More democrat corruption by the democratic party.This is why democrats always want money for them programshttps://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-dncs-former-chief-fundraiser-henry-munoz-turned-a-medicaid-program-into-his-personal-money-hose-somosHow the DNC’s Former Chief Fundraiser Turned a Medicaid Program Into His Personal Money HoseIt’s a health care nonprofit intended as a lifeline to New York City’s poorest and most vulnerable communities—but it’s become a money hose for the former chief fundraiser of the Democratic National Committee.Henry Muñoz, the San Antonio-born son of an ally to labor legend Cesar Chavez, has held many titles over the years: DNC vice-chair, DNC finance chair, co-creator of the progressive group Latino Victory, head of the board at the Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Latino, even owner of the Will Ferrell-founded production company Funny or Die.But among his most lucrative gigs yet has been as consultant to SOMOS Community Care. Since 2018, the nonprofit network of physicians’ offices for New York’s most marginalized residents has paid Muñoz more than $30 million.The group’s financial disclosures show that it has shelled out over $14.3 million to Muñoz directly, and an additional $15.7 million to a limited liability company he owns. But the filings are available only through 2020, and the Democratic operative has maintained his relationship with the group in the years since, meaning he’s likely received even more money.These sums are comparable to the salaries of CEOs at New York’s largest and most lucrative hospital networks. But Muñoz has no medical degree and possessed no experience in health administration at the time he joined the group.Perhaps most alarmingly, the organization’s funds—and Muñoz’s hefty take-home—are entirely underwritten by taxpayers.
Ethics experts told The Daily Beast that the combination of Muñoz’s staggering pay, its source, and the lack of clarity on the “consulting services” he provided are just some of the red flags the arrangement raises.“The question is why a health network in the Bronx that was 100 percent state-funded paid millions of dollars to a San Antonio businessman to do—what?” demanded John Kaehny, executive director of the good government group Reinvent Albany. “That's a very big question and it should be answered, especially since Muñoz is such a politically involved figure.”Kaehny urged the New York State comptroller and attorney general to investigate SOMOS’s finances, calling the amount of public money at play “humongous.”Attorney General Letitia James’s office did not respond to outreach from The Daily Beast, while the comptroller’s office said it would only review the situation upon receiving a formal complaint.Although he began his career as a Texas-based designer and impresario, Muñoz today is among the best-connected figures in national politics.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the line between Muñoz and SOMOS blurred even further. The Medicaid initiative that funded the organization expired in the earliest weeks of the crisis, but state records show Cuomo’s administration pumped $113.7 million worth of contracts into SOMOS between March 2020 and June 2021 to operate testing and vaccine centers.Muñoz swaggered through press events in a SOMOS-branded fleece with four stars and the word “General” stitched on the breast. He appears to have been alone in identifying himself by this rank, but multiple publications and politicians described him as a co-founder of the group—including Cuomo himself.Muñoz and SOMOS soon repaid the governor’s tribute. In July 2021, as Cuomo clung to political life amid a rash of sexual harassment allegations, the New York Post reported that the Texan and 11 SOMOS doctors and staffers administered an infusion of $230,000 into the Democrat’s flagging re-election campaign.Hochul, for her part, has sought to revive the sunsetted Medicaid program that funded SOMOS until 2020. And in late February of this year, she awarded just shy of $7.5 million to a SOMOS-tied entity incorporated in Tallaj’s name to construct a substance abuse center, a first-of-a-kind for the group. Neither the governor’s office nor her campaign responded to repeated requests to comment for this story.The pattern of payments to Muñoz, his company, and the entities tied to Tallaj stunned even longtime observers of New York’s medical system.“This organization was supposed to be taking care of the needs of Medicaid recipients,” said Bill Hammond, senior fellow for health policy at the Empire Center, a fiscal watchdog group.“It was entrusted with hundreds of millions of dollars,” Hammond said. “And when you look closely, it turns out a lot of that money went to a doctor who is a board member"
It's over for democrats. They're finished.
>>1171295They wouldn't be democrats if they weren't corrupt. Party of corruption, no contest.
>>1171295bump
>>1171304This.
>>1171304No, that's not the case. That's not the case at all. Did you forget about trump? He made billions from the Saudis and his college scams.He even watched girls change during a high school beauty pageant and murdered Epstein.Trump is the face of corruption and the face of the republican party.How many billions did he make of china?
>>1171333>No, that's not the case. That's not the case at all. >Does a total whataboutism
>>1171334>brings up point that directly combats claim that democrats are '*the* party of corruption'>ahhhhhhhh no thats ummm thats whataboutism! you said a fact! that makes it whataboutismGrow up. You never learnt how discuss things.
>>1171335I'm fairly certain a party full of crooks comitting constant corruption like the democrats outweighs a single figure in the republican party who was literally never a politician before 2016 or after 2020
>>1171335That does not contradict the claim that the Democrats are not at all corruptThat'd be like using the OP articles about a Democrat to say that you've contradicted the claim that Trump is corrupt>you said a fact! that makes it whataboutismIf you are trying to pretend this was said or implied, that's a straw man>You never learnt how discuss things.You have no room to speak
>>1171335If you want the truth, trump is a fraudster, so is 2/3 of democrat party and half of the republican party
>>1171342>half of the republican partyYou mean all of the republican party. There isn't one honest man among them.
>>1171365Its funny, because they link to the Daily Beast which they'll normally decry as leftist propaganda. Democrats will call out their own and get rid of fraud. A Republican equivalent, say Rick Scott, who also profited off of medicare fraud? They not only didn't care because of the R next to his name, they made him a Senator.
>>1171378>Its funny, because they link to the Daily Beast which they'll normally decry as leftist propaganda.>Democrats will call out their own and get rid of fraudDemocrats aren't leftist, shit bag. Leftists are scum.Democrats are worse
>>1171365No.I don't think that's what was meant at all.
>>1171438t. George Santos
>>1171444Oh yeah georg Santos is def scum But think of all the sad Bankfraud men in the democratic party
>>1171447>But think of all the sad Bankfraud men in the democratic partyI'm not aware of any other known, admitted serial liars under indictment who lied about their mother dying in 9/11 in the Democrat party that they refuse to eject from office. Just the Republicans.
>>1171450>known, admitted serial liars under indictment who lied about their mother dying in 9/11 in the Democrat partyMaybe.But there are plenty of known admitted serial liars under indictment in the democratic party. Not too sure about the dying mother part tho.Sounds like a statistical singleton
>>1171459>Not too sure about the dying mother part tho.He lied about his mom dying in 9/11. Look it up. >But there are plenty of known admitted serial liars under indictment in the democratic party. That's not true at all. Name a single known, admitted liar in the Democratic party who is currently under indictment that the Democratic party refuses to remove from office. Remember, George Santos is a U.S. rep, not some random comptroller. He holds one of the highest offices in the country and the GOP refuses to remove him from office despite being a serial liar. Name one example of a Democratic house member or senator who has been caught in a series of lies regarding their political and life history, who is under indictment, and is currently IN OFFICE because the Democrats refuse to remove them?>Sounds like a statistical singletonIf the GOP has 1 admitted liar under indictment who lied about his mother dying in 9/11 and is still in office because they refuse to remove him and the Democrats have 0 then the GOP has 100% more than the GOP. Not really a statistical insignificance.
>>1171463>Name a single known, admitted liar in the Democratic party who is currently under indictment that the Democratic party refuses to remove from officeBefore I answer, is George Santos an admitted liar? If so, please provide proof.He probably is, I just doubt he admitted it
>>1171463>1 admitted liar under indictment who lied about his mother dying in 9/11Literally the definition of a statistical singleton
>>1171467I have a feeling you have a lengthy list prepared.
>>1171463>LET'S MAKE THIS ABOUT GEORGE SANTOS LYING!!!How's that Biden student loan forgiveness treating you, guy?
>>1171474Are you implying that Biden's student loan forgiveness was a lie, despite him actually following through with it and the only reason it's not done is because right-wingers challenged it in court?
>>1171476Considering it had no hope of coming to fruition it was an obvious lie. Or it wasn't a lie and a man that's been in politics for many decades has no idea how politics works and is now president.Pick your poison.
>>1171477He underestimated how many and how much right-wingers hate poor students.
>>1171479You know, who exactly are right wingers to you?
>>1171474Good post
>>1171474>Has no argument>Pivots so hard to a completely unrelated topic that he snaps his fucking anklesI accept your concession. You couldn't name a single one. >>1171477This cope is so delicious. You're trying to compare a president saying he's going to pass policy but then only being able to pass a part of it with a guy saying his fucking mother died in 9/11 when she did not. Holy shit, how do you not die of embarrassment?
>>1171489Your entire line of bullshit was non-topical pivoting you fucking moron. What the fuck is wrong with you?
>>1171492>Your entire line of bullshit was non-topical pivoting you fucking moron. A few claims were made. >But there are plenty of known admitted serial liars under indictment in the democratic party. >Sounds like a statistical singleton>But think of all the sad Bankfraud men in the democratic partySo I asked you to give a single example of a Democratic equivalent to George Santos and you couldn't. You had no argument, so then you shit your pants and pivoted to loan forgiveness. Now you're arguing against the premise of the entire conversation in which YOU made claims you couldn't back up to distract from the fact that you just got fucking BTFO'd. This also wasn't even a pivot because this entire thread is about corruption in the Democrat party versus the Republican party. Enjoy your L, anon. Quit whining an hold it like a man. >What the fuck is wrong with you?You pulled a claim out of your ass and when you got called on it and couldn't back it up you completely melted down. Not sure how that reflects on me.
>>1171495>So I asked you to give a single example of a Democratic equivalent to George Santos and you couldn't.Once again, Sealioning Shitlord Anon, I'm not that anon.But let's see how you feel about Terd Kennedy as a contender whose incidents were a bit more than mere lies.And once again, I'll address this:>Pivots so hard to a completely unrelated topic that he snaps his fucking anklesSam Bankman-Fraud was brought up, and somehow you decided to pivot to Santos in a thread about Henry Munoz.Now we're on the subject of a liar in a thread about a thief and you're claiming there's some Democratic moral highground to be had?Say what you want about Satanos lies, but to the best of my knowledge he hasn't stolen any public funds.So in this non-starter of an argument about George Santos being worse than a literal thief are you winning?No? I'll accept your concession, fucktwit.
>>1171502>to the best of my knowledge he hasn't't stolen any public funds.>non-starter of an argument about George Santos being worse than a literal thiefI guess the best of your knowledge is severely limited.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65566074https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230510-us-republican-george-santos-charged-with-fraud-money-laundering
>>1171513Darn you got me on one point. My whole argument must be invalid.Ignore that Republicans have been calling for him to resign and keep using Santos as a foil to make Democrap crimes more bearable.It's working and not ridiculous at all.
>>1171513Honestly, he seems like New York's least corrupt politician if those are the only crimes he's being accused of.
>>1171514>>1171518Both of these posts are the pure definition of cope.
Holy shit op image looks just like the congressman I voted for
>>1171521No, cope is using Santos constantly to minimize Democrat constant crimes.Democrat commits a crime "WHAT ABOUT SANTOS!!?" You act like this is the first time you've used him this way or something.Fucking cope.
>>1171298in a sane world they would be
>>1171523>Checks the archive>Post about Santos in a thread about a Brazilian doctor ripping a baby's head offIt's an obsession. I think I'll keep brining up this Munoz guy every thread.
>>1171523But I'm not defending this Muñoz guy (and I can't speak for any other anons, but I don't think they were defending him either). He's a piece of shit too. But to pretend Democrats are exclusively corrupt or uniquely corrupt is simply not reality. When the other anon brought up Santos, a handful of right-wingers defended him or deflected to SBF (a person who supported both Democrats and Republicans by his own admission, but for some reason right-wingers act like he exclusively supported Democrats)
>>1171523You act like Republicans don't also do the same thing regarding Hunter Biden or before that Hillary.
>>1171540Which you would then bitch about as whataboutism as if you have some higher standing when it comes to such things.
>>1171538>But I'm not defending this Muñoz guyDeflection is a form of defense.
>>1171551>>1171545Pointing out corruption isn't exclusively done by Democrats when right-wingers claim otherwise isn't a defense of the corruption. It's just setting the record straight.It would be akin to a left-winger claiming "right-wingers exclusively had oppressive regimes in Latin America, such as Pinochet in Chile!", then a right-winger responding "well Cuba under Castro was a left-wing Latin American oppressive regime". The right-winger in this example isn't defending Pinochet; he's just refuting the claim that only right-wingers had Latin American oppressive regimes by providing an counter-example of a left-wing one.
>>1171552OK but Democrats literally have the market cornered on stealing money from the government. It's not even close. So, I don't know what point you're trying to make here.Sounds like a standard "both sides!!!"
>>1171553One side being worse doesn't absolve the other side of whatever wrongdoing they've also done.
>>1171553>Democrats literally have the market cornered on stealing money from the government.Have we already forgotten the Republican governor of Mississippi that helped embezzle like $80 million in what was supposed to be welfare funds so Brett Favre could build a stadium?
>>1171561https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_state_and_local_politicians_convicted_of_crimes#2020%E2%80%93presentCRTL+F "(D)" 434CTRL+F "(R)" 287Not even close.
>>1171563>state and locallmao
>>1171563https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_federal_politicians_convicted_of_crimesCtrl+f "(d" 69Ctrl+f "(r" 81
Both parties are corrupt as fuck. Same coin, always has been. The GOP is going to fuck you in the ass and make it your fault while the DNC is going to fuck you in the ass and leave twenty bucks on the nightstand.
>>1171333Not bad but you forgot to mention russia out of nowhere.
>>1171563Good post
>>1171561Have you forgotten about sad Bankfraud Man who ran a business based on fraud and all the evidence shows he used his empire of fraud and stolen money to elect purely democrats?Shit, democrats and fraud are as American as apple pie
>>1171611Misleading posts aren't good posts.>>1171612Everyone forgot about Sad Bankfraud Man after we found out the Federalist Society Man spent 10x as much
>>1171613>Everyone forgot about Sad Bankfraud Man after we found out the Federalist Society Man spent 10x as muchNobody has surpassed sad Bankfraud Man in total number of fraudulently/illegally obtained dollars being spent on electing politicians.Nobody.
>>1171612>sad Bankfraud Man>elect purely Democratssee >>1171538>deflect to SBF (a person who supported both Democrats and Republicans by his own admission, but for some reason right-wingers act like he exclusively supported Democrats)
>>1171522No lie detected
>>1171649>but for some reason right-wingers act like he exclusively supported DemocratsBecause there's only evidence of him supporting democrats.There is no evidence he donated a single penny to a republican>A liar and thief said something to attempt to lessen the impact of his crimeAnd why do you think he was telling the truth
>>1171693How would admitting to donating to Republicans "lessen the impact of his crimes"? If anything, admitting to further campaign finance violations implicates him in more crimes. Why would he willingly further incriminate himself?>There is no evidence he donated a single penny to a republicanBecause he obfuscated it. Because it was supposed to be secret. He wouldn't have obfuscated it if he had wanted people to know about it. Also, his case is still under investigation by the SEC/FBI. Evidence will be presented once the actual trial begins.
>>1171694He's not admitting to shit anon.He's a democrat megadonor who got arrested for stealing from everyone and using the money to give to democrat candidates, and when he was caught, he regurgitated the democrat talking point of republican dark money to make it seem like Republicans were the real bad guys.There is no evidence suggesting this liar was telling the truth. All the evidence suggests he is lying. Again.
>>1171694>Democrat fraudster gets arrested for fraud>Makes baseless claim that Republicans are the real bad guys Not the first time this happened.Not sure why you believe the baseless claims of a criminal political donor trying to blame the other political party
>>1171701>to make it seem like Republicans were the real bad guysMore like, "it would've been a PR nightmare to publicly donate to Republicans, so I kept it secret".>There is no evidence suggesting this liar was telling the truth. All the evidence suggests he is lying. Again.Wait for the trial.
>>1171703It would have been a PR nightmare to be caught comitting fraud for the purpose of donating the fraudulent proceeds to the democratic party, but yet here we are
>>1171646Wrong.https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/01/dark-money-leonard-leo-judicial-activism-00084864
>>1171720You think he wanted/expected to get caught? What a worthless analysis.
>>1171733Well that all looks legal.I repeat:Nobody has surpassed sad Bankfraud Man in total number of fraudulently/illegally obtained dollars being spent on electing politicians.Nobody.
>>1171733God you're retarded.
>>1171744>>1171753How much of the leo cut are you getting? It couldn't be much
>>1171744Why do you lie so openly about things which can be easily verified? Not only are you very wrong, you know you are wrong and are purposely trying to mislead people.>>1171753Sorry you never passed high school and you don't know how elections work.
>>1171753Good post
>>1171775>Why do you lie so openly about things which can be easily verified? Not only are you very wrong, you know you are wrong and are purposely trying to mislead peopleNothing in that post was wrong, your literally doing to definition of gaslighting right now.Feel free to cite one other person who's ran a fraudulent business as large as SBFs business and used so much of the proceeds to elect people from a single political party that they enter the realm of "megadonor"This shit happens in corrupt third world countries like russia or romania, but in America, SBF is king of the hill for this sort of thing
>>1171775>Why do you lie so openly about things which can be easily verified? Not only are you very wrong, you know you are wrong and are purposely trying to mislead peopleHis claim: "Nobody has surpassed sad Bankfraud Man in total number of fraudulently/illegally obtained dollars being spent on electing politicians." Go ahead and disprove it. For hard mode sticks to American politics, because we all know some cartels have paid millions to political candidates
the purpose of the democrat party is to convince voters to let them spend taxpayer money on corrupt schemes, this is why they typically target the immoral (homosexuals "transsexuals"), emotional (women) and/or low IQ (black people), because they are easier to manipulate or were already part of the scam
>>1171885Good post
>>1171295>>1171553>>1171885>>1171966samefag
>>1171295>But among his most lucrative gigs yet has been as consultant to SOMOS Community Care. Since 2018, the nonprofit network of physicians’ offices for New York’s most marginalized residents has paid Muñoz more than $30 million.just how much did laraza fags get this money?
