Congressman Scott Perry continues to face heat at home after having a GOP fundraiser “on the [campaign] payroll as a consultant” who “was formulating plans to capitalize off of the coronavirus pandemic.” Logan Hullinger with The York Dispatch has the latest:
As a prominent GOP fundraiser was formulating plans to capitalize off of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Rep. Scott Perry had him on the payroll as a consultant.
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In total, Perry’s campaign paid Gula about $11,500 in the quarter that spanned from Jan. 1 to March 31.The campaign has paid the firm roughly $175,000 since 2014, FEC records show.
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Gula opened Blue Flame Medical LLC with John Thomas, another Republican consultant.The move drew criticism because the men were seemingly capitalizing on the coronavirus pandemic. It also prompting questions as to how they obtained hard to find equipment, such as N95 masks, during a national shortage.
Neither of the men have specified on how they obtained the equipment, with Thomas telling POLITICO that “it’s just relationship-based.”
This comes as more than 34,500 cases of COVID-19 have been reported across Pennsylvania and as many hospitals and nursing homes in the state still do not have enough PPE to safely combat the crisis.
“Congressman Perry must return the money this alleged pandemic profiteer raised for him,” said DCCC Spokesperson Courtney Rice. “Every day Congressman Perry holds onto these tainted funds, he insults the Pennsylvanians in the 10th District who are coping with this pandemic.”
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