List of corporations making last-minute contributions to keep Senate Republican

[Nevilledog]

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1. This thread is a list of corporations making last-minute contributions to keep Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in charge of the Senate

I'll be updating throughout the day

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7:22 AM · Nov 2, 2020

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1. This thread is a list of corporations making last-minute contributions to keep Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in charge of the Senate

I'll be updating throughout the day

Follow if interested

2. Last-minute corporate contributions to @LindseyGrahamSC:

@Deloitte (5K, 10/31)
@CaterpillarInc (5K, 10/31)
@KraftHeinzCo (2K, 10/31)
@RollsRoyce (3K, 10/29)
@akin_gump (2.5K, 10/29)
@Microsoft (2.5K, 10/29)
@LillyPad [Eli Lilly] (1K, 10/29)
@Delta (2.5K, 10/26)

3. Last-minute corp $$$ to @Perduesenate:

@TheHartford (5K, 10/30)
@akin_gump (2.8K, 10/30)
@Transamerica (2K, 10/29)
@AmericanAir (5K, 10/27)
@KPMG (5K, 10/26)
@MotorolaUS (4K, 10/26)
@HSBC (4K, 10/26)
@WellsFargo (2.5K, 10/26)
@Barclays (1.5K, 10/26)
@Dell (1K, 10/26)

4. Last-minute corporate contributions to @SenSusanCollins

@USAA (5K, 10/30)
@BestBuy (1K, 10/30)
@AmericanAir (5K, 10/28)
@jpmorgan (5K, 10/28)
@Xerox (1K, 10/28)
@Verizon (1K, 10/28)
@united (4K, 10/21)

5. Last-minute corporate contributions to @joniernst

@KPMG (5K, 10/30)
@Dell (4K, 10/30)
@jpmorgan (4K, 10/30)
@MotorolaUS (3K, 10/30)
@StateFarm (1.5K, 10/30)
@Experian_US (5K, 10/29)
@kslaw [King & Spalding] (2.5K, 10/29)
@BoozAllen (1K, 10/29)
@AmericanAir (4K, 10/27)

6. Last-minute corporate contributions to @ThomTillis

@Gap (2.5K, 10/30)
@kslaw [King & Spalding] (2.5K, 10/29)
@akin_gump (2K, 10/29)
@MorganStanley (2.5K, 10/26)
@AmericanAir (2.5K, 10/27)
@Dell (2.5K, 10/27)
@HSBC (1K, 10/26)
@3M (1K, 10/23)
@JUULvapor (5K, 10/21)

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[soothsayer]

1. Thank you, I was too lazy!

[Nevilledog]

3. LOL

[DonaldsRump]

2. i'm bookmarking this to remember what these organizations did.

Thanks for posting.

[kwolf68]

4. the Oligarchy is speaking

Money out of politics has to be a Biden agenda in his term.

[Bayard]

5. Microsoft???

I can't imagine that was Bill Gates orders.

[Tom Rivers]

8. Gates doesn't have anything to do with Microsoft anymore

He hasn't been CEO or Chairman for years, and quit the board earlier this year.

[Eid Ma Clack Shaw]

17. According to this, Gates maxed out to Lindsey Graham BUT

he is listed as Microsoft chairman, which he hasn’t been since 2014, so I wonder if it might be a bad actor donating in his name.

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Still, even if it’s fake, while he seems to have given more to Democrats, Gates has donated to plenty of Republicans in his time.

[bdtrppr6]

6. lots of companies i won't be spending money with n/t

[PatSeg]

18. Yeah, I'm canceling my Rolls Royce order!

[smirkymonkey]

7. K&R

[NYC Liberal]

9. It is illegal for corporations to donate money to political campaigns.

Does he mean employees of those companies?

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Why would Xerox donate to Susan Collins?

[jimfields33]

11. Or Gap to Tillis

That’s a huge head scratcher. Only thing is maybe these companies are giving to both? Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense. The young mostly go to the Gap.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Taking profits from our purchases and stabbing us in the back with that money.

Corporations are not the friends of citizens. Just GOP suck-ups......

[brooklynite]

13. Sorry, but this is not a clear indictment...

Companies CANNOT give money to candidates. This may involve INDIVIDUALS working for those companies who are contributing, but they have the same contribution limits as everyone else. Corporate PACS are also limited in the amounts they can give an individual candidate.

[Maraya1969]

14. What the hell kind of country allows corporations to donate to political

campaigns?

[Roland99]

15. Curious as to how much was also donated to Democratic candidates

[Totally Tunsie]

16. The interesting exception to this list is

Home Depot, despite all the moaning, groaning and boycotting that one of the co-founders and owners (Bernie Marcus) - twenty years ago - is a Chump supporter.

"Bernie retired from The Home Depot about 20 years ago and does not speak on behalf of the company," a Home Depot spokesperson told Business Insider. "The Home Depot does not give money to presidential campaigns or endorse presidential candidates."

https://www.businessinsider.com/shoppers-boycott-home-depot-after-founder-says-will-vote-trump-2020-11