{"id":1604738,"date":"2022-08-13T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T17:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1604738"},"modified":"2022-08-13T13:10:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T17:10:29","slug":"raphael-warnock-swore-off-corporate-pac-money-but-took-thousands-from-pacs-funded-by-big-corporations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raphael-warnock-swore-off-corporate-pac-money-but-took-thousands-from-pacs-funded-by-big-corporations\/","title":{"rendered":"Raphael Warnock Swore Off Corporate PAC Money \u2014 But Took Thousands From PACs Funded By Big Corporations"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fraphael-warnock-swore-off-corporate-pac-money-but-took-thousands-from-pacs-funded-by-big-corporations%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=1604738&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>Sen. Raphael Warnock has collected tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from political action committees (PAC) funded by corporations this election cycle, records show. At the same time, the Georgia Democrat has said he\u2019s \u201cnever taken a dime of corporate PAC money\u201d and pledged not to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve made the decision to reject corporate PAC money, so I\u2019m fully relying on grassroots folks like you to power our reelection campaign to victory,\u201d Warnock\u2019s campaign wrote in a fundraising email Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ameripac, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameripacfund.com\/ameripac-fund-greater-america\">which<\/a> is tied to Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, gave $5,000 to Warnock\u2019s campaign in June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00736876&#038;contributor_name=C00271338&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filings<\/a> show. The leadership PAC has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00271338&#038;contributor_name=C00016683&#038;contributor_name=C00024869&#038;contributor_name=C00303024&#038;contributor_name=C00384818&#038;contributor_name=C00428623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gotten<\/a> $373,000 since 2003 from PACs for Google, CVS, Lockheed Martin, General Electric and Pfizer.<\/p>\n<p>Green Mountain PAC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenmountainpac.com\/\">which<\/a> is the leadership PAC for Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, donated $2,500 to the senator\u2019s campaign in March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00409110&#038;recipient_name=C00736876&#038;recipient_name=C00740597&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filings<\/a> show. Leahy\u2019s PAC has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00409110&#038;contributor_name=C00016683&#038;contributor_name=C00078451&#038;contributor_name=C00088591&#038;contributor_name=C00109017&#038;contributor_name=C00211318&#038;contributor_name=C00227546&#038;contributor_name=C00248716&#038;contributor_name=C00303024&#038;contributor_name=C00428623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">received<\/a> $489,250 since 2005 from PACs for General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, AT&#038;T, Microsoft, Deloitte, Lockheed Martin, Google, Comcast and Pfizer, records show.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-content\">\n<p>\u201cRaphael Warnock is the ultimate actor,\u201d Stephen Lawson, a Republican strategist in Georgia, told the DCNF. \u201cWhether it\u2019s in terms of his voting record for billions in wasteful spending or taking huge sums from liberal corporate mega donors. He\u2019s the ultimate hypocrite and I think Georgia voters see through his lies and his hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7500497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7500497\" class=\"wp-image-7500497 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242348531-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242348531-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242348531-180x120.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242348531-620x413-1.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242348531-768x512-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242348531-1536x1024-1.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242348531-2048x1365-1.jpeg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7500497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 AUGUST 6: Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) speaks to reporters as he departs a vote on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill on August 6, 2022 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Senate plans to work through the weekend to vote on amendments to the Inflation Reduction Act, expected to conclude on Sunday, August 7, 2022. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not taking a cent of corporate PAC money \u2013 and unlike the GOP\u2019s megadonors, I don\u2019t have millions to sink into my campaign,\u201d Warnock <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReverendWarnock\/status\/1410252787561140228\">tweeted<\/a> last year with a link to a campaign donation <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/warnock-for-georgia_social?refcode=tw71720\">link<\/a>. \u201cOur average online contribution is just $25.41. This is a grassroots campaign, so please chip in before midnight tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is also not merely PACs funded by corporations that have bolstered Warnock. The senator\u2019s campaign earned $8,400 during quarters one and two of 2022 from corporate lobbyists, including those working for Amazon, AT&#038;T, Pfizer, CVS and the Carlyle Group, according to FEC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00736876&#038;contributor_name=Brian+Pomper&#038;contributor_name=Daniel+S+Cohen&#038;contributor_name=Don+Picard&#038;contributor_name=Ed+Pagano&#038;contributor_name=Jack+Quinn&#038;contributor_name=Laurence+Platt&#038;contributor_name=Thomas+Spulak&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">records<\/a> and data provided by OpenSecrets.<\/p>\n<p>Warnock notably took in over $140,000 from Democratic leadership PACs supported by corporate PACs in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/georgia-dem-undermines-promise-to-reject-corporate-pac-money-taking-thousands-from-the-groups-they-fund\/\">the<\/a> Washington Free Beacon reported. He also took in over $317,000 from PACs backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/senate-democrats-rail-against-corporate-influence-while-accepting-piles-of-tainted-cash-ahead-of-midterms\/\">by<\/a> corporate PACs in 2021, National Review reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never taken a dime of corporate PAC money, period,\u201d the senator also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reverendwarnock\/posts\/346711440208164\">posted<\/a> on Facebook in 2021. \u201cThis will always be a grassroots campaign, but we\u2019re going to need a massive coalition to keep Georgia blue.\u00a0Can you chip in today?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator is facing off in November against Republican Herschel Walker \u2014 a former NFL player. Warnock leads Walker by nearly three points, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/senate\/2022\/georgia\/\">according<\/a> to a FiveThirtyEight polling average.<\/p>\n<p>Warnock\u2019s campaign did not respond to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Raphael Warnock has collected tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from political action committees (PAC) funded by corporations this election cycle, records show. 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