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Campaign finance records from the 1990 effort showed that Pence, then 31, had been using political donations to pay the mortgage on his house, his personal credit card bill, groceries, golf tournament fees and car payments for his wife.
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Mike Pence was a young lawyer on the rise, challenging a longtime Democratic congressman in a Republican-leaning Indiana district.
And then, scandal.
Campaign finance records from the 1990 effort showed that Pence, then 31, had been using political donations to pay the mortgage on his house, his personal credit card bill, groceries, golf tournament fees and car payments for his wife.
The spending had not been illegal at the time. But it stunned voters and undermined Pences strategy to portray the incumbent, Rep. Philip R. Sharp, as tainted by donations from special-interest political action committees.
It was a brazen act of hypocrisy, said Billy Linville, who was Sharps campaign manager. It was a bombshell, for sure. .?.?. Without question, he may well have won the election if it had not been for that.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mike-pence-used-campaign-funds-to-pay-his-mortgage--and-it-cost-him-an-election/2016/07/15/90858964-49ed-11e6-bdb9-701687974517_story.html?utm_term=.2826b2f09156
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1990 Campaign finance records-Pence used political donations to pay mortgage, payoff credit cards,.. (Original Post)
kpete
Sep 2018
OP
lindysalsagal
(20,731 posts)1. I trust that young face even less than I trust the old one.
Smug.
PatSeg
(47,590 posts)11. That was the word that popped
into my head as well - smug. What a jerk.
What
Would
Jesus
Divert
God boy is all an act.
babylonsister
(171,092 posts)4. I'd be gratified if something tarnished his halo. nt
Sneederbunk
(14,301 posts)5. Mother did it.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)6. Did he also use the money to pay for his pet rabbit
to fly with him?
Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)7. What God will not provide, taxpayers and Russia will
MagickMuffin
(15,952 posts)8. Let's not forgot his oily business which the government is bailing out
Keep sucking on that teat Mike Pence!!!
Chipper Chat
(9,687 posts)9. He also made huge contributions to PFLAG,
The Log Cabin Republicans, and the Fort Wayne Gay Community Center..........
ok just kidding.
Poiuyt
(18,130 posts)10. Now we know how he got a position in the trump administration
He showed the proper level of corruption.
Norbert
(6,041 posts)12. It's only a crime if the Democrats do it.
Besides, Mikey was chosen by Gee-Zuzz to be Vice President.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)14. How'd you find this tweet
Could see it under @ellie.
AllyCat
(16,222 posts)15. Lock him up!
tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)16. If Tim Kaine had a history like this...
You better believe we would have constantly heard about it during the election.
Actually, scratch that. Hillary wouldn't have chosen someone so corrupt.