{"id":894465,"date":"2021-10-18T15:14:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T19:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=894465"},"modified":"2021-10-18T15:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T19:14:26","slug":"virginia-power-company-is-attempting-to-keep-gun-owners-from-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-power-company-is-attempting-to-keep-gun-owners-from-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Power Company Is Attempting To Keep Gun Owners From Voting"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fvirginia-power-company-is-attempting-to-keep-gun-owners-from-voting%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=894465&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>Dominion Energy, one of Virginia\u2019s largest power providers, is helping to keep Virginia gun owners from voting in this year\u2019s statewide elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Reload\u2019s Stephen Gutowski <a href=\"https:\/\/thereload.com\/virginia-power-company-behind-shadowy-effort-to-suppress-gun-voters\/\">reported<\/a> that Dominion\u2019s political action committee donated 4200,000 to the Accountability Virginia PAC, which has paying for attack ads against GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin. The ads attack Youngkin from the right, criticizing him for not getting endorsed by the NRA and Virginia Citizens Defense League, two prominent pro-Second Amendment groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the group only sprung up in July and is run by a liberal consulting group that processes donations through the biggest liberal funding operation in the country. While it attacks Youngkin from the right on guns, it has not done the same to Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe even though he is much further to the left on the issue,\u201d Gutowski reported. \u201cRather than a straightforward campaign supporting gun rights, the effort appears intended to suppress gun voters and help McAuliffe win the tight race to become governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dominion had previously donated to McAuliffe\u2019s campaign directly when he ran for governor in 2013 and won. Dominion at the time donated $75,000 to McAuliffe\u2019s campaign and an additional $50,000 to his inaugural committee.<\/p>\n<p>But when McAuliffe announced his bid for governor this time around, said he would refuse to accept campaign money from Dominion, a move The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/terry-mcauliffe-in-announcing-bid-for-virginia-governor-focuses-on-education-while-nodding-to-democrats-leftward-shift\/2020\/12\/09\/973c2c7c-39b7-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html\">described<\/a> as coming from a political party that \u201chas shifted leftward and has become less accommodating to the utility giant.\u201d The Post at that time also noted that \u201cthe pledge was new for McAuliffe, who has been socially liberal but friendly to business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dominion spokesperson Rayhan Daudani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/virginia-energy-giant-quietly-boosts-mcauliffe-5b3e59d3-30c4-403c-afce-3c2d3b904768.html\">told<\/a> Axios that the company is transparent with its political donations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur company\u2019s political donations are disclosed monthly on the company website,\u201d Daudani told the outlet. \u201cWe give in a bipartisan, transparent manner as our voluntary disclosures demonstrate and will continue to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the company\u2019s latest financial disclosure <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dominionenergy-prd-001.azureedge.net\/-\/media\/pdfs\/global\/governance-leadership\/2021-political-contributions-v2.pdf?la=en&amp;rev=b73ef41a19dc452fa184e3895d1bd6bf&amp;hash=72326CD033029E394DDC0B851AD86E37\">posted<\/a> to its website, which covers corporate political contributions from January 1 through September 30, 2021, Dominion has given to both parties, though it has given twice as much to Democrats. Dominion gave $250,000 to the Democratic Governors Association but $200,000 to the Republican Governors Associations.&nbsp; It also gave $250,000 to each the Democratic Attorneys General Association and the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. It gave $195,000 to the Republican State Leadership Committee.<\/p>\n<p>In Virginia, Dominion again provided more to Democrats, with $200,000 going to Accountability Virginia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominion Energy, one of Virginia\u2019s largest power providers, is helping to keep Virginia gun owners from voting in this year\u2019s statewide elections.The Reload\u2019s Stephen Gutowski reported that Dominion\u2019s political action committee donated 4200,000 to the Accountability Virginia PAC, which has paying for attack ads against GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin. The ads attack Youngkin from the right, criticizing him for not getting endorsed by the NRA and Virginia Citizens Defense League, two prominent pro-Second Amendment groups.\u201cHowever, the group only sprung up in July and is run by a liberal consulting group that processes donations through the biggest liberal funding operation in the country. While it attacks Youngkin from the right on guns, it has not done the same to Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe even though he is much further to the left on the issue,\u201d Gutowski reported. \u201cRather than a straightforward campaign supporting gun rights, the effort appears intended to suppress gun voters and help McAuliffe win the tight race to become governor.\u201dDominion had previously donated to McAuliffe\u2019s campaign directly when he ran for governor in 2013 and won. Dominion at the time donated $75,000 to McAuliffe\u2019s campaign and an additional $50,000 to his inaugural committee.But when McAuliffe announced his bid for governor this time around, said he would refuse to accept campaign money from Dominion, a move The Washington Post described as coming from a political party that \u201chas shifted leftward and has become less accommodating to the utility giant.\u201d The Post at that time also noted that \u201cthe pledge was new for McAuliffe, who has been socially liberal but friendly to business.\u201dDominion spokesperson Rayhan Daudani told Axios that the company is transparent with its political donations.\u201cOur company\u2019s political donations are disclosed monthly on the company website,\u201d Daudani told the outlet. \u201cWe give in a bipartisan, transparent manner as our voluntary disclosures demonstrate and will continue to do so.\u201dIn the company\u2019s latest financial disclosure posted to its website, which covers corporate political contributions from January 1 through September 30, 2021, Dominion has given to both parties, though it has given twice as much to Democrats. Dominion gave $250,000 to the Democratic Governors Association but $200,000 to the Republican Governors Associations.\u00a0 It also gave $250,000 to each the Democratic Attorneys General Association and the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. It gave $195,000 to the Republican State Leadership Committee.In Virginia, Dominion again provided more to Democrats, with $200,000 going to Accountability Virginia PAC, a group that only popped up in July and is tied to a liberal consulting group. Dominion also gave $165,000 to Democrat Hala Ayala\u2019s campaign after she originally said she wouldn\u2019t accept money from the energy provider. Dominion also donated $150,000 to Republican Jason Miyares\u2019 campaign.That\u2019s a total of $1,115,000 in donations to Democrats and $545,000 (or less than half) to Republicans.As Gutowski reported, the ads from Accountability Virginia are being targeted to Republican parts of Virginia and come as polls show an increasingly narrow race between McAuliffe and Youngkin. The current Real Clear Politics polling average gives McAuliffe a narrow, 2-point lead.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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