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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has retained shares in Vulcan Materials more than a year after the date she promised to divest from them, differing from how previous DOT secretaries have handled potential conflicts of interest. From @WSJ: wsj.com/articles/trans…
We have an active FOIA at the Department of Transportation seeking all communications with Vulcan Materials: americanoversight.org/document/foia-…
Chao isn’t the only Trump cabinet member to fail to divest from stock when required to. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross made seven figures off of Invesco stock he should have divested. Story from @levinecarrie: publicintegrity.org/federal-politi…
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There are dozens of reasons to be critical of Mitch McConnell that are based on actual facts.

Indulging in conspiracy theories like this is, however, 100% not helpful.

McConnell's in-laws gave him and his wife many millions of dollars about a decade ago. This is public record.
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