Accountability file

Record & events

• statement: World Patent Marketing donated money to Mast's campaign fund and said in a press release that he sat on their advisory board. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: Mast claimed no knowledge of being given a position on the board and said he had only a couple encounters with members of the company. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• charge: Between March and June 2018, Mast's campaign received thousands of dollars from Soviet-born Igor Fruman, one of two business associates of Rudy Giuliani who later faced charges of violating federal campaign finance laws. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: After this allegedly illegal contribution was discovered and reported by the press, Mast's spokesman said he would disburse the funds to the Treasury Department, but less than two weeks later, Mast said, "I think we donated it to charity… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: After voting in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, he had a 40% approval rating among his constituents; 45% said they were disappointed with his work in Congress. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: Agricultural subsidies In April 2018, Mast said he would probably vote for legislation to reduce support for sugar farmers, who, under the contemporaneous Farm Bill, were protected by fixed minimum prices, by limits on imports and on dom… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: "I expect I'll be supporting it when it comes up for a vote next week," Mast said of the Sugar Policy Modernization Act, "because it's important to the community I represent, and our waterways". (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: Mast said he would "probably be the only representative in the history of this district to vote against the sugar industry". (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: Donald Trump In June 2016, Mast said he supported President Donald Trump "unanimously and wholeheartedly" in the 2016 presidential election. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: Gun control In 2018, Mast wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times in support of the Second Amendment right to bear arms, but said "it does not guarantee that every civilian can bear any and all arms." He supports a ban on assault we… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: Immigration In June 2018, commenting on the Trump administration family separation policy, Mast said: "It is our duty as an American government to deal compassionately with any child from any nation, just as it is the responsibility of f… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: I am confident this process will be improved." Citing his own Mexican grandparents, he said, "The way that they got to work, the way that they assimilated to the American way of life and became a part of our system is not what we're seei… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: "ISIS is as strong as it is because of a lack of US leadership," he said in 2016. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: This is going to make it very hard to get Sunni regimes to align with us, and Putin is now the go-to player in Syria with his alliance with Assad," he said in 2016. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: "If anyone was lobbing rockets into the US, guys like me would be sent to kill them, and Americans would applaud us," he said. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: On November 1, 2023, in arguing for a bill to reduce humanitarian funding to Gaza during the Gaza war, Mast compared Palestinian civilians to the civilians of Nazi Germany during World War II, saying: I would encourage the other side to… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: When a protester asked Mast "You haven't seen the pictures of all the babies being killed?", Mast replied "These are not innocent Palestinian civilians." Mast said that "It would be better if you kill all the terrorists and kill everyone… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:51.527Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]