A new report from the IndyStar highlights former state Representative Mike Braun’s political doublespeak: promising to bring back American jobs while, at the same time, directing his companies to outsource jobs, import foreign goods, and mistreat and underpay his workers. From the report:
“GOP Senate candidate Mike Braun boasts in a new campaign ad that his business is ‘proud to be made in America.’ But the ad shows logos on company trucks for two of Braun’s suppliers that use overseas manufacturing facilities.
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Braun owns Meyer Distributing, a Jasper-based national auto parts distribution company that the Associated Press previously reported imports goods from the same overseas countries he has criticized for taking American jobs.”
This isn’t the first or second or third time Braun has been called out for misleading Hoosiers on his business practices.
From Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman David Bergstein: “From overworking and underpaying his employees, to importing goods from Mexico and China while promising to save Americans jobs, to using his position in the state legislature to enrich himself, Mike Braun’s business record is one of misleading Hoosiers to benefit himself. Unfortunately for Braun, Hoosiers will see right through his record of self-dealing and manipulation.”
More on Braun’s record of putting his own business interests ahead of Hoosiers’ jobs:
Associated Press: Indiana candidate’s rhetoric, business record don’t line up.
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Braun companies faced suits, discipline on pay.
Politifact: A look into the business practices of Indiana’s Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun.
IndyStar: Senate candidate Braun pushed legislation benefiting his industry as a state lawmaker.
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