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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn-N-Out donated $40,000 to California Republican Party during Newsom recall campaign
San Francisco Chronicle / 10-21-21
SACRAMENTO Months before objecting to requirements that its restaurants check customers coronavirus vaccination status, fast-food chain In-N-Out Burger donated $40,000 to the California Republican Party as it worked to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, in large part over his aggressive pandemic response.
The July contribution is the only political donation to a state candidate or committee that the company has reported this year, according to campaign finance records, and the first that In-N-Out, a regular donor to the California GOP, made to the party in two years.
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In-N-Out is not a major donor in California politics, but has become a consistent supporter of the California Republican Party in recent years. The company first gave $30,000 to the state GOP in 2016, according to campaign finance records, then another $30,000 and $25,000 in each of the next two years, respectively.
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The company gave another $25,000 to the California Republican Party in 2019, but nothing last year. Its only state political contributions in 2020 were $225,000 to a committee run by the California Restaurant Association and $150,000 to a committee run by the California Business Roundtable, two industry associations.
Link (paywall): https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/In-N-Out-donated-40-000-to-California-Republican-16552359.php
Well, not a lot of money. But it gives you an indication where their loyalties are. Might expect more donations based on recent news IMO. From the link:
I cook my own burgers. They taste better.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)sideways.
I tried one once. "In-N-Out" seems to be a Big Lie. My order took about 35 minutes.
orwell
(7,773 posts)...because that's a lot of Bull...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)And happy not to fund such nonsense.
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)Same here, and for over 30 plus years
Auggie
(31,169 posts)First and last time we tried it we found this. It really pissed-off Mrs. Auggie:
niyad
(113,303 posts)Last edited Fri Oct 22, 2021, 11:41 AM - Edit history (1)
the scene was ridiculous. A line of cars that stretched for blocks. Road closures. Traffic warnings. News coverage of the insanity.
Tetrachloride
(7,843 posts)jmowreader
(50,557 posts)Almost all of them are in California.
There is, so far as I know, exactly one in San Francisco. (Its on The Embarcadero.) I suspect if I go back to SFO I wont be dining there. Super Duper Burger is vastly superior anyway, and there are quite a few of those in the city.
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niyad
(113,303 posts)mass insanity. There is not a burger on earth worth a three hour wait in line n your car, or on foot.
FSogol
(45,485 posts)That's the hill, I'll die on.
MurrayDelph
(5,294 posts)But that's due to the product line and service. Tried them twice. The first time I discovered they conflate "juicy" .and "greasy."
The second time, at a location 1000 miles away from the first, after warning them of my major food intolerance for onions, I was Served a burger that was assembled with the same utensils they had just used to fry up a batch of onions. I took a little joy when the mom-and-pop burger joint outlved the Five Guys I the small city I go to for medical services.
DBoon
(22,366 posts)don't et at in-n-out
ampm
(301 posts)Sure glad I've never eaten one hamburger there. Money well saved