Discussion for article #232990
Did they ask about how Schock got three times the going
real estate value for his home from a donor— for whom he
constantly defends–Caterpillar Corp?
Young’uns
Schock’s district was 61% Romney/ 37% Obama.
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This AP article is based on an article at The Daily Beast But:
Shock’s constituents may not care about the decor of his office, gossip about his sexual orientation, the racism of his former spokesperson but, I think they’ll wonder how he sold his home for three times the value.
"Blue Nation Review reports that a month before the 2012 election, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) sold his home to one of his major campaign donors, Ali Bahaj, for more than three times the property’s assessed value.
Huffington Post: “According to Blue Nation Review, Bahaj and his wife, Gloria, were longtime GOP donors who each gave the legal maximum amount to Schock’s campaign in the 2008 election that first brought him to Congress. Once in office, Schock publicly defended Caterpillar Inc., the large manufacturing company where Bahaj served as vice president, when it came under criticism for tax evasion and mass layoffs.”
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Those Republican farmers love him because he gives them money. It’s hilarious to see Republicans “sucking at the teat” without any self-awareness at all.
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Peoria always was a place of vaudevillian farce. This just proves it.
I am sure there is an innocent explanation for the donor’s purchase of the Schocks’ home for three times its assessed value: maybe a typo, re-valuation to take into account a gold strike on the property, the railroad’s announcement to build tracks and a station hub next door or some such totally plausible explanation.
its sad to see what gerrymandering has done to our country.
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You took the words right out of my mouth.