Davis employed Mike Gula who “set the Republican operative world ablaze” after leaving his fundraising firm to “capitalize on the coronavirus response”
A former top Republican fundraising consultant who “saw an opportunity to capitalize on the coronavirus response” has ties to Congressman Rodney Davis as the State Journal-Register reported yesterday:
HEADLINE: Davis consultant gets into PPE business
“A fundraising consultant whose company was paid more than $300,000 by the campaign of U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis since early last year told clients he’s leaving politics to get into a new business ― which turned out to be selling medical supplies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The campaign of Davis, R-Taylorville, paid Gula Graham more than $24,000 in February, and more than $323,000 since early 2019, according to the congressman’s campaign finance reports.”
More on Mike Gula, the former Republican fundraiser, from Politico:
- “Asked how he’d managed to procure such equipment when there are shortages in hospitals across the country, Gula said, ‘I have relationships with a lot of people.’”
- “The abrupt move to shutter Gula’s firm has set the Republican operative world ablaze, with many in the business wondering about Gula’s intentions and how he was able to move so swiftly. Thomas declined to specify how he and Gula had managed to obtain masks that have become so rare that some hospitals have resorted to reusing them or having health care workers tie bandannas or scarfs around their faces. ‘It’s just relationship-based,’ he said. ‘I can’t say anything else.’”
- “‘I don’t want to overstate, but we probably represent the largest global supply chain for Covid-19 supplies right now,’ [Gula’s new partner] said. ‘We are getting ready to fill 100 million-unit mask orders.’”
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