Scott Walker denied that politics played any part in his decision to hand the Bucks owners almost $500 million Wisconsin taxpayer dollars!
Walker noted in the interview that one of two major new owners of the Bucks, Marc Lasry, is a “major bundler” of contributions for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Lasry is “putting in $100 million,” Walker said.
“The previous owner, who is putting in $100 million, is a 25-year Senate Democrat (Herb Kohl),” Walker also noted.
“So, it has nothing to do with politics. That’s just ridiculous,” Walker said. “If it was about politics, there is no way I would do this deal. I don’t know the owners. I don’t care about the primary owners. I care about the taxpayers.”
The problem with that statement? Like many of Scotty's statements is flat out "pants on fire":
A minority owner of the team is Wisconsin business executive Jon Hammes, a longtime Walker supporter and a current co-chair of Walker’s presidential fundraising committee. According to the New York Times, a company registered to one of Hammes’ family members donated $150,000 in May to a super PAC supporting Walker.
I guess we are forced to believe that Scott Walker does not even know his finance co-chair.
Maybe Scott Walker is trolling all of us!!
Maybe Scott Walker is trolling all of us!!
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