Why Did Hillary Hold Fundraiser with NRA Lobbyist on March 21, 2016?

[amborin]

Clinton Fundraiser

Published 9:47 am Sunday, March 20, 2016

Here is the invitation for the lobbyists for Hillary Clinton Fundraiser: www.willhillarywin.com/events/washington-d-c-lunch-with-john-podesta-campaign-chair/.

Lobbyists for the National Rifle Association & Wall Street are hosting a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in Washington on March 21 featuring her campaign manager John Podesta.

The host lobbyists include Jeff Forbes, who lobbied for the NRA from 2009 until 2015, Steve Elmendorf, who runs Subject Matter, “a go-to Democratic lobbying firm for corporate interests, raking more than $10 million in fees last year.” with clients: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Verizon, and Monsanto.

David Castagnetti co-founded Mehlman Castagnetti, one of Washington’s top-grossing lobbying firms, lobbying on behalf of Valeant Pharmaceuticals; under investigation by the SEC for drug pricing practices.

Joel Johnson Managing Director with The Glover Park Group which takes credit for the 2012 Campaign to Fix the Debt an effort to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation’s “debt problem.”

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http://www.state-journal.com/2016/03/20/lobbyists-for-hillary-clinton-fundraiser/

[cosmicone]

1. Meh ... another hit piece fail n/t

[libdem4life]

2. True or false. Enough of the nifty one liners. Or is it all horse and no cattle response?

[NWCorona]

10. Hillary's poll numbers say otherwise

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[MattP]

3. So Bernie has a Monsanto lobbyist running his whole campaign

[Ned_Devine]

4. Why are you being sexist? (kidding...I don't have the sarcasm thingy)

[MattP]

5. Hillary didn't hold it she wasn't there

[amborin]

14. cite, please! in any case, her campaign got the $$$

[Nanjeanne]

6. Because she's Hillary. Next question.

[jmg257]

7. John Podesta? That name sounds so familiar...Oh yeah!...

He was linked to a bank listed in the Panama Papers...

"Registration forms indicate that the Podesta Group signed up to lobby for the Sberbank of Russia in Washington about a month ago, in early March. The bank has been implicated in a scheme unearthed on Sunday in which leaders worldwide illegally stashed their assets overseas.

The Podesta Group was founded by John Podesta, the chairman of Clinton's 2016 campaign for president and a chief of staff to former president Bill Clinton. His brother, Anthony Podesta, is listed as a lobbyist for the account on the March filing. "

Jeff Forbes, John Podesta, Anthony Podesta, Steve Elmendorf,

More lobbyists - given millions to campaigns - we must call them out by name.


Per Hillary:
"Asked at a town hall meeting at New Hampshire's Henniker College how to handle the increasing role of moneyed interests in Washington, Hillary Clinton told supporters that lobbyists should be exposed and publicly called out.

"Maybe use social media? Maybe make a concerted effort to really call these people out all the time, get some social pressure on them, get people to know their names," Clinton suggested"

[factfinder_77]

8. List of Organizers..

Organizer: Susan Brophy, Ann Castagnetti, David Castagnetti, Steve Elmendorf, Jeff Forbes, and Joel Johnson

[beedle]

9. When Bernie

takes money from a Monsanto bundler, puts Tad in a position where his association could be a conflict of interest, gives private $200K to the Monsanto executive dinners, then yes, there will be hell to pay.

[NWCorona]

11. Feel free to start a thread

[beedle]

12. Sorry, responded to the wrong post

this was suppose to be in response to #5

[amborin]

13. kicking