The following is a statement from Jacqui Collins following revelations in the Sun-Times that Jonathan Jackson has failed to file necessary financial disclosures & is signaling to billionaire special interests in primary race:
“Two weeks ago Jonathan Jackson claimed it was “an oversight and a mistake” that he failed to file the federally required financial disclosure report as a candidate for Congress. As of today, he still hasn’t filed, and voters have no idea where the tens of thousands of dollars he’s loaned his campaign come from. Jackson needs to follow the law. Period.
“To add insult to injury, Jackson has allowed billionaire special interests to infiltrate this race despite lip-service to voters that he’ll be a voice for them in Congress. Even worse, Jackson is pretending his indebtedness to crypto billionaire Samuel Bankman-Fried is due to being the best candidate on future pandemic readiness. This, despite the fact that Jackson’s top issue on his website endorses crypto regulation legislation Bankman-Fried is trying to pass in Congress. This is not a coincidence.
“In a district struggling from decades of economic disinvestment, we don’t need a Congressman who’s beholden to financial special interests, or a candidate with the nerve to campaign on crypto regulation as the top issue in our communities. As the former Chair of the Senate Financial Institutions Committee, I’ve fought to protect the community from these same kinds of special interests that work against our stability and wellbeing.
“I’m the only candidate in the race who has refused to accept donations from corporations. In Congress, I’ll fight for issues that actually impact the First District: economic justice, criminal justice, social justice and women’s reproductive rights.”
Lead the fight to protect the community special interests that work against the well-being and stability former Chair of the Senate Financial institutions Committee.
