Jeb Bush is coming under
scrutinyfire again from social conservatives for his involvement of investing taxpayer money in a company
with ties to pornography while Governor of Florida.
The former Florida governor invested $1.3 million from the
state’s pension fund into Movie Gallery, a film rental company that offers
X-rated films in addition to comedies and action movies, according to a report
in the International Business Times
The report examined thousands of emails from during his
tenure that show a strained relationship between Bush and the “religious
right."
One voter wrote Bush was supporting a company that was
“enslaving men and women to its addiction."
American Family Association founder Donald Wildmon, in
particular, took offense to Bush’s ties to pornography. He wrote a mass email
rallying social conservatives against Bush.
“Movie Gallery shades hundreds of its stores with ‘back
rooms,’ filled with thousands of videos and magazines exhibiting morbid depictions
of sex,” Wildmon reportedly said in the email. “By investing in Movie Gallery
stock, the state of Florida is giving its stamp of approval on hard-core porn.
Tell the Florida Board of Administration to get out of the porn business by
divesting itself of Movie Gallery stock.”
Initially, Bush did not back down amid pressure, allegedly
maintaining that he had to make the most profitable investment choice for
taxpayers.
But in the state sold the shares in 2006 after Movie
Gallery’s stock performance began to slip.
The revelations came from 280,000 emails released from
Bush's time as governor and have now come back to the forefront.
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