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Every time Gardner has run for reelection since 2012, he has been either the top or 2nd highest recipient of donations from JBS meatpacking's PAC. This is where things get weird. 1/ https://www.businessinsider.com/sen-cory-gardner-jbs-meatpacking-colorado-donations-pac-money-2020-9
Every time Gardner has run for reelection since 2012, he has been either the top or 2nd highest recipient of donations from JBS meatpacking's PAC. This is where things get weird. 1/ https://www.businessinsider.com/sen-cory-gardner-jbs-meatpacking-colorado-donations-pac-money-2020-9
JBS' plant in Greely, Colo. had an awful Covid outbreak in April. Gardner & Mike Pence promised expedited testing to keep it open, but the employee union says the tests never came. 2/ https://www.businessinsider.com/sen-cory-gardner-jbs-meatpacking-colorado-donations-pac-money-2020-9
Then there are the legal issues facing JBS' majority owners, the Batista brothers from Brazil. Documents I obtained show they're under both DOJ and SEC investigation for potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. 3/ https://www.businessinsider.com/sen-cory-gardner-jbs-meatpacking-colorado-donations-pac-money-2020-9
Amid a record-setting coronavirus outbreak at the JBS plant and the Batista owners under SEC & DOJ investigation — with Gardner even signing the 2019 Rubio-Menendez letter to Mnuchin calling for an investigation — yet Gardner won't come down too harshly. https://www.businessinsider.com/sen-cory-gardner-jbs-meatpacking-colorado-donations-pac-money-2020-9
Gardner's campaign and office would not comment on the record for this story.
In a talk radio interview, he said essential workers are the "real heroes" of the pandemic, but would only go so far as to say he hopes JBS would "keep their word" on the tests that never came. (–30–)
In a talk radio interview, he said essential workers are the "real heroes" of the pandemic, but would only go so far as to say he hopes JBS would "keep their word" on the tests that never came. (–30–)
No comment from @CoryGardner, but the @UFCW_7 union had this to say:
"Time and again these workers are labeled essential, but are treated as disposable ... Senator Gardner talks big but acts small — and where workers are concerned — doesn't act at all." https://www.businessinsider.com/sen-cory-gardner-jbs-meatpacking-colorado-donations-pac-money-2020-9
"Time and again these workers are labeled essential, but are treated as disposable ... Senator Gardner talks big but acts small — and where workers are concerned — doesn't act at all." https://www.businessinsider.com/sen-cory-gardner-jbs-meatpacking-colorado-donations-pac-money-2020-9
