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HuckaJesus Paid His Family Almost $400K From His PAC
When even Glenn Beck is pointing out what a liar you are (and he ought to know), you're truly outstanding in the Republican grifter field! I know people who work in TV and radio, and they tell me surprising things (everyone pretty much agrees that Sean Hannity is a nice guy, for example). But no one has ever had a nice word to say about Huckajesus:
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Mike Huckabee’s PAC Paid His Family Almost $400,000
The would-be candidate's organization hasn't given much to fellow Republicans—but it has spent a ton on family and fundraising.
...But according to review of Federal Election Commission records, a significant portion of the money the PAC has collected has gone into the salaries of family members or the coffers of direct-mail fundraising firms.
Katherine Harris, Huckabee's niece, was paid $165,042 between 2008 and 2013 (plus benefits), first as a staffer for the PAC and then as a contract worker. Sarah Huckabee, his daughter, received $104,308 between 2008 and 2010 as the PAC's executive director. And Huckabee's daughter-in-law, Lauren Huckabee, who Politico reported in 2012 manages her father-in-law's schedule, donor relations, and endorsements, has been paid $111,274 for her work at Huck PAC. The ex-governor's short-lived non-profit, America Takes Action, Inc. previously paid her $60,548....
Republican candidates haven't benefited as much from the political action committee as Huckabee's relatives. Since its inception, Huck PAC has never spent more than 12 percent of its funds on candidates or other PACs. It gave only 5 percent of its revenues—that is $47,000 of $1,063,142—to candidates during the 2012 cycle, when Huckabee briefly flirted with a second presidential run. Meanwhile, the PAC's budget has increasingly flowed to firms that specialize in direct-mail fundraising, a notoriously inefficient process that can cost a PAC almost as much money as it yields. So to a certain degree Huck PAC donors are not underwriting Huckabee's favorite conservative causes; they're financing more fundraising.
Nice racket, huh?
When even Glenn Beck is pointing out what a liar you are (and he ought to know), you're truly outstanding in the Republican grifter field! I know people who work in TV and radio, and they tell me surprising things (everyone pretty much agrees that Sean Hannity is a nice guy, for example). But no one has ever had a nice word to say about Huckajesus:
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Mike Huckabee’s PAC Paid His Family Almost $400,000
The would-be candidate's organization hasn't given much to fellow Republicans—but it has spent a ton on family and fundraising.
...But according to review of Federal Election Commission records, a significant portion of the money the PAC has collected has gone into the salaries of family members or the coffers of direct-mail fundraising firms.
Katherine Harris, Huckabee's niece, was paid $165,042 between 2008 and 2013 (plus benefits), first as a staffer for the PAC and then as a contract worker. Sarah Huckabee, his daughter, received $104,308 between 2008 and 2010 as the PAC's executive director. And Huckabee's daughter-in-law, Lauren Huckabee, who Politico reported in 2012 manages her father-in-law's schedule, donor relations, and endorsements, has been paid $111,274 for her work at Huck PAC. The ex-governor's short-lived non-profit, America Takes Action, Inc. previously paid her $60,548....
Republican candidates haven't benefited as much from the political action committee as Huckabee's relatives. Since its inception, Huck PAC has never spent more than 12 percent of its funds on candidates or other PACs. It gave only 5 percent of its revenues—that is $47,000 of $1,063,142—to candidates during the 2012 cycle, when Huckabee briefly flirted with a second presidential run. Meanwhile, the PAC's budget has increasingly flowed to firms that specialize in direct-mail fundraising, a notoriously inefficient process that can cost a PAC almost as much money as it yields. So to a certain degree Huck PAC donors are not underwriting Huckabee's favorite conservative causes; they're financing more fundraising.
Nice racket, huh?
