Democrat Dan Kildee, Family Took over $100K in Special Interest-Funded Vacations
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) has taken over $100,000 in special interest-funded vacations since his time in office, often bringing his family with him.
According to LegiStorm, Kildee has taken nine privately funded trips worth a total of $101,388.
Destinations have included Denmark, India, Sudan, Lebanon, and three trips to Israel, where he often stays in luxury hotels.
Kildee did not respond to a request for comment from Breitbart News.
Beirut, Republic of Lebanon
In November 2021, the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL) financed Kildee’s five-day trip to Beirut, Lebanon — the “Paris of the Middle-East” — to the tune of $11,225.37.
AFTL is a 501(c)(3) aimed at “enhancing the bilateral relations between the United States and Lebanon” that works to “expand the awareness of the economic, social, and political conditions in both countries and to enhance our relationship through a better understanding each country’s interests and expectations.”
While there, Kildee and his son stayed in Hotel Albergo, a five-star luxury accommodation.
Kildee – Lebanon Trip by Breitbart News
Copenhagen, Denmark
In the summer of 2019, Kildee and his son took a vacation to Copenhagen, Denmark, valued at $12,035.
The trip was funded by the Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange and the Ripon Society.
The Franklin Center is a 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to “foster greater international awareness and cooperation through multinational policy forums, conferences, and other programs designed to explore important worldwide issues from a wide range of perspectives.”
Interestingly, the Ripon Society is a GOP-affiliated organization aimed at promoting “the ideas and principles that have made America great and contributed to the GOP’s success.” according to their website.
“These ideas include keeping our nation secure, keeping taxes low and having a federal government that is smaller, smarter and more accountable to the people,” it says.
While there, the Kildees stayed in another five-star hotel: the Radisson Collection Royal.
Khartoum, Republic of Sudan
In the spring of 2018, Kildee took his daughter on a special interest-funded trip to Khartoum, Sudan, valued at $13,787.83.
Humpty Dumpty Institute and the American Global Institute funded the trip.
The Humpty Dumpty Institute is another globalist-oriented organization that appears to push United Nations narratives.
The Kildees stayed in the five-star Corinthia Hotel Khartoum and flew Turkish Airlines’ business class accommodations in which the seats have built-in massage chairs.
New Delhi and Hyderabad, Republic of India
In February, 2017, Kildee and his son took a $15,053 trip to India paid for by the Aspen Institute, Inc.
The Aspen Institute is an organization “committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society.”
The trip was also funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the MacArthur Foundation.
The Kildees once again stayed in five-star accommodations, at the Imperial Hotel in New Dehli, which, according to Luxury Travel Magazine is the “most luxurious hotel in New Delhi.”
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