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Today, Insider is reporting that vulnerable far-right Republican Michelle Steel is under fire for claiming she “lost” a max-out campaign check from Marjorie Taylor Greene. Steel, who had previously received criticism for her ties to the far-right extremist and refused to comment, is now playing the ‘dog ate my homework’ routine and claiming the campaign cash was conveniently misplaced.
Some vulnerable Republicans aren’t cashing Marjorie Taylor Greene’s $2,000 checks
Insider | Bryan Metzger | October 5, 2023
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Earlier this year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene contributed $2,000 apiece to 18 of her colleagues, many of whom face competitive re-election races in 2024.
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But spokespeople for two of those vulnerable Republicans — Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin and Rep. Michelle Steel of California — now say that their campaigns didn’t end up cashing the checks.
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Though the March 29 contributions appear in Greene’s campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission, they never appeared in Van Orden or Steel’s filings.
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The Steel campaign’s explanation that the check was “lost,” on the other hand, is even more difficult to parse.
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It’s unclear why the California Republican’s campaign wouldn’t ask Greene’s campaign to re-issue the check, or whether Steel is open to receiving money from the Georgia Republican in the future.
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Steel’s campaign did not respond to Insider’s follow-up inquiry on those questions, and notably declined to comment to the Orange County Register when asked about the contribution earlier this year.
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Steel represents a more Democratic-leaning district, and some of her potential Democratic opponents have already sought to use the contribution to tie the two-term congresswoman to Greene’s conspiratorial brand of far-right politics.
Read the full story from Insider here.
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