@buschvalentine Good for you @buschvalentine ! You should not be punished for having resources that others may not have. As long as you try to do right then that is all that matters. Stay strong as politics about now is truly a "blood sport".

@buschvalentine What?? No, take the salary you'd be earning and turn around and donate it to help build Dem infrastructure & a candidate pipeline in Missouri—esp. the rural districts! You are missing a golden chance here to show how your win would change our future quickly.

@buschvalentine A "no salary" commitment that does nothing for someone who's already wealthy really just reinforces Congress as a rich person's club. The working class can't afford to not earn a salary. A stock trading ban would be great though.

@buschvalentine @daltonwcrawford aka "i have so much money, i don't need your stinkin' salary."

@buschvalentine This is not the flex you think it is. Good on the stock trading ban, though.

@buschvalentine No salary is just a stupid stunt. Senators should earn a salary and not be required to be independently wealthy.

@buschvalentine Easy to say you won’t take a salary if you are wealthy but all it does is make it harder for normal people from normal backgrounds who don’t have piles of family money to work in politics

@buschvalentine I want to vote for someone who has a relatable enough background to me, that they need their govt salary.

@buschvalentine Yes to a stock ban.

@buschvalentine How about you pull out of the race and throw your support behind @SpencerToder

@buschvalentine Working for us is preferable to fighting for us. I’m tired of hearing office seekers saying they will fight for us! By the way my Great Grandfather, Frederick Valentine Horton,mother was Keziah Valentine.

@buschvalentine Tell me you don’t understand your privilege & working folks without telling me you’ve never depended on a paycheck.

@buschvalentine Best wishes. How do you feel about the Supreme Court taking rights away from female persons?

@buschvalentine The windfall members of Congress enjoy from investments informed by their activities in office usually dwarfs their compensation - declining compensation is ultimately a vacant gesture. Following through on the trading ban would not be vacant, so why not just focus on that?

@buschvalentine Interesting. Tell me more

@buschvalentine Take the salary, please. There are so many people that would make good politicians, but they cannot afford to do it for free. You would set a bad precedent by refusing a salary. You can donate the salary to a scholarship. Maybe pay for 5 - 10 people to get through college.

@buschvalentine Take the salary . You will earn it.

@buschvalentine It isn't exactly a plus that you're wealthy enough to not need a salary.