A GOP Senate candidate bragged that he’s not vaccinated but financial disclosures show he’s making money from companies that make COVID-19 vaccines – By Kelsey Vlamis, Dave Levinthal (Business Insider) / Nov 21 2021
- GOP Senate candidate for Ohio Mark Pukita said last week he hasn’t been vaccinated against COVID-19.
- Pukita’s Senate financial disclosure indicates he owns stock in Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.
- He has also criticized big tech but the disclosure shows he also has holdings in Apple and Facebook.
Republican US Senate candidate Mark Pukita of Ohio, who bragged last week that he has not received the COVID-19 vaccine, is making money from companies that produce the vaccine, a new disclosure with the US Senate indicates.
Pukita, an IT executive, holds up to $50,000 in Johnson & Johnson stock, making up to $1,000 in dividends in the past year, according to a financial disclosure viewed by Insider.
The disclosure also indicates he owns up to $15,000 in Pfizer stock, making up to $1,000 in dividends in the past year.
Pukita also has personal stock investments of up to $15,000 each in Thermo Fisher Scientific and Abbott Laboratories. Both companies manufacture COVID-19 tests.
