ATLANTA — Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler on Thursday was slapped with a pair of ethics complaints after she solicited campaign contributions for her high-stakes runoff during an interview with Fox News at the United States Capitol.
The Democratic Party of Georgia and the American Democracy Legal Fund filed complaints with the Senate Ethics Committee and pointed to Loeffler’s interview with Fox News’s Sandra Smith.
In the interview, Loeffler told the audience to visit her campaign website to “chip in $5 or $10 to get involved, volunteer.”
Democrats have also asked the Justice Department to investigate, and they accused Loeffler of abusing her power “as an elected official to support her own campaign” in violation of rules that prohibit lawmakers from asking for money to fill their coffers in federal buildings.
Loeffler’s campaign dismissed the complaints as an attempt to pull focus from Democratic rival Raphael Warnock.
“We’re only two weeks into this race, and the Democrats are already so desperate to try to distract from Raphael Warnock’s attacks on the police, military, small businesses, Israel, and virtually every other voting bloc that they’re spending their time filing frivolous complaints,” Stephen Lawson, Loeffler’s spokesman, said.
Warnock has come under attack in recent days over his past sermons, including one where he invokes the Gospel of St. Matthew, declaring, “America, nobody can serve God and the military. You can’t serve God and money. You cannot serve God and mammon at the same time. America, choose ye this day who you will serve.”
The race between Loeffler and Warnock could decide which party holds the power in the Senate.
Both candidates have seen a massive amount of cash funneled into their campaign coffers from super PACs and Senate committees.
