DeSantis fundraiser is hosted by lobbyist for Moderna, company that makes puberty blockers, AND a sanctioned Chinese firm: Florida governor is accused of hypocrisy for $1,000-a-place DC event Daily Mail, Jun 7, 2023
A lobbyist for vaccine manufacturer Moderna and for the maker of a leading puberty blocker given to transgender children is holding a fundraising event for Ron DeSantis in Washington D.C. this month.
It puts the Florida governor in an awkward position as he tries to ride anti-vaxxer sentiment and his record restricting gender-affirming treatment all the way to the White House.
One of the hosts is Marc Lampkin, a partner at the firm, who has been on the wrong side of a host of DeSantis or Republican red button issues.
He has been registered as a lobbyist for Moderna, manufacturer of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, since February 2021. Filings show he is also registered for AbbVie, maker of puberty blocker Lupron, since 2014.
And Foreign Agents Registration Act papers show that he represented Fujian Jinhua, a Chinese state-owned maker of semiconductors. In 2018, it was sanctioned by the Trump administration, which said it was a security threat.
The DeSantis campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
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