Holy Crap! Corker pitch: $10k dinner, $5k meeting

[Perky]

I honestly think Corker is not at fault here but Good Grief talk about feeding the narrative.

Sen. Bob Corker’s reelection campaign offered donors a chance to have a meal with the Tennessee Republican for $10,000, or attend “small meetings” with him for $5,000, during his visits to New York and Chicago next month.

The solicitation — provided to POLITICO by a lobbyist who works for financial firms and others — comes at a time when Corker is one of the leading Republican negotiators on a bill that would dramatically overhaul regulations on Wall Street.

“During the Easter recess, Sen. Corker will be in Chicago and New York, and we have a few openings in the schedule,” wrote Corker fundraiser Kim Kaegi in an e-mail to potential donors. “We are hoping for $10,000 for meal events or $5,000 for small meetings.”

“Please let us know if you have any members or clients who might be able to fill the open times with a small fundraising opportunity,” the e-mail said.

But contacted about the e-mail Wednesday, Corker denounced it, calling it “grotesque and inappropriate. It just reads in such a callous way that I don’t want to have anything to do with it.” Corker said he will not attend any meetings that have been set up as a result of the e-mail, although he will travel to New York and Chicago for fundraising events set up by the National Republican Senatorial Committee.



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