Woke Companies and Individuals Donate Millions to Joe Biden’s Inaugural CommitteeWendell Husebo 21 Apr 2021
Dozens of woke corporations and wealthy individuals donated millions of dollars to President Joe Biden’s Inaugural Committee, totaling a sum of $61 million.
Inaugural committees, unlike congressional and presidential campaigns, are free to accept corporate donations, providing an unusual occasion to give candidates huge money.
“The list included companies with major business before the federal government — on everything from taxes to regulations — such as Uber, Lockheed Martin, Comcast, AT&T, Bank of America, Pfizer, and Qualcomm, all of which gave the maximum $1 million,†Politico reported.
It’s worth noting Biden did not take any money from fossil fuel companies, foreign agents, or lobbyists.
As compared to former Presidents Trump and Obama’s hauls, Biden’s diverged. Trump out raised Biden by $46 million in 2017, while Biden over-performed Obama’s second term committee by $18 million. Obama did bring in nearly $53 million with his first committee in 2007.
According to Tuesday’s FEC report, the filings indicate three tranches of donations to Biden: One million cap, $100,000 plus, and notable individuals.
One Million Bracket:
Uber
Lockheed Martin
Comcast
AT&T
Bank of America
Pfizer
Qualcomm
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers labor union
Sherwood Foundation (Susie Buffett)
Levantine Entertainment LLC
Masimo Corporation
At Least $100,000 Bracket:
Amazon
Google
United Airlines
Ford
Doordash
Airbnb
Charter Communications
Anheuser-Busch
Walmart
Verizon
Yelp
Anthem
Microsoft
PepsiCo
Holland & Knight
Dow Chemical
General Motors
FedEx
Amgen
Quicken Loans
National Football League
United Association
United Food
Commercial Workers International Union
American Federation of Teachers
Notable Individuals Bracket:
Brad Smith, Microsoft
David Zapolsky, Amazon
Ken Griffin, hedge fund billionaire and Republican megadonor
Constance Williams, former Pennsylvania state senator
Jean-Pierre Conte, private equity executive
John Foley, Peloton
Haim Saban and Donald Sussman, Democrat megadonors
Chris Sacca and Crystal Sacca, venture capitalists
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill Austin, hearing aid billionaire
Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaire heiress
Arthur Blank, Home Depot
Amy Goldman Fowler, billionaire heiress
Jonathan Gray, The Blackstone Group
John and Ann Doerr, venture capitalists
Chris Larsen, angel investor
Thomas Tull, entrepreneur and film producer
Neil Bluhm, real estate
James Chambers, billionaire heir
Penny Pritzker, businesswoman
Lukas Walton, billionaire heir
Hamilton “Tony†James, The Blackstone Group
Reid Hoffman, internet entrepreneur
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