⚡ Thomas Massie just exposed a tactic lobbyists use to control Congress.

"A lobbyist can't buy me food, but I can go to launch, pick up the tab, and the lobbyist can write me a $5,000 check to my campaign, and then my campaign can pay for the food."

"The lobbyists, when they give you money, ostensibly they're not giving you their money. They're not even giving you their corporation's money. They are giving you money from employees of that corporation who have pooled their money into a club or a group. And they've been persuaded maybe by their management that they should give a little back to this because their job would be more secure if they supported their lobbying efforts in D.C."

I can't even pretend to be surprised anymore. Congress is the den of liars and thieves.

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