The campaign arm for Senate Democrats is “itching” to paint Republicans owning million-dollar homes outside states they’re running in as out-of-touch “carpetbaggers,” Axios reported. There’s just one problem: By that definition, so are wealthy Democratic lawmakers, according to property records reviewed by the Washington Examiner.
Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) own Washington, D.C., homes equipped with luxury amenities, among other Democrats who have properties in the district. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) recently pocketed rental income from his Phoenix home while taking advantage of a taxpayer-funded program to help pay for the lawmaker’s $940,000 townhouse in Capitol Hill. And Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who is running for Senate in Michigan, has long had a home in Washington and was likened to a “carpetbagging elitist” in 2018 for only living part-time in Michigan to run since her then-husband, Dave Moore, worked at the Pentagon (Slotkin’s former employer) a few days each week.
