This morning’s devastating front-page story from McClatchy revealed the latest example of how Senator Richard Burr has made Washington work for him during his two decades in Congress. The report detailed how Burr’s major campaign donors sent him and his wife on “expense-paid trips” to Paris, Marseille, Barcelona and Seville.
The official reason for the vacations were “fact-finding” trips. We aren’t sure how many facts were found on Senator Burr’s trips, but we do have some facts of our own that show how Senator Burr has made Washington work for him.
THE FACTS:
“Senator Richard Burr’s twenty-plus years in Washington have been good for him, but terrible for the people of North Carolina,” said Lauren Passalacqua, DSCC National Press Secretary. “This newest bombshell news report further proves that Burr puts his own back account and big money backers ahead of North Carolinians, and that’s not the kind of Senator they deserve. Deborah Ross’s surging campaign reflects that North Carolina is ready for a Senator who puts them first.”