After voting to bail out Wall Street banks, Bayh cast votes during his last year in office that helped to protect their bottom line – all while working to secure a position that would earn him millions as soon as he left the Senate. The votes for hire scandal was revealed by an Associated Press investigation that found Bayh even used taxpayer funds to travel to New York to meet with corporate executives as he arranged his soft landing. Making matters worse, Bayh was caught lying to the Indianapolis Star about whether those meetings ever took place.
The ad begins running today in multiple Indiana markets.
“Evan Bayh is exactly what people hate about politics: A self-serving liar who used his position to make himself rich while Hoosiers were left to foot the bill. Bayh gamed the system to trade his votes for a corporate job that made him millions – and then he covered it up. Hoosiers just can’t trust Evan Bayh.” – NRSC spokesman Greg Blair
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VO: When Evan Bayh backed the Wall Street bailout, he betrayed Indiana.
VO: But what he did next… simply unforgivable.
VO: His final months in office, Bayh cast votes protecting a Wall Street company’s bottom line…
VO: …While traveling to Wall Street six times using taxpayer money…
VO: And taking secret job meetings with their CEO.
VO: Bayh was hired within weeks of leaving office, earning him millions.
VO: Then he buried the records to cover it up.
VO: Simply unforgivable.