Greitens: 'I have no day-to-day responsibilities' with nonprofit attacking Republican senator
JEFFERSON CITY • Days after a nonprofit formed to promote Gov. Eric Greitens’ political agenda released attack ads with his personal cell phone number, Sen. Rob Schaaf called on the chief executive and state legislators to make comprehensive ethics reform a priority in the remaining weeks of the legislative session.
The digital ads, paid for by Greitens’ “A New Missouri,” flooded the term-limited senator with phone calls on Friday imploring him to drop his opposition to ethics bills banning lobbyist gifts and establishing term limits for statewide officers.
But in a speech on the Senate floor on Monday, Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, pointed out that he’d filed a number of ethics reform measures, including a total ban on lobbyist gifts far stricter than a compromise measure likely to die in the Senate.
“Governor, really? I’ve been pushing for a lobbyist gift ban harder than anyone,” Schaaf said, who added that he’d met with the governor earlier this year to drum up support for his proposals. “You can provide that leadership. You can clean this mess up … And if you ever want to go to White House, you need to start now.”
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