Roy Blunt Will Get Defensive And Grumpy If You Ask About "Big Oil's Six-Figure Love"
Roy Blunt would like to remind everyone that federal law prohibits corporations from writing checks directly to federal candidates. Please remember that "Big Oil's Six-Figure Love" for Blunt comes from oil company executives, oil company PACs and fundraisers organized by oil company lobbyists in Washington. And his status as one of the all time Top 10 recipients of BP oil money? That's just from executives and lobbyists for BP -- not the company itself.
That's essentially Blunt's response to questions from KY3's Steve Grant about what voters should think when they learn of his enormous oil company support. Watch:
I, for one, feel better know that Blunt isn't violating federal laws by accepting corporate checks. He's just cashed in on "Big Oil's Six-Figure Love" in a totally legal way.
Blunt's lame response regarding his oil industry support is reminiscent of last year's bizarre, false and hypocritical claim that "you can't take any money from the [health] insurance industry."
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