THE TRUTH ABOUT

MIKE THOMPSON

THOMPSON IS FUNDED BY:

WALL STREET

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LOBBYISTS

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BIG PHARMA

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PG&E

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BIG OIL

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PRO-GUN GROUPS

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WALL STREET - LOBBYISTS - BIG PHARMA - PG&E - BIG OIL - PRO-GUN GROUPS -

READ MIKE’S RECORD FOR YOURSELF

  • Took nearly $11 million from corporate PACs, Wall Street, and lobbyists

  • Voted for tax cuts for billionaires while putting Medicare and Medicaid at risk

  • Voted against impeaching Trump, even when Democrats had the chance to hold him accountable

  • Took over $1.3 million from Big Pharma and insurance, then opposed healthcare expansion and drug cost reforms

  • Took nearly $1 million from Wall Street and big banks while backing efforts to put Social Security at risk

  • Took over $200K from the oil and gas industry while supporting tax breaks for Big Oil and expanded drilling

  • Took over $100K from PG&E while failing to hold them accountable for wild fires, rate hikes, and blackouts

  • Took nearly $50K from gun rights groups

  • Opposed single-payer healthcare proposals and voted against prescription drug importation

  • Ranked as one of the least effective Democrats in Congress

  • Of the 13 bills he passed while in Congress, 10 renamed Post Offices

  • Bought a home in Washington DC as his primary residence

  • Taken trips to Cuba, the Cayman Islands, England, Japan, and Spain paid for by special interests

SOURCES

  • Took $10.98 million from corporate PACs and business-aligned interests (Center for Responsive Politics / OpenSecrets)

  • Took $1,372,022 from the insurance industry and $678,414 from pharmaceutical companies (Center for Responsive Politics / Federal Election Commission)

  • Took $958,501 from Wall Street and the financial sector, including private equity and hedge funds (Center for Responsive Politics / OpenSecrets)

  • Took $204,460 from the oil and gas industry, including contributions from Exxon Mobil and Phillips 66 PACs (Center for Responsive Politics / Federal Election Commission)

  • Took $100,299 from PG&E, including $34,171 since 2018 (Center for Responsive Politics / Federal Election Commission)

  • Took $49,879 from gun rights groups and co-sponsored the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (H.R. 1036, 2005; Center for Responsive Politics)

  • Voted to block impeachment resolutions against Donald Trump in 2017 and 2018 and later called impeachment “premature” (H. Res. 646, 2017; H. Res. 705, 2018; The Weekly Calistogan)

  • Voted against prescription drug importation and opposed single-payer healthcare proposals (H.R. 2427, 2003; California Proposition 186, 1994; Napa Valley Register)

  • Supported investing Social Security funds in the stock market and backed deficit proposals affecting benefits (The Reporter, 1998; Napa Valley Register, 1999; H.R. 444, 2013)

  • Voted to expand offshore drilling and opposed eliminating oil company tax breaks (The Press Democrat, 2008; H.R. 6899, 2008)

  • Special interest trips (Legistorm)