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  • Wells Fargo Mostly Mute on their Relationship to the NRA

    Wells Fargo and the Gun Industry - Cartridges
    Gold for the banking industry?

    In 2018, Bloomberg News reported some amazing facts regarding Wells Fargo, one of the nation’s largest banks.

    The San Francisco-based bank last week issued a $40 million line of credit to gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co., according to financial filings. That’s on top of the $431 million in debt that Wells Fargo has arranged for gunmakers since December 2012, when the Sandy Hook school shooting escalated the gun control debate. No other bank lent more to the industry over that time, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. 1

    In a recent article on Yahoo! Finance, Wells Fargo seems to downplay this relationships.

    Wells Fargo (WFC), one of the largest U.S. banks, has downplayed its relationship with the National Rifle Association, as big business’ ties to the gun industry come under renewed scrutiny in the wake of two mass shootings. Amid a rash of gun violence, Wells Fargo and other financial institutions have been criticized for financing lines of credit for gun manufacturers — as well as for their links to the nation’s most prominent Second Amendment lobbying group. 2

    The facts seem to prove a somewhat unclear picture.

    Wells Fargo & Co. has emerged as the preferred financier for the U.S. gun industry. 3

  • Phil Ehr

    Phil Ehr [Photo: Phil Ehr for Congress]

    References:

    • Pensacola News Journal, Jim Little, March 14, 2019 – Democrat Phil Ehr files to take another run at Matt Gaetz in 2020

  • Pete Buttigieg for US President

    References:

    The Washington Post, Steve Hendrix, Josh Partiow, July 29, 2019 – How Pete Buttigieg went from war protester to ‘packing my bags for Afghanistan’. Months before he launched his first political campaign, he joined the Navy Reserve, adding a valuable credential to his resume: Veteran.

  • Colorado Needs Dan Baer

    Connert Media fully supports Dan Baer.

    Dan Baer is running for US Senate for Colorado. 4

    Dan Baer

    Daniel Brooks Baer is an American politician and former diplomat from Colorado. Baer served in the Obama administration’s State Department, first as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2009-2013) and then as United States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (2013-2017). In 2018, Governor John Hickenlooper appointed Baer as the executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. 5

  • California’s 50th US Representative District Deserves Ammar Campa-Najjar

    Ammar Campa-Najjar

    From his first job in church ministry to working for a presidential campaign [President Barack Obama]; from serving in the White House to advocating for small businesses; from fighting for the American worker to running for Congress; Ammar puts service first. 6

    The son of a catholic, working-class mother, Ammar was born and raised in San Diego. The family struggled, and Ammar sought work as a janitor in a church, where he later became a youth leader. He attended community college and graduated from San Diego State University, after taking time off to help reelect the president.

    In 2012, Ammar served as Deputy Regional Field Director for the president’s reelection campaign, where he helped oversee Southern California’s grassroots operations from a headquarters in San Diego. Ammar worked alongside thousands of people, who in the spirit of public service, volunteered their labor and love in advocacy of a common cause.

    Following the election, Ammar secured a White House position in the Executive Office of the President. When he was unable to afford the move to Washington, DC, he secured a loan to serve on the team that selected the 10 letters that the president read every night. Ammar read thousands of letters from citizens, learning much about the hopes, fears and daily struggles of the American people.

    Read about the lies opponents use again Ammar

    Indicted congressman falsely ties opponent to terrorism. 7 The attacks ads against Ammar have been given Four Pinocchios by the Washington Post.

    The Los Angeles Times has a good summary of the current status of his 2020 candidacy. 8

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