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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 02:09 PM Jan 2021

Giants owner Johnson maxed out donations to a dozen on far right

... Johnson and his wife Ann — in addition to Arizona Diamondbacks principal owner Ken Kendrick and his wife Randy — each gave $2,800 to pro-QAnon Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, who tweeted about the location of House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots ...

... the full list of Johnson's recipients reveals a who's who of right-wing extremists: ... Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.; Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga. (Johnson also gave $125,000 to the Georgia United Victory PAC); Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C.; Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C.; Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; Rep. Bob Good, R-Va.; Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md.; as well as congressional candidates Laura Loomer, Jeanne Ives, Claudia Tenney and Ted Howze ...

https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Not-just-Boebert-Giants-owner-Charles-B-Johnson-15871581.php

"I support nazis and I'm proud. I use to feel alone in a crowd
but now you look around these days and there seems to be an insurrection craze
I'm a nazi! He's a nazi! She's a nazi! We're all nazis! Wouldn't you like to be a nazi too?
I'm a nazi! He's a nazi! She's a nazi! If you fund the nazis you're a nazi too!"




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Giants owner Johnson maxed out donations to a dozen on far right (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2021 OP
Shine the light. Arne Jan 2021 #1
How sad to think of how that money could have been used to help Butterflylady Jan 2021 #2
Franklin Templeton Fund fortune Klaralven Jan 2021 #3

Butterflylady

(3,544 posts)
2. How sad to think of how that money could have been used to help
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 02:13 PM
Jan 2021

People in need. But they put party over human suffering.

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