Chris McDaniel: for or against earmarks like museums
New Mississippi Conservatives radio spot further shows McDaniel’s legislative hypocrisy
With a new radio ad, Mississippi Conservatives continues to document Chris McDaniel’s practice of saying he opposes things which his record demonstrates he supported with his votes.
“It isn’t a matter of whether the government should or should not spend money on earmarks and museums. Chris McDaniel says he opposes such ‘pet projects’ and they make ‘little sense.’ He says he opposes them, but he votes for them. Chris McDaniel says one thing but his record says something else,” said Brian Perry, treasurer of Mississippi Conservatives.
Perry said as an example, “In October, Chris McDaniel spoke to a Tea Party group listing examples of federal government spending he opposes. He mentioned $200,000 for the Rock and Roll Music Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Yet he didn’t mention that earlier that year, he himself voted for ten times that amount – $2 million – for the Grammy Music Museum in Cleveland, Mississippi. Whether these were good or bad earmarks really makes no difference, it makes a difference that Chris McDaniel can’t have it both ways.”
Mississippi Conservatives was established as an independent expenditure only committee in January 2014 to support the re-election of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran. It operates independently from and without coordination with Cochran’s campaign and is a Mississippi based organization.
A script of the ad and a fact sheet follows below. The commercial can also be heard online at: http://youtu.be/1XvRDCgFG0g
Script
Republicans will nominate a candidate for the U.S. Senate June 3rd.
Senator Thad Cochran has been a strong conservative voice for the people of Mississippi.
He’s fought for the unborn. Voted against Obamacare. And worked to repeal it.
Trent Lott called Senator Cochran a driving force, instrumental to our recovery after Hurricane Katrina.
His opponent is trial lawyer Chris McDaniel.
McDaniel has demonstrated he is a politician who will say or do anything to get elected.
McDaniel attacks Common Core standards; but voted not once, but twice in the state senate to fund it.
McDaniel says he opposes earmarks saying government shouldn’t use debt to fund “pet projects such as museums.”
Yet, McDaniel voted for tens of millions in earmarks. Earmarks that included museums.
Chris McDaniel, he says one thing, his record says something else.
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FACT CHECK
COCHRAN
“strong conservative voice” – “I expect during this campaign, there will be negative attacks designed to mislead voters about Cochran’s record. Here’s what I know to be true: Cochran is a pioneer of the Mississippi Republican Party and our conservative principles. Anyone who tells you differently is just not telling you the truth. Cochran has a 100 percent anti-abortion rating from National Right to Life — the country’s largest anti-abortion organization. The National Federation of Independent Business, America’s largest small business association, gives him a 100 percent rating for his work to support small-business issues. The National Rifle Association has given Cochran an “A” rating for his support of our 2nd Amendment gun rights. Clearly, Cochran has a record consistent with the conservative values of Mississippians.” – Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, The Clarion Ledger: February 2014
“fought for the unborn” – National Right To Life Score Card for 113th Congress: Thad Cochran 100%
“voted against Obamacare” – Senate Records: HR3590 (2009) Roll Call Vote
“worked to repeal it” –
• Cochran authored a bill to repeal Obamacare.
• Cochran voted for the Cruz Amendment to defund Obamacare.
• Cochran cosponsored a bill to delay the Obamacare mandate.
• Cochran cosponsored the Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act along with Senators Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio.
• Also, Senator Cochran joined an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that challenged the Constitutionality of Obamacare.
“Trent Lott called” – Submitted by Lott
MCDANIEL
“trial lawyer” – Partner with Hortman, Harlow, Bassi, Robinson & McDaniel which “has a very active general civil and trial practice” concentrated in areas including: Corporate, General Business Law and Commercial Litigation, Class Actions, Personal Injury and Product Liability: hortmanharlow.com
“Common Core” – Chris McDaniel voted for more than half-a-million to fund Common Core in Mississippi in 2012 and 2013. HB1593 (2012) – Chris McDaniel voted “Yea.” The legislation included $400,000 for Common Core professional development and $94,082 for Common Core Literacy. HB1648 – Chris McDaniel voted “Yea.” The legislation included $94,081 for Common Core Literacy.
Opposes Museums –
• “Our spending priorities are clearly in question when we are increasing bond indebtedness on pet projects such as museums while our infrastructure is allegedly failing. Mississippians are spending more on basic needs than ever. They don’t need their state government making that worse.” – Chris McDaniel, Senate Conservative Coalition Press Release quoted on ClarionLedger.com (08/12/2013)
• “Finally, in the Mississippi state Senate, earmarks are often hidden in bond bills, which I have voted against many times, because our bonded indebtedness is too high and we simply can’t afford it. For example, building museums in the middle of a recession makes little sense.” – Chris McDaniel, Live Chat with ClarionLedger.com (10/23/2013)
Voted for tens of millions in earmarks – (just a sample from last year)
• 2013 (SB2890) – $20,000 Fair Commission County Livestock Shows [McDaniel voted for this conference report on March 31, 2013]
• 2013 (SB2875) – $100,000 for the Mississippi Delta Heritage Areas; $100,000 for the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area [McDaniel voted for this conference report on March 31, 2013]
• 2013 (HB1667) – $700,000 purchase of AIDS drugs and related medical services; $25,000 Southern AIDS Commission, Inc.; $25,000 North MS Health Care Foundation Restricted Fund HIV/AIDS education and prevention; $110,977 T.K. Martin Center at MSU; $110,977
Regional Rehabilitation Center in Tupelo [McDaniel voted for this conference report on March 31, 2013]
• 2013 (HB1648) – $175,000 for the Future Farmers of American Center; $542,541 for Magnolia Speech School; $3,600,000 Mary Kirkpatrick-Mary Sprayberry Public School Nurse Program; $3,000,000 Early Childhood Education Initiative; $3,000,000 Mississippi Building
Blocks; $1,800,000 State Longitudinal Data System [McDaniel voted for this conference report on March 31, 2013]
• 2013 (HB1651) – $50,000 Statewide Oral History Project; $21,500 Nabors Building in Smithville; $250,000 Mississippi Memorial Monument at Shiloh National Military Park [McDaniel voted for this conference report on March 31, 2013]
• 2013 (HB1652) – $100,000 training and promotion of arts in public schools; $350,000 arts grants and programs; $40,000 Whole Schools Summer Institute [McDaniel voted for this conference report on March 31, 2013]
• 2013 (SB2851) – $75,000 to the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars Mississippi Scholarship Program; $900,000 MSU Meridian Branch; $550,000 JSU E-Learning Center; $350,000 DSU E-Learning Center; $197,536 for geospatial site licenses; $150,000 Delta State University Delta Center for Culture and Learning; $100,000 Children’s Center for Communication and Development at USM; $100,000 Athletic Track at Alcorn State University [McDaniel voted for this conference report on March 31, 2013]
• 2013 (SB2852) – $509,619 and $7,140,530 for Commission for Volunteer Services [AmeriCorps] [McDaniel voted for this conference report on March 31, 2013]
• 2013 (HB1669) – $155,000 Little Biloxi Wildlife Management and Wolf River Wildlife Management; $120,000 Great River Road State Park in Rosedale; $50,000 for Scenic Rivers Development Alliance [McDaniel voted for this conference report on March 31, 2013]
Including Museums –
• Paid for through debt —
o 2009 – HB1722: $500,000 for Miss. Sports Hall of Fame; $500,000 for the B.B. King Museum; $1,000,000 for the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science; $1,000,000 for the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art; $2,000,000 for planning of a Mississippi Museum of History; $500,000 for the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum; (also voted for two zoos: $700,000 for Jackson Zoo and $400,000 for Hattiesburg Zoo) [On March 26, 2009, McDaniel voted for adoption of the conference report on the annual bond bill.]
o 2010 – HB1701: $445,000 for Manship House Museum [On March 16, 2010, McDaniel voted for final passage of this bill to authorize bonds for a variety of construction projects for state agencies, community colleges, and IHL. The bill then went to conference and the full Senate adopted the conference report on March 26, 2010, though McDaniel was absent from his Senate duties for that vote. However, the projects that were in the Senate bill that McDaniel voted yes on included $59,500,000 for IHL and $70,965,000 for state agencies including the Manship House Museum]
• Paid for through direct appropriations –
o 2013 (SB2896) – Renovation of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum $700,000 [McDaniel voted for this conference report on April 1, 2013]
o 2013 (SB2864) – Armed Forces Military Museum $463,782 [McDaniel voted for the conference report on March 31, 2013]
o 2013 (HB1651) – Beauvoir Shrine [Museum], the last home of Jefferson Davis, the only President of the Confederate States of America $100,000 [McDaniel voted for the conference report on March 31, 2013]
o 2013 (HB1658) – Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission $241,750 [McDaniel voted for the conference report on March 31, 2013]
o 2013 (HB19) – Cleveland Music Foundation for the support of the Grammy Museum $2,000,000 [McDaniel voted for this bill on final passage in the Senate on January 23, 2013]
o On October 8, 2013, in a speech to the Central Mississippi Tea Party, Chris McDaniel criticized federal spending of, as he said, “$200,000 they spend on a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” (13:25 mark in video) in Cleveland, Ohio but earlier that same year, on January 21, 2013, Chris McDaniel voted to spend ten-times that amount ($2,000,000) in Cleveland, Mississippi for a Grammy Museum.
o 2012 (HB1596) – Beauvoir Shrine [Museum], the last home of Jefferson Davis, the only President of the Confederate States of America $100,000 [McDaniel voted for the conference report on April 28, 2012]
o 2012 (SB2970) – Armed Forces Military Museum $460,038 [McDaniel voted for the conference report on April 28, 2012]
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2/24/14
