{"id":1084874,"date":"2021-12-04T19:59:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T00:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1084874"},"modified":"2021-12-04T19:59:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T00:59:09","slug":"fec-data-show-twitter-employees-made-99-of-online-political-donations-to-democrats-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fec-data-show-twitter-employees-made-99-of-online-political-donations-to-democrats-report\/","title":{"rendered":"FEC Data Show Twitter Employees Made 99% Of Online Political Donations To Democrats: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffec-data-show-twitter-employees-made-99-of-online-political-donations-to-democrats-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1084874&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Twitter employees donated to Democrats online by a nearly-unanimous margin in 2021, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/04\/data-shows-twitter-employees-donate-more-to-democrats-by-wide-margin\/\">new data<\/a> from the Federal Elections Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The data, reported by the New York Post, showed that fully 99% of the online political donations made by Twitter employees this year went to Democrats. Employees of the social media giant made 561 contributions, totaling $14,848.98, through the Democrat Party\u2019s fundraising apparatus, ActBlue. Just eight donations were made through the Republican Party\u2019s fundraising counterpart, WinRed.<\/p>\n<p>Ned Segal, Twitter\u2019s Chief Financial Officer, donated $5,800, the legal maximum donation an individual can give, to Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman Conor Lamb. Seksom Suriyapa also donated the legal maximum to Democrat California Representative Ro Khanna. Evan Stern, one of the company\u2019s in-house attorneys, donated $2,900 to Democratic Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Democratic Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, both of whom are running for re-election to a full term in the U.S. Senate in the 2022 midterms. Stern also gave $2,900 to Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, who is running to replace retiring Republican Senator Pat Toomey in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one percent shocks. They have somebody who actually gave to the GOP. I\u2019m stunned,\u201d the Media Research Center\u2019s Dan Gainor joked.<\/p>\n<p>The largest donation of that one percent \u2014 just $250 \u2014 was given by former Twitter Vice President of Finance Rich Sullivan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-picks-another-republican-for-january-6-select-committee-mccarthy-responds\">Adam Kinzinger<\/a>, the Republican congressman from Illinois who was one of 10 Republican Congresspeople to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump in January, and currently serves on the Committee investigating the events of January 6.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger announced on October 30 that he would not be seeking re-election in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Gainor also pointed out that Twitter employees\u2019 contributions to the Democrat Party go beyond financial. \u201cTheir day to day actions also contribute to that political party,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was a time when you could give to one political party and still be fairhanded, but that time is long past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter infamously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-said-it-blocked-hunter-biden-stories-because-u-s-intelligence-shared-rumors-of-biden-hack\">censored<\/a> a story broken by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/14\/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad\/\">New York Post<\/a> in October of 2020, which revealed information from Hunter Biden\u2019s personal laptop about how the son of President Joe Biden allegedly introduced his father to a Ukranian businessman, as well as a number of compromising pictures of the younger Biden. The Federal Elections Commission recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fec-finds-twitter-didnt-violate-election-law-by-suppressing-hunter-biden-story-nyt-says-story-was-unsubstantiated\">dismissed a complaint<\/a> filed by the Republican National Committee alleging that Twitter\u2019s suppression of the story was an \u201cillegal in-kind contribution\u201d to President Joe Biden\u2019s campaign. The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n[T]he FEC dismissed the complaint, saying Twitter had \u201ccredibly explained\u201d why it blocked the Post link, even though the social media outlet eventually reversed its decision and CEO Jack Dorsey called that decision a \u201cmistake.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The FEC also dismissed complaints that Twitter censored conservatives on its platform:<\/p>\n<p>The FEC also rejected allegations that Twitter also violates election laws by limiting the reach of conservative users without explanation and \u201cshadow banning\u201d them. The FEC also disagreed that the social media violated election laws by treating conservatives differently than liberals, such as suppressing anti-Biden content and labeling Trump\u2019s tweets as misinformation but not doing the same for Democrats. The FEC insisted those claims were \u201cvague, speculative and unsupported by the available information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News of the employees\u2019 contributions comes as controversy arises over new Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, who posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/why-should-i-distinguish-between-white-people-and-racists-new-twitter-ceos-2010-tweet-comes-under-fire\">several tweets<\/a> in the past expressing biased sentiments against conservatives and white people, and said in an interview that Twitter is not supposed to be \u201cbound by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitters-new-ceo-in-2020-company-not-bound-by-first-amendment-must-think-how-times-have-changed\">First Amendment<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter employees donated to Democrats online by a nearly-unanimous margin in 2021, according to new data from the Federal Elections Commission.The data, reported by the New York Post, showed that fully 99% of the online political donations made by Twitter employees this year went to Democrats. Employees of the social media giant made 561 contributions, totaling $14,848.98, through the Democrat Party\u2019s fundraising apparatus, ActBlue. Just eight donations were made through the Republican Party\u2019s fundraising counterpart, WinRed.Ned Segal, Twitter\u2019s Chief Financial Officer, donated $5,800, the legal maximum donation an individual can give, to Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman Conor Lamb. Seksom Suriyapa also donated the legal maximum to Democrat California Representative Ro Khanna. Evan Stern, one of the company\u2019s in-house attorneys, donated $2,900 to Democratic Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Democratic Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, both of whom are running for re-election to a full term in the U.S. Senate in the 2022 midterms. Stern also gave $2,900 to Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, who is running to replace retiring Republican Senator Pat Toomey in 2022.\u201cThe one percent shocks. They have somebody who actually gave to the GOP. I\u2019m stunned,\u201d the Media Research Center\u2019s Dan Gainor joked.The largest donation of that one percent \u2014 just $250 \u2014 was given by former Twitter Vice President of Finance Rich Sullivan to Adam Kinzinger, the Republican congressman from Illinois who was one of 10 Republican Congresspeople to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump in January, and currently serves on the Committee investigating the events of January 6.Kinzinger announced on October 30 that he would not be seeking re-election in 2022.Gainor also pointed out that Twitter employees\u2019 contributions to the Democrat Party go beyond financial. \u201cTheir day to day actions also contribute to that political party,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was a time when you could give to one political party and still be fairhanded, but that time is long past.\u201dTwitter infamously censored a story broken by the New York Post in October of 2020, which revealed information from Hunter Biden\u2019s personal laptop about how the son of President Joe Biden allegedly introduced his father to a Ukranian businessman, as well as a number of compromising pictures of the younger Biden. The Federal Elections Commission recently dismissed a complaint filed by the Republican National Committee alleging that Twitter\u2019s suppression of the story was an \u201cillegal in-kind contribution\u201d to President Joe Biden\u2019s campaign. The Daily Wire reported:[T]he FEC dismissed the complaint, saying Twitter had \u201ccredibly explained\u201d why it blocked the Post link, even though the social media outlet eventually reversed its decision and CEO Jack Dorsey called that decision a \u201cmistake.\u201d\u2026The FEC also dismissed complaints that Twitter censored conservatives on its platform:The FEC also rejected allegations that Twitter also violates election laws by limiting the reach of conservative users without explanation and \u201cshadow banning\u201d them. The FEC also disagreed that the social media violated election laws by treating conservatives differently than liberals, such as suppressing anti-Biden content and labeling Trump\u2019s tweets as misinformation but not doing the same for Democrats. The FEC insisted those claims were \u201cvague, speculative and unsupported by the available information.\u201dNews of the employees\u2019 contributions comes as controversy arises over new Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, who posted several tweets in the past expressing biased sentiments against conservatives and white people, and said in an interview that Twitter is not supposed to be \u201cbound by the First Amendment.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1084874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}