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The last 3 Missouri AG's are Republicans. They only use the office as a stepping stone to Congress*. [1]
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Date: 2023-08-16
I wanted to highlight just a few tidbits about the records of our AGs. This is why it’s so important to elect Democrats in Missouri.
Josh Harley’s election was largely bankrolled by on person.
Josh Harley was elected. After he resigned to enter Congress, he became more famous.
In 2016, Hawley ran for attorney general of Missouri. Of the $9.2 million raised for the campaign, $4.4 million was provided by David Humphreys, CEO of Joplin-based Tamko Building Products
(Article from 2017)
Joplin businessman David Humphreys is Missouri's rising Republican mega-donor David Humphreys, president and CEO of TAMKO Building Products, is hardly a newcomer to Missouri Republican politics. But the Joplin businessman has snapped into the spotlight in recent months — and not always in a good way. There are his massive political donations, totaling more than $17 million in the 2016 election and so far this year. There’s his big victory on right-to-work legislation in Jefferson City, a long-sought policy change for this anti-union crusader. Among Humpreys’ most politically charged crusades: the right-to-work law recently passed by the Missouri legislature and signed by GOP Gov. Eric Greitens. It bars unions from requiring workers to join or pay dues as a condition of employment. Critics say it’s a sop to big business that will lead to lower wages and weaker bargaining power. Proponents say it will make Missouri more competitive and give workers more freedom in determining how to spend their paychecks. Humphreys has made it a pet cause and donated heavily to Greitens and other Republican proponents of right-to-work. He also worked to defeat some GOP state legislators who refused to override former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a previous right-to-work bill.
He spent a lot of time on State Business. /s
In February 2018, Hawley joined 20 other Republican-led states in a lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional. During the campaign, Hawley criticized "career politicians" who were "climbing the ladder" from one position to another, which later became a point of bipartisan criticism of him when he ran for the U.S. Senate two years later.
Eric Schmitt was appointed by Republican Gov. Parsons.
Like most Republicans, his main concern while in State office was the welfare of the people. /s
Schmitt filed lawsuits to have the Affordable Care Act invalidated by courts. After Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid coverage in the state, Schmitt supported Republican lawmakers who refused to implement the expansion. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri, Schmitt filed lawsuits to prevent St. Louis County from implementing public health restrictions (such as restrictions on indoor dining, mask mandates and limits on gatherings) to reduce COVID-19's spread. In August 2021, Schmitt sued local school districts in Missouri after they implemented mask mandates. In September 2021, he sued Jackson County, Missouri, for enforcing an order that required restaurants to comply with a mask mandate. In November 2021, the Missouri Department of Health concluded a study that found that mask mandates in Missouri reduced COVID-19 infections and deaths.
Andrew Bailey was also appointed by Republican Gov. Parsons. Do you see a pattern?
Andrew Bailey is continuing the Missouri Republican officeholders’ tradition of supporting the people’s welfare. /s
*Andrew Bailey is not supposed to run for Congress in 2024.
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