Manchin Tells CEOs to Stop Rewarding Bad Behavior With Campaign Checks
- Democrat says asking nothing in return a ‘foolish investment’
- Manchin says some donations added to government dysfunction
Joe Manchin
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West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin told a gathering of corporate leaders they’re rewarding “bad behavior” by sending campaign checks to politicians based on party or ideology and not asking how they’ll benefit.
“Quit writing checks to everybody,” Manchin said at a Fortune CEO conference. “The investments you’ve made in politics from the Democrat side, and the Republican side, by asking nothing in return, is a foolish investment.”