{"id":857285,"date":"2021-10-07T17:14:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T21:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=857285"},"modified":"2021-10-07T17:14:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T21:14:04","slug":"biden-visits-campaign-donors-construction-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-visits-campaign-donors-construction-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Visits Campaign Donor\u2019s Construction Project"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fbiden-visits-campaign-donors-construction-project%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=857285&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1232952905_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden toured a construction project in a Chicago suburb on Thursday to promote vaccination requirements. The project happens to be managed by a company whose chairman and founder is a megadonor to the president and the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p><em>Forbes&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zacheverson\/2021\/10\/07\/biden-is-making-an-official-presidential-visit-to-a-project-run-by-one-of-his-campaign-donors\/?sh=649d59fc509c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Biden would travel to Illinois and make one stop, at a construction site in Elk Grove Village run by Clayco, a <a href=\"https:\/\/claycorp.com\/company-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">self-described<\/a> &#8220;leading edge&#8221; real estate, engineering, and construction firm with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bobclark-6a15827\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nearly<\/a> $5 billion in annual revenue. Clayco&#8217;s chairman, Bob Clark, gave at least $260,000 to the Biden campaign in 2020 through direct contributions and bundling efforts.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the president would make the trip &#8220;to meet with public and private sector leaders who have implemented vaccination requirements.&#8221; Clayco will require vaccinations or regular testing for its employees ahead of the Biden administration&#8217;s federal vaccine mandate on businesses that&#8217;s set to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/01\/federal-vaccine-mandate-biden-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enforced<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/announcement-of-the-usa-pavilion-commissioner-general-for-expo-2020-dubai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awarded<\/a> Clark in September with a State Department position: commissioner general at the Expo 2020 world&#8217;s fair in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Clark has been a major financier of Democratic politics for decades, having given $1.57 million to liberal candidates and causes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/politics\/ct-joe-biden-chicago-elk-grove-vaccine-mandate-20211007-zdj73yzct5ebpguajtscendc7m-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the <em>Chicago Tribune<\/em>. Democratic politicians have repaid Clark&#8217;s loyalty. Former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, whom Clark gave more than $120,000, approved Clayco developments in the city. And former president Barack Obama appointed Clark to a position on the White House Preservation Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has faced criticism before for boosting businesses tied to his political allies. The president in April <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-to-showcase-energy-secs-former-company-at-infrastructure-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoted<\/a> Proterra, an electric battery and vehicle manufacturer, while his energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, held a multimillion-dollar stake in the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden toured a construction project in a Chicago suburb on Thursday to promote vaccination requirements. 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