It just keeps getting worse for Roy Blunt in Missouri. Just days after facing heat for supporting the same cable companies his son lobbies for, Blunt is once again confronted with headlines relating to the conflicts of interest at the heart of his reelection campaign. St. Louis Public Radio reports that Blunt’s campaign manager son has started a new firm that “will focus solely on lobbying.”
Blunt has repeatedly tried to ignore the questions about his twisted lobbyist ties, telling reporters who asked about the dual role his son plays as lobbyist and campaign manager “I thought you were told I wasn’t going to talk about this” – and even admitting that he doesn’t “even understand why that would be a question.”
“The opening of Andy Blunt’s new lobbying firm once again renews the questions surrounding Roy Blunt’s blatant conflicts of interest,” said Lauren Passalacqua, DSCC National Press Secretary. “Senator Blunt should know that as hard as he tries to avoid them, these questions are not going to go away. He is going to have to answer to Missourians and come clean about whose interests he is looking out for.”
