep-pocketed \u200blobbyists funding [Sinema&#8217;s] campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the only\u200c example \u200cof \u2064Gallego\u2062 being\u200d in bed\u200c with \u200blobbyists. \u2062Gallego\u200d is \u2064married\u2062 to\u2062 the\u200d director \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-family-business-dealings-raise-ethical-questions\/\" title=\"Biden family business dealings raise ethical questions\">government relations<\/a> \u2062at the National Association \u2062of\u200b Realtors, one\u2064 of \u200cthe\u2063 largest \u2064lobbying \u2063organizations in the country, the\u2062 <em>Washington \u2063Free\u200c Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/gallego-criticizes-sinema-over-lobbyist-ties-hes-literally-in-bed-with-a-lobbyist\/\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Gallego\u2063 and his wife, \u2063Sydney \u2063Barron,\u200c attended\u200c an all-expenses-paid \u200cevent hosted by\u200d the National Association of \u200cRealtors held at a resort in\u2062 West\u200d Virginia.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Gallego\u200b in \u2062April 2021\u200c took an \u2064all-expenses-paid \u200dtrip \u200cto \u2064Qatar\u2062 funded by \u2062the U.S.-Qatar \u200bBusiness Council, \u200da\u2064 trade \u200cgroup that \u200dsupports\u200b stronger ties\u2064 between the\u200d United\u200c States\u200b and the \u2063oil-rich \u2062Gulf \u200bnation, \u2064known \u2062for\u2063 sponsoring\u2062 Islamic\u200c terrorist\u2063 organizations. \u200dThe trade group\u2063 paid \u200d$22,000 for \u200dGallego and \u200chis\u200c wife&#8217;s flights, meals, and lodging.\u200c The junket gained national attention \u2062after Gallego\u200b was photographed riding shirtless\u200b on a camel\u2062 in the Qatari\u200d desert with \u200bfellow\u2062 congressman\u200b Eric Swalwell (D.,\u2064 Calif.).<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Gallego&#8217;s \u2063latest campaign \u2064filing \u200bshows\u200b he paid \u2064$7,500 to Solidarity Strategies,\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eleven-hunter-biden-intel-laptop-letter-signers-have-visited-joe-bidens-white-house-records-reveal\/\" title=\"Eleven Hunter Biden intel laptop letter signers have visited Joe Biden's White House, records reveal\">consulting firm led<\/a> by \u2062his campaign adviser, \u2063Chuck Rocha. \u200bRocha \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/house-dem-taps-convicted-felon-to-advise-senate-campaign\/\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" \u2063rel=\"noopener\">was \u2064convicted<\/a>\u200c of felony \u200ccharges a \u200cdecade ago\u200d for embezzling\u2063 money\u200d from \u200cthe United Steelworkers\u2064 union, \u2063where he served\u200b as\u200d political\u2063 director.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  \u200d<\/p>\n<div>\n \u200d   <\/p>\n<p><a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u200c  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p>\n<p>Two\u2063 of the union&#8217;s sister\u200d organizations, \u2064the International \u200cBrotherhood of Boilermakers\u200b and\u200d International Association \u2062of Sheet Metal \u200cWorkers, \u200dcontributed $12,500 to\u200b Gallego&#8217;s campaign \u200cthis quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  <\/p>\n<p>Gallego&#8217;s campaign did\u200b not\u2064 respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Rep. Rub\u00e9n Gallego, who may run against independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, criticized her connections to wealthy lobbyists. However, campaign finance records reveal Gallego also received $9,635 from sixteen lobbyists in the latest fundraising quarter. Both candidates have financial ties within the Beltway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":1975858,"comment_status":"open","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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/1975857","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\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}