Why is the top lobbyist for a huge union busting company hosting campaign fund raisers for Hillary?

[imagine2015]

Clinton Offshore Fundraising Effort Being Co-Hosted by Walmart Lobbyist
By Michael Arria / AlterNet
February 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton's campaign is holding fundraisers in Mexico this Wednesday, just one day after the New Hampshire primary. Clinton is not attending the events, and offshore fundraising efforts aren't rare for presidential candidates, but the players involved have direct connections to Walmart, where Clinton served as board member from 1986-1992.

The events are being hosted by Clinton campaign treasurer Jose Villarreal, who has maintained close connections to Walmart and the Walton family for years. As the Huffington Post's Samantha Lachman detailed in 2015, "Villarreal has spent decades on the boards of companies dominated by the Waltons, who remain a target of choice for the progressives whom Clinton's 2016 campaign is trying to win over. He was the lead director at Walmart; a board member at First Solar, an energy company where the Waltons are the largest investors; and a board member at Teach for America, the KIPP Foundation and Leadership for Educational Equality, to which the Waltons also have strong ties."

One of the listed co-hosts is Ivan Zapien, who has been a Walmart lobbyist since 2009. Zapien moved to Mexico with the company last year. Before leaving, Zapien wrote a letter to the staff, "In my new job, I will lead federal and state government relations, sustainability, communications and the Walmart foundation in Mexico."

http://www.alternet.org/labor/clinton-offshore-fundraising-effort-being-co-hosted-walmart-lobbyist

[bkkyosemite]

1. Article was Feb 9th...NH is over

[Fawke Em]

2. Does that mean the question shouldn't be answered?

A lot of unsavory characters host fundraisers for her. Why is that?

[imagine2015]

3. I just read the article and didn't realize the Wal-Mart crooks were sending her money.

Why doesn't she reject their support?

Care to answer?

An honest person would never accept money from union busters like these Wal-Mart crooks.

[revbones]

4. I think you answered your own question... nt

[imagine2015]

5. Yup. That pretty much explains it.

[TDale313]

9. Her ties to WalMart go back decades

She was on their board.

[grasswire]

6. Is there no end to this attack on American workers by the Clinton cartel?

Twisted. Just twisted.

[amborin]

7. no, it is unrelenting;

[MisterP]

8. because SEIU will still do everything it can for her

[imagine2015]

10. You mean the corrupt union officialdom in SEIU?

[MisterP]

11. the point is to have a mass of supporters you can do anything to

and then they'll bow their heads and do everything they can to get you elected

[Scuba]

12. K&R

[Armstead]

13. Pay no attention. The people a candidate is beholden to make no difference.

They won't influence her....not a bit. The money means NOTHING.

Quit whining.