American Vet

Individuals and businesses who made donations at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) request were rewarded with state contracts.

The requests are known as “behested payments,” donations made to organizations at the request of a politician. In California, Newsom rewarded those who made donations at his request with lucrative state contracts. Reason reported this week that the behested payments “were a record-setting haul eclipsing all prior donations on record by nearly $100 million.”

“While most donations supported C****-** relief efforts, a closer look suggests Newsom’s fundraising was supercharged not just by the p******c, but also by the broad emergency powers the Democratic governor has assumed because of it,” the outlet continued.

For example, Newsom raised $45 million last year from insurance companies Blue Shield of California and Kaiser Permanente toward his housing initiative, Project Homekey. Newsom appointed Paul Markovich, Blue Shield’s CEO, to co-chair the governor’s C****-** testing task force. In addition, Blue Shield, with some help from Kaiser Permanente, was awarded state contracts to manage v*****e distribution.


https://www.dailywire.com/news/companies-that-donated-to-gov-gavin-newsom-to-help-with-c****av***s-were-rewarded-with-no-bid-state-contracts?utm_campaign=dw_newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=112160443&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8PfMjdlp3ypkDx5TbmV2eS54ND3d_Uui0WLB8K3OwXockE58jpqPglDc9aHDyIztWqQ4Gi8Bw2WIfdRyZFkWX5l9GJLg&utm_content=non_insiders&utm_source=housefile

Carol Kelly

If there’s any justice in this world, Newsom is about to receive his final reward from his constituents, both Republican and Democrat.