Companies, executives donated nearly $300,000 to Manchin after he publicly blocked Pres. Biden's BBB

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Companies, executives donated nearly $300,000 to Manchin’s campaign after he rejected Biden’s Build Back Better bill

Joe Manchin’s reelection campaign raised nearly $300,000 from corporate political action committees and executives days after the conservative Democrat said he would oppose President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion social and climate spending package, according to a CNBC analysis of Federal Election Commission filings.

Some of the executives who donated to his campaign also previously contributed to Republican leaders’ political operations, including former President Donald Trump’s.

Following his announcement last month that he would not vote in favor of Biden’s Build Back Better plan, records show that his campaign received contributions from companies such as Facebook (now known as Meta), CVS Health, Lowe’s, Anthem, Cigna, Boston Scientific, Cheniere Energy and Emergent BioSolutions. Those donations ranged from $1,500 to $5,000.

Manchin’s campaign also received individual contributions from leading executives after he effectively blocked Build Back Better, including $5,800 from Republican megadonor and Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone. The billionaire also separately gave to Manchin’s PAC, which is called Country Roads. Langone had previously supported Trump when he ran in 2016 and endorsed many of the former president’s economic policies.

Real estate magnate Richard LeFrak, who has mainly given to Trump’s and Republican candidates’ committees, donated $5,800 to Manchin’s reelection campaign after he opposed the Build Back Better Act. LeFrak’s sons, Harrison and James, who have given big money to Democrats and Republicans, combined to contribute over $10,000 to Manchin’s campaign.

David Fischer, a Trump donor who also served as the then-president’s former ambassador to Morocco, gave $5,800 to Manchin on Dec. 20. Other donors who have financed GOP campaigns and gave to Manchin’s reelection effort late last year include real estate titan John Cushman III, veteran lobbyist Catherine Finley, health-care executive Robert Patricelli and Joel Myers, CEO of AccuWeather.

read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/joe-manchin-campaign-gets-big-donations-from-corporations-executives.html

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[samsingh]

1. maybe we could setup a fund for Manchin on DU. $1 or 2 each member and he maybe he can

stop being a whore to the far right interests.

[Botany]

2. Companies such as Facebook

People need to stop using that "thing" no matter what they call it.

Link to tweet

[Turbineguy]

3. The

"let them eat cake" crowd.

We know how that ended last time.

[chowder66]

4. If it isn't about the money he should return it all but we know it's about the money. nt

[hamsterjill]

5. If this doesn't tell you what Manchin is...

What would it ever take.

[spanone]

6. I believe that is called the old 'quid pro quo'.