RINO Funders – Who Owns the Sellout Republicans?

As part of my campaign to find links between corporate donors and corrupt politicians and policies, I have decided to list the donors to some corrupt RINOs. (Well, all RINOs are corrupt, but I’m going to only mention specific ones.)

As McConnell just made a big stink in the new lately, he’ll get the honor of going 1st. Let’s see the top 20 companies funding him.

1 Blackstone Group
2 Humana Inc
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co
4 Goldman Sachs
5 Elliott Management
6 Blue Cross/Blue Shield
7 General Electric
8 Kindred Healthcare
9 Alliance Resource Partners
10 Altria Group
11 DaVita HealthCare Partners
12 Peabody Energy
13 Votesane PAC
14 Berkshire Hathaway
15 American Express
16 Ernst & Young
17 Delta Air Lines
18 Citigroup Inc
19 Capital Group Companies
20 Capital One Financial

What about our buddy Corker?

1 Powell Construction
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co
3 FedEx Corp
4 Goldman Sachs
5 International Paper
6 Corrections Corp of America
7 Eastman Chemical
8 Miller & Martin
9 UBS AG
10 Elliott Management
11 Hercules Holding
12 Welsh, Carson et al
13 Apollo Global Management
14 Pointer Management
15 Blue Cross/Blue Shield
16 Pilot Corp
17 Regions Financial
18 Franklin L Haney Co
19 Southwestern Co
20 Unum Group

About what about Assistant Majority Leader Corynyn?

1 Valero Energy
2 AT&T Inc
3 Goldman Sachs
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co
4 Votesane PAC
6 Exxon Mobil
7 Altria Group
8 Berkshire Hathaway
9 Energy Transfer Equity
10 Quantum Energy Partners
11 Blackstone Group
12 Blue Cross/Blue Shield
13 USAA
14 Raytheon Co
15 FMR Corp
16 Koch Industries
17 Elliott Management
18 Mednax Inc
19 Google Inc
20 Comcast Corp

What about sellout Paul Ryan (note, his data was from 1997-2016)?

1 Wisconsin Hospital Assn Conduit
2 Northwestern Mutual
3 Koch Industries
4 National Beer Wholesalers Assn
5 National Assn of Home Builders
6 AT&T Inc
7 National Auto Dealers Assn
8 National Assn of Insurance & Financial Advisors
9 Blue Cross/Blue Shield
10 Abbott Laboratories
11 Investment Co Institute
12 Credit Suisse Group
13 Carpenters & Joiners Union
14 Assurant Inc
15 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
16 National Assn of Realtors
17 American Bankers Assn
18 Operating Engineers Union
19 FedEx Corp
20 American Hospital Assn

What about Boehner?

1 FirstEnergy Corp
2 Blue Cross/Blue Shield
3 American Electric Power
4 American Financial Group
5 CGCN Group
6 Nationwide
7 Hay Island Holding
8 Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates
8 Elliott Management
10 Altria Group
11 Duty Free Americas
12 Fierce Government Relations
13 Nickles Group
14 Anheuser-Busch InBev
15 Boeing Co
16 Morgenthaler Ventures
17 Pfizer Inc
17 Comcast Corp
17 Warehouse Productions
20 Appaloosa Management
20 Poarch Band of Creek Indians
20 Ziff Brothers Investments
20 Houchens Industries
20 Paulson & Co
20 Ernst & Young

What about Lamar Alexander?

1 International Paper
2 Blue Cross/Blue Shield
3 Pilot Corp
4 Hercules Holding
5 FedEx Corp
6 Memphis Dermatology Clinic
7 Ingram Industries
8 Comcast Corp
9 Amgen Inc
10 Regions Financial
11 Eastman Chemical
12 Home Depot
13 Altria Group
14 Wal-Mart Stores
15 Automotive Free International Trade PAC
15 National Beer Wholesalers Assn
15 Pfizer Inc
18 Exelon Corp
19 Community Health Systems
20 Northrop Grumman

All of this information was obtained from opensecrets.org

They have said about the information: This table lists the top donors to this candidate in 2011-2016. The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organizations’ PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

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