Democrats Speak Out Against Corporate Donors, Still Take Their Money

“We need to get rid of corporate special interest money in politics,” said former Navy officer Gil Cisneros in a 2018 candidate forum. Cisneros was competing for the seat of retiring Rep. Ed Royce, against Young Kim, who reportedly received funding from Chevron, ExxonMobil and Koch Industries. That message may have won Cisneros the race, but it does not appear to be something to which he is especially committed. Now that he has the seat, he has been accepting fundraising efforts from lobbyists representing AT&T, Comcast, Microsoft Corporation, Pfizer, Verizon, and Wells Fargo, as indicated by a fundraising event the lobbyists held for Cisneros last month. -- More...