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October 4, 2013
Boycott Corporations Who Gave Big to Republicans in 2012 Elections
By Veena Trehan
Avoid purchasing items or procuring services from the companies that supported the Republicans in 2012.
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We will do our best to avoid purchasing items or procuring services from your companies. After the shutdown is ended and debt ceiling is increased, we will reevaluate your companies based on their behavior through this period.
Contributor and Amount Given to Republicans in 2012*
$5,146,066
$3,258,260
$2,774,062
$2,688,349
$2,646,356
$2,590,684
Wells Fargo
$2,490,821
$2,449,726
$2,307,700
$2,131,597
National Beer Wholesalers Assn
$2,096,241
$2,039,468
$1,750,835
$1,708,990
$1,514,696
$1,496,762
$1,472,473
$1,448,062
$1,424,464
$1,162,649
*Amount given to Republicans in 2012 excludes money donated to outside spending groups, third party candidates, and PACs for all of these companies more than 50 percent given (excluding these groups) was to Republicans. Data from Opensecrets.org.
Authors Bio:
Veena Trehan is a DC-based journalist and activist. She has written for NPR, Reuters, Bloomberg News, and local papers.