Very interesting article in this morning's Tampa Bay Times. It's worth your time and thoughts. Hope you can access it here:
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"Election objectors' top corporate PAC & industry group funders in 2023"
"Election objectors' top corporate PAC & industry group funders in 2023"
Who's funding the campaigns of the congressional election deniers who voted against certification of the presidential election of Joe Biden? You'll be surprised.
After the January 6 Insurrection, as you know, there was an attempt by certain GOP congressional leaders to deny the voters of America their legal election of Joe Biden. They did this by voting against certifying the 2020 election results as required by the United States Constitution. It is instructive to know who these election denying jerks did this despite the failure of the insurrection, but it's even more instructive to know who continue to financially support these jerks and the likely resultant destruction of our American Democracy as we know it.
Look, if someone came to your house and tried to steal something of great value to you and was caught doing it, and then someone else provided them money to bail them out and fight their prosecution, wouldn't you come to the conclusion that those people are sympathetic and supportive of the attempted theft?
Well, there are a number of very large corporations and others who continued to send millions of dollars to the election deniers who tried to steal your legitimately elected president and you need to know who they are. Fortunately for us, someone has researched who they are and published an article revealing them.
Here's a list of who and how much they continued supporting these election-denying criminals provided in an article by OpenSecrets "based on SEC filings through QW3 2023 as of Jan. 6 2024." (Read the full article HERE)
Election objectors' top corporate PAC & industry group funders in 2023
Business PAC | Total | Campaign | Leadership PAC | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | American Bankers Assn | $430,500 $430,500 $430,500 | $345,500 | $85,000 |
2 | National Assn of Realtors | $370,000 $370,000 $370,000 | $166,000 | $204,000 |
3 | National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn | $272,000 $272,000 $272,000 | $227,000 | $45,000 |
4 | United Parcel Service | $269,500 $269,500 $269,500 | $164,500 | $105,000 |
5 | Boeing Co | $257,500 $257,500 $257,500 | $237,500 | $20,000 |
6 | National Multifamily Housing Council | $255,000 $255,000 $255,000 | $162,500 | $92,500 |
7 | Honeywell International | $251,000 $251,000 $251,000 | $197,000 | $54,000 |
8 | AT&T Inc | $248,000 $248,000 $248,000 | $205,500 | $42,500 |
9 | Lockheed Martin | $239,500 $239,500 $239,500 | $206,000 | $33,500 |
10 | National Auto Dealers Assn | $236,000 $236,000 $236,000 | $203,500 | $32,500 |
11 | National Cattlemen's Beef Assn | $232,000 $232,000 $232,000 | $212,000 | $20,000 |
12 | Koch Industries | $231,000 $231,000 $231,000 | $188,500 | $42,500 |
13 | Comcast Corp | $229,500 $229,500 $229,500 | $192,000 | $37,500 |
14 | Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers | $224,000 $224,000 $224,000 | $194,000 | $30,000 |
15 | Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America | $223,000 $223,000 $223,000 | $164,500 | $58,500 |
16 | American Crystal Sugar | $220,000 $220,000 $220,000 | $210,000 | $10,000 |
17 | National Assn of Convenience Stores | $209,000 $209,000 $209,000 | $129,000 | $80,000 |
18 | General Dynamics | $198,000 $198,000 $198,000 | $150,000 | $48,000 |
19 | American Council of Engineering Cos | $197,500 $197,500 $197,500 | $182,500 | $15,000 |
20 | Charter Communications | $194,000 $194,000 $194,000 | $124,000 | $70,000 |