Rich GOP Senate Contenders Face Attacks Over China, Out-of-State Mansions
- Republicans say wealthy recruits bring $100 million advantage
- Backlash over China deals, disparaging nursing home residents
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Republicans boast their rich Senate candidates give them a $100 million advantage in critical races, but Democrats are attacking the baggage the political newcomers are bringing to the contests.
The wealthy Republicans, all endorsed by Donald Trump, include a hedge fund chief executive officer whose firm invested in Chinese weapons makers, a car dealer who sold Chinese-made Buicks and a bank CEO who suggested most nursing home residents aren’t competent to vote. A fourth businessman-turned-candidate lied about a gunshot wound.