Reddit: Who profits from Teuscher’s HB 267?

Disclaimer: I’m the person who ran against Teuscher in last year’s election. A question was posted in the r/Utah sub Reddit: Who profits from Teuscher’s HB267? that I’d like to respond to. This post was too long to submit so I’m publishing it here and providing the link in the thread.

Jordan is an idealist, and his beliefs are his virtue.

Jordan is bent on weakening organized labor, breaking the public school system, and taking voter rights away from Utah voters. He is an acolyte of the conservative right ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) and under the wing of Utah Senate President Stuart Adams, who is a past National Chairman of ALEC.

Teuscher is the primary officer of the Conservative Millennials PAC, whose members include Rep. Candice Pierucci (sponsor of voucher programs to de-fund public schools); Kera Birkeland (sponsor of anti-trans legislation); and Anthony Loubet (relatively quiet on bills but votes in favor of legislation from the group). This group is responsible for some serious shit legislation in Utah.

Teuscher is doubling down in a multi-year effort to purge unions for public employees, with the intent of weakening labor overall in Utah. He wants to see public education de-funded. He is the sponsor of copy/paste legislation that was introduced in other conservative states to move on a national agenda. He is supported by his PAC, by Schultz (House Speaker), by Adams (Senate President), and the Utah GOP.

It’s worth mentioning Teuscher’s pettiness. The UEA advocated strongly against constitutional amendments that were on the ballot last year, and particularly for an amendment that would have discarded protections for public school funding, which would force education spending to compete in the general fund. HB267 is Teuscher’s retribution.

Incoming Funds

Aside from contributions, Teuscher’s campaign funding was coming from in-kind services provided by (primarily) the Utah Republican Party (disclosures here), and the conservative Utah Taxpayers Association (disclosures here), which covered multiple thousands of spend on signs and mailers. All of Teuscher’s reported campaign finances are on the disclosure site here, and for the Conservative Millennials PAC here.

I would also raise a concern that Jordan is a strong proponent of blockchain and crypto, and would like more transparency on his investments and funds received using cryptocurrency or collected transaction fees.

Incoming Funds

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