{"id":2357463,"date":"2024-10-21T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-hopeful-pledged-to-sell-my-vote-in-fundraising-page\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T11:38:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:38:10","slug":"senate-hopeful-pledged-to-sell-my-vote-in-fundraising-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-hopeful-pledged-to-sell-my-vote-in-fundraising-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate hopeful pledged &#8216;to sell my vote&#8217; in fundraising page"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fsenate-hopeful-pledged-to-sell-my-vote-in-fundraising-page%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=2357463&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>A Nebraska Senate candidate, Dan Osborn, made headlines by publicly stating\u2062 on a\u200b now-deleted fundraising page that he was\u2064 willing &#8220;to sell my vote for low \u2063five figures,\u2063 max.&#8221;\u2064 This\u2063 provocative claim aimed to differentiate \u200bhim as an\u200d independent challenger against incumbent Senator Deb Fischer, whom Osborn accused of benefiting from corporate influence during her 12 years in Washington, D.C. Osborn, a U.S. Navy veteran and industrial mechanic, is gaining traction in the race and has been endorsed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-experts-call-for-investigation-into-bidens-favorite-super-pac-over-serious-financial-discrepancies\/\" title=\"Legal experts demand probe into Biden&#039;s preferred Super PAC for &#039;grave&#039; financial inconsistencies.\">dark money\u200d group<\/a> and billionaire Reid Hoffman.\u200b Critics, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee, have condemned Osborn&#8217;s remarks as unethical, suggesting that they signify a \u200cnew low in political\u2064 discourse.\u2062 Amidst these controversies, Osborn is attempting to position \u200bhimself as a centrist alternative in a race without \u2064a Democratic candidate. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/difficult-news-for-trump-and-republicans-arizona-women-will-now-turn-out-by-the-millions-to-vote-for-constitutional-amendment-for-abortion-and-joe-biden\/\" title=\"Challenging news for Trump and Republicans as Arizona women are set to mobilize in large numbers to support a Constitutional Amendment for Abortion and Joe Biden\">political climate continues<\/a> to evolve as Osborn balances his funding sources and public assertions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nebraska Senate candidate pledged in fundraising page &lsquo;to sell my vote&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1841155\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> An independent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3163992\/pac-targeting-republican-swamp-ties-dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate candidate<\/a> in Nebraska touted his willingness &ldquo;to sell my vote for low five figures, max&rdquo; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240419161627\/https:\/\/osbornforsenate.com\/april1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>recent<\/a> fundraising page on his campaign&rsquo;s website, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> found.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Dan Osborn, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/navy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Navy<\/a>&nbsp;veteran and industrial mechanic, has mounted an unusually competitive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/analysis\/senate\/nebraska-senate\/nebraska-senate-shifts-solid-likely-republican-amid-osborns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>challenge<\/a> in the Cornhusker State against Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE). The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-man-trying-to-shake-up-yales-secretive-governing-body\/\" title=\"Meet the Man Trying to Shake Up Yale\u2019s Secretive Governing Body\">independent candidate<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3163992\/pac-targeting-republican-swamp-ties-dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sought to link Fischer<\/a> to the &ldquo;swamp&rdquo; in Washington, D.C., claiming the Republican &ldquo;spent 12 years grifting&rdquo; off corporate influence. At the same time, Osborn is receiving a financial boost in the 2024 election <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3163992\/pac-targeting-republican-swamp-ties-dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>from a dark money group in the nation&rsquo;s capital<\/a>, as well as from billionaire Democrat Reid Hoffman.<\/p>\n<p>In a since-deleted Osborn campaign fundraising page, the candidate claimed he was &ldquo;now accepting corporate PAC funds.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While Senator Deb Fischer has taken millions of dollars in corporate PAC funds, I am willing to sell my vote for low five figures, max,&rdquo; read the page, archived versions of which are available through the online Wayback Machine software between April and September. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you have a corporate PAC, I pledge to you: I&rsquo;ll take orders from you just like Senator Fischer at a fraction of the cost,&rdquo; the page said in what appeared to be a tongue-in-cheek tone.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, the National Republican Senatorial Committee said the page was like nothing the group had seen before in a race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This may be the first time I&rsquo;ve ever seen a politician publicly say they are willing to accept bribes,&rdquo; said Mike Berg, a spokesman for the NRSC.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dan Osborn is clearly too corrupt for Nebraska,&rdquo; Berg said. <\/p>\n<p>News of the ex-fundraising page, which linked to donation portals for PayPal and Venmo, comes as Osborn looks to frame Fischer as an out-of-touch elite. <\/p>\n<p>But Osborn, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3163992\/pac-targeting-republican-swamp-ties-dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>, is being boosted in the race by a super PAC called Nebraska Railroaders for Public Safety that is funded by Hoffman and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a massive dark money group aligned with Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Controversy in the race also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3183458\/nebraska-labor-union-members-senate-nominee-rally-mandatory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>spilled over<\/a> in October upon the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reporting that Nebraska labor union members were required to attend a campaign event for Osborn.<\/p>\n<p>There is no Democratic candidate in the Senate race. Osborn has also come under fire for presenting himself as centrist despite his staff being fueled by &ldquo;socialist operatives,&rdquo; the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/socialist-operatives-fueled-the-rise-of-independent-nebraska-senate-candidate-dan-osborn-financial-disclosures-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to a <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/30\/us-news\/senate-independent-challenger-smears-gop-deb-fischers-team-as-hitler-youth-frat-boys-in-ny-dem-donor-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a>, Osborn smeared Fischer&rsquo;s staff in a donor call as &ldquo;Hitler Youth frat boys.&rdquo; The independent issued an apology for those comments soon after, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/article\/dan-osborn-campaign-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-deb-fischer-campaign-super-pac\/62457776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/article\/dan-osborn-campaign-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-deb-fischer-campaign-super-pac\/62457776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a> in Omaha, Nebraska&rsquo;s KETV.<\/p>\n<p>The Osborn campaign did not respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1841155\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1841155\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn claimed he would &#8220;sell my vote&#8221; for low five figures on his fundraising page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2357464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dan-Osborn-independent-Nebraska-Senate-nominee.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4087,15467,33117,3740,36751],"class_list":["post-2357463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign","tag-fundraising","tag-political-scandal","tag-senate","tag-vote-buying"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dan-Osborn-independent-Nebraska-Senate-nominee.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357463","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\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2357463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2357464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}