From the Associated Press:
House Speaker Steven Tilley said it is hypocritical for Nixon to call for donation caps while simultaneously accepting campaign contributions that would exceed those limits.
"It's kind of ironic. It's the pot calling the kettle black, so to speak," said Tilley, R-Perryville.
Missouri law currently does not restrict donations, but it does require political campaigns to report all contributions exceeding $5,000 within 48 hours. State campaign finance data show that since 2008, Nixon reported receiving more than $7 million in donations of at least $5,000. That is about 7 percent of the $105 million in large donations reported statewide during that period.
After spending so much time cozying up to big donors to write $5k+ checks, it's nothing short of hypocritical for Nixon to call for new limits. Having collected so many big contributions, he may very well think it's in his best interest to try to prevent anyone else from doing the same.
Nixon never has been the type of person to lead by example. The one thing we can be sure of is that he's motivated by self interest.
MOPNS also has a few things to say about far-fetched attempts from the media to put a positive spin on Nixon's state of the state.
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