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Ashley Moody's new diner ad claims she voted to end taxes on tips and Social Security, but PolitiFact found she's flat out lying: the law she voted for didn't end either tax, it just created temporary deductions that expire in a few years.
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Byron Donalds' campaign for Florida governor has taken in $131 million, two-thirds of it from donors writing checks of $10,000 or more.
Honduran industrialist Lenir Pérez wrote a $100,000 check to Maria Elvira Salazar's joint fundraising committee this year — tied for the most of any donor — while he faces charges in Honduras over an iron-oxide mine in a protected national park. Salazar, who chairs the House subcommittee that covers Latin America, won't say what they discussed when he hosted her at his Florida estate.
Florida Sen. Ashley Moody is the sponsor of a bill that would give makers of quartz countertops the kind of lawsuit shield gun makers get — while stone workers, including one in Tampa, are dying of a lung disease from cutting it. The CEO of America's largest quartz maker and his son gave her victory fund $24,000, and $14,000 of it went on to her campaign.
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Ashley Moody won her primary and immediately claimed her opponent Angie Nixon wants to defund the police, defund the military, open the borders and let noncitizens vote.
Forget the slogans. Judged by what they voted for, what they did, and what they refused to stop, this is what Republicans in Congress stand for, on 20 issues, with the receipts.
Five state-funded charter schools have paid more than $30 million to companies run by Erika Donalds, and one is about to pay $15.7 million more. Byron Donalds's own disclosures show most of the family's wealth comes from her companies — and he wants to be the governor who signs the school budget.
Luna's own disclosure shows her husband works for a defense-tech firm and owns 10% of its drone spinoff, which won about $37 million in Pentagon deals this year, much of it from programs Luna voted to fund. She hasn't said what the stake is worth now.
In a new ad, Ashley Moody says she voted to stop taxing tips and Social Security, and that her opponent backed a $4 trillion tax hike on a diner full of working people. PolitiFact found the law didn't end either tax, most of its tax cuts went to high earners, and Angie Nixon's campaign says she wants to repeal only the parts for the rich.
