Published by Front Page Mage
By Daniel Greenfield
When people talk about the swamp, most have no idea how squishy it gets. Here’s a little except from a story about how former members of Congress use their campaign funds. Even when they’re dead.
Takai’s campaign stopped doing almost everything after the Hawaii congressman died in July 2016 — except paying one man.
That was Beesley, 29, who had been the Democrat’s chief strategist since March 2015. A former legislative assistant to Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Beesley also worked as Hawaii State Director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.
Two fine people, Hillary and Tulsi, with a unique talent for navigating foreign interests. But Beesley goes one better. Why get money from the living, when you can get it from the dead?
In the 17 months since Takai’s death, Beesley paid roughly $5,700 a month to Lanakila Strategies, his own consulting firm.
Beesley’s most recent payments, reported in January, brought the total paid to Lanakila to more than $100,000, or 70 percent of Takai’s posthumous campaign spending.
“Wow,” said Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., one of Takai’s friends in Congress, when told of Beesley’s spending. “I don’t know if Mark would really want to see that happening with the money he raised to run for re-election.”
We’ll need a Ouija board to be sure.
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