On Thursday morning's episode of Huntsville WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," former U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks criticized his opponent in the upcoming House District 20 election, incumbent State Rep. James Lomax (R-Huntsville), over Lomax's alleged ties to special interest political action committees.
Brooks told host Dale Jackson that Lomax has been given $450,000 by special-interest groups that "demand" quid pro quo dealings, including those connected to sports betting.
"I guess the public's going to ultimately have to decide if they want someone who's 82% of his funding comes from special interest political action committees and more," said Brooks. "Startingly is the over $60,000 now that has come directly or indirectly, laundered money, or not laundered money from the Sports Betting Alliance and DraftKings and other out of state gambling moguls who want to legalize sports betting with the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow being a desire for a casino in Huntsville, Alabama, that's that's what it's coming down to."
According to Brooks, a significant portion of Lomax's funding also comes from special interest groups associated with liberal causes.
"From following the money, you connect it to the votes that have been cast, and it's pretty sordid. It's not something that I would do, have ever done, but nonetheless, it's what he's doing," Brooks stated. "The public is going to have to decide if they want special interest groups representing them."
He added, "James Lomax claims he represents somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 to one. For every $1 he collects from citizens inside this legislative district, more than $25 is coming from special interest political action committees. And it's not just the generic special interest political action committees. It's over $30,000 from trial lawyers. It's $15,000 from political action committees that want higher utility rates. It's $35,000 from the liberal teacher's union and all that it stands for. It's over $160,000 from special interest political action committees that want open borders or the importation of cheap foreign labor that undermines the wages of both blue-collar and white-collar American workers, and the list just goes on and on. But the new kid on the block is the out -of-state gambling moguls who think that they've got a bought vote with how much money they're putting behind James."
Additionally, Brooks labeled Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) and Lomax "pawns" of special-interest political action committees.
"I would not exclude that Nathaniel Ledbetter is also owned, bought and paid for by special interest political action committee money," asserted Brooks. "That's what's corrupting our public policy debates in Washington, DC. It's what's corrupting our public policy debates in Montgomery, and Nathaniel Ledbetter is just another pawn, as is James Lomax in this scheme by the special interest groups to get what they want to be at the top of the totem poll, while the public interest is way down at the bottom."
He concluded, "In my race, I'm not going to accept any special interest political action funding."
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