I am asking all candidates for U.S. Senate from Minnesota to pledge that before taking office they will divest large personal stocks holdings that conflict with official duties. Green Party candidate @Paula_Overby is the first to say yes. Others?
@Paula_Overby This is not about favoring one party over another. Demand that the Democratic or GOP candidates you support agree to divest conflicts. If @KarinHousley or @TinaSmithMN or @NewbergerJim or
@amyklobuchar think conflicts of interest are ok Minnesotans will vote for somebody else.
@amyklobuchar think conflicts of interest are ok Minnesotans will vote for somebody else.
@Paula_Overby The federal conflict of interest statute 18 USC 208 makes it a crime for an executive branch employee to participate in health care matters while owning health care stocks. That law does not apply to Members of Congress because ....
Congress drafted it that way. That’s corrupt!
Congress drafted it that way. That’s corrupt!
@Paula_Overby Overby is running in a race where her Democratic opponent @amyklobuchar leads an unknown GOP challenger by over thirty points. Let’s cut the partisan BS and get ALL the candidates to pledge to avoid conflicts (Klobuchar at present is conflict free) and insist others do the same.
