I mentioned this on the Jammin 99.3 David Perkins show this morning. Buck Newton is sending out flier after flier, day after day, costing tens of thousands of dollars to discredit NC State Senator A. B. Swindell. All paid for by Big Corporate Money!
Know the Facts
- Organizations funded by Variety Wholesalers are systematically trying to take control of the North Carolina Legislature.
- Variety Wholesalers is owned by the Pope family of North Carolina. Art Pope, a former right-wing Republican legislator, is senior vice president, secretary, treasurer, and a member of the board of directors at Variety Wholesalers Inc.
- Variety Wholesalers has directed hundreds of thousands of dollars of corporate money into political organizations known as 527s and 501 (c)4s such as Real Jobs NC and Civitas Action
- These organizations have pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into misleading political ads aimed at North Carolina Democrats.
- Millionaires are working to determine who will represent you (or not!) in the North Carolina Legislature
- Learn more about Art Pope, the Pope Foundation, and Variety Wholesalers
- View Variety Wholesalers to Civitas Action; Variety Wholesalers Contribution to Real Jobs
- Download and distribute flyers of candidates supported by Variety Wholesalers Inc and related organizations
- Click here for a list of Democrats and Democratic communities affected
- View ads attacking Democrats
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