Greg Norman and LIV Golf met with dozens of members of Congress; one representative decried the golf organization for spreading ‘Saudi propaganda.’
Currying favor on Capitol Hill is a delicate task for LIV officials because Saudi relations continue to be a divisive issue on both sides of the aisle. Before LIV’s event last weekend in Illinois, Sen. Richard J. Durbin : “This weekend, a golf glove will try and cover a blood-stained hand as the LIV golf tournament comes to Chicago in the Saudi government’s continued, desperate attempt to clean up its image.
In a statement Wednesday, Roy said, “Don’t sell us ‘this is just about competition’ when they won’t answer about a billion dollars to buy off PGA Tour players … resulting in a billion dollars of PR for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in likely violation of FARA.”LIV hired Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures to lobby on its behalf and help arrange this week’s itinerary.
“It just ticked me off,” he said. “Everybody’s assumption of Congress is a bunch of country clubbers out there playing golf with millionaires. By bringing Greg Norman in here, they’ve just perpetuated that myth even more.” While some of his colleagues were apparently receptive to the LIV presentation, Burchett said he saw no role for Congress in the ongoing LIV-PGA Tour dispute, and said it’s impossible to separate the LIV venture from its Saudi funding.
“You got to realize the way they treat people in their country is just ridiculous,” he said. “Women couldn’t drive
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