Target Continues To Make The Political Donations They Had Previously Apologized For Making

[cory777]

Source: Huffington Pst

This past fall, mega-retailer Target caught a heap of bad publicity when it was revealed that they had made campaign donations in support of then-Minnesota gubernatorial hopeful Tom Emmer, whose hostility to the LGBT community began "with opposition to same-sex marriage and runs through to wholesale denial of equal rights and alliances with organizations whose takes on the gay community neatly align with those Ugandan madmen." Target CEO Greg Steinhafel was forced to make an apology, and promised to begin a "review process for future political donations."

Over at The Awl, Abram Sauer, who covered this story thoroughly during the election season, has made a review of this review process. You'll never guess what he found out!

According to documents filed with the FEC in October 2010, Target continued donating to a bevy of anti-gay politicians even after Steinhafel apologized and committed to reforming the review process for future political donations. These donations even included some of the same anti-gay politicians the company had already been criticized for supporting.

Here's a taste of the specifics:

After Steinhafel's August 5 letter, Target's Political Action Committee, helmed by the former right hand of Senator Thune, Matt Zabel, recorded $41,200 in federal election activity. Of that total, $31,200 went to anti-gay rights politicians or PACs supporting those candidates.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/21/target-continues-political-donations_n_799950.html

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[lobodons]

1. Thanks Target for Gov. Dayton

Keep the donations coming!! Keep your head in the sand while history passes you by.

[tomm2thumbs]

2. still don't buy my stuff there

[crim son]

3. How unsurprising.

I've never liked the place and haven't shopped there since the last time their donating history was big news.

[girl gone mad]

4. I never shop there, or Wal-Mart.

I was just listening to some lady being interviewed on NPR. She was complaining about how Target had no soul and destroyed the local economy and was bad for everyone, yet she shops there all the time. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

[bemildred]

5. Liars lie. nt

[Unca Jim]

6. Not hard to figure out why...

Everyone bitched, then went right back to Target and spent their money anyway.

Target learned it can do whatever it wants and will not be held accountable.

[donheld]

7. Is there a corporation NOT guilty of this?

[donheld]

8. Is there a corporation NOT guilty of this?

I'd bet most if not all do. The rest just hide behind Karl Rove and Citizen's United to do it without disclosing the fact they do it.

[JDPriestly]

9. Thanks for reminding me not to shop at Target.