The Insider reports:
At a Republican event in September, North Carolina congressional candidate Bo Hines bemoaned the state of the economy: “Me and my wife, we can’t afford to give up a month’s salary.” He repeated this assertion in an interview earlier this month. “With 8.3% inflation, that is the equivalent of one month salary for the average American,” he said. “I know in my household, my wife and I can’t afford to give up one month’s salary. We have bills to pay, we have rent to pay.”
But the 27-year-old Republican upstart, backed by former President Donald Trump, reported having no salary at all, according to his certified personal financial disclosure, which he filed with congressional regulators on May 20. In the disclosure, Hines reported no salary and no spousal assets, and asserted that he has not excluded any assets that belong to his wife, Mary Charles Hines.
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It appears that the Hines’ entire income is from the “Hines Children’s Trust.” According to his filing, the trust provides up to $1 million annually. Hines, a pal of Madison Cawthorn, is an election-denying QAnon nutbag who wants a “no exceptions” ban on abortion.
A new personal financial disclosure filing from NC House candidate Bo Hines indicates all of the $775k he’s loaned his own campaign came from trust fund withdrawals pic.twitter.com/neJpHEdcFg
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) May 26, 2022
Trump-backed congressional candidate Bo Hines says he ‘can’t afford’ to give up his salary. But federal records show he has no salary. https://t.co/1BzUMxmGnr
— Politics Insider (@PoliticsInsider) October 17, 2022
?♂️My opponent is a 27 year-old trust fund kid. He’s completely out of touch with the needs of hard working North Carolina families. #NC13 #ncpol https://t.co/pIpovLF2Eh
— Wiley Nickel for Congress (@wileynickel) October 17, 2022