Congressional candidate Monica De La Cruz reported herself in disclosure forms as president of JSM De La Cruz Holdings. The firm received a $1,000 Economic Injury Disaster grant in May 2020 as well as a $39,000 loan.
Calls by The Texas Tribune to a number listed with her insurance agency went unanswered.
The PPP was one of the key relief elements of the CARES Act, a behemoth pandemic response package signed by former President Donald Trump in March 2020 as millions of Americans stopped going to work in person. Trump signed another COVID-19 relief package in December of that year, which De La Cruz criticized in“I’m surprised Trump signed this,” she wrote on social media posts, criticizing the aspects of the bill that allocated funding for other countries.
De La Cruz retorted to the Tribune that such claims are"nothing more than another desperate attempt by the far Left to smear me."
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