Political storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers
Source: The Guardian
Controversy has engulfed Wyomings state legislature after a conservative activist was photographed handing checks to Republican lawmakers on the state house floor, in an incident that has highlighted intra-conservative divisions and the role of money in the Cowboy states politics.
The political storm started on 9 February, when Karlee Provenza, a Democratic lawmaker, took a photo showing Rebecca Bextel, a conservative activist and committeewoman for the Teton county Republican party, handing a check to Darin McCann, a Republican representative, on the legislative floor. Marlene Brady, another Republican representative, stands in the photos background, a similar piece of paper pinched between her fingers.
You have a person from the richest county in the country coming down to Cheyenne to hand out checks on the house floor, Provenza said. I have never seen something so egregious.
Questions around the checks were soon swirling, and answers werent forthcoming. When asked what Bextel gave to her, Brady told a reporter for local outlet WyoFile: I cant remember.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/wyoming-republican-lawmakers-checks-house-floor
CincyDem
(7,362 posts)Shipwack
(3,040 posts)I guess open bribery on the floor hasnt been normalized there yet.
Or maybe this is just the first time its been documented (my bet).
Fla Dem
(27,529 posts)Kid Berwyn
(23,936 posts)wolfie001
(7,479 posts)Pathetic weasel. And his fat wife too.
https://centerforpoliticalawareness.com/in-the-news/investigation-found-that-clarence-thomas-took-free-yacht-helicopter-trips-in-russia/
republianmushroom
(22,196 posts)William Seger
(12,354 posts)JHB
(38,119 posts)yorkster
(3,762 posts)BattleRow
(2,201 posts)eppur_se_muova
(41,551 posts)Fil1957
(653 posts)the two parties. Now however, the Republican party federally and in a number of states has evolved into a de facto organized crime operation.
It's going to take a lot of work and public outrage to remove this cancer from our society. It won't be easy, but it can be done.
Aristus
(71,963 posts)generalbetrayus
(1,701 posts)mwmisses4289
(3,764 posts)When republicans do it, it's good for 'muurika (or something along those lines).
generalbetrayus
(1,701 posts)
Wednesdays
(22,222 posts)
SergeStorms
(20,332 posts)to put it in an empty fast-food bag.
"Democracy:" the best government money can buy.
Campaign finance reform NOW!
JT45242
(3,973 posts)Seriously ... it's February. Have to have daughter, granddaughter, niece, etc who just sold $10,000 worth of cookies
AZ8theist
(7,216 posts)Soros paid me $1.2 Trillion last year, all in CASH.
Untraceable!!
3Hotdogs
(15,243 posts)In N.J., it's cash in a paper bag.
Wonder Why
(6,745 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(134,491 posts)Bribing politicians and leaving a paper trial, doesn't come any dumber than that.