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19 Oct, 10 tweets, 5 min read
1. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) attacked Kamala Harris with a racist trope and then refused to apologize.

Who is backing his campaign?

A bunch of corporations that claim to be committed to fighting racism.

Let's look at the receipts

popular.info/p/david-perdue…
2. @Google says it is committed to "racial equality" and fighting "systemic racism"

The company donated 15K to Perdue's campaign this cycle and 25K to Perdue's leadership PAC, One Georgia

It did not respond to a request for comment.

popular.info/p/david-perdue…
3. "We stand as one w/our employees, business partners and communities in rejecting racism and discrimination," @CocaCola's CEO said

The company donated 15K to Perdue's campaign and 30K to his leadership PAC

It did not respond to a request for comment

popular.info/p/david-perdue…
4. @Walmart says it is committed to "racial equality" and fighting ongoing inequality in the Black community

The company donated 14K to Perdue's campaign and 12K to his leadership PAC

It did not respond to a request for comment

popular.info/p/david-perdue…
5. @Deloitte says it is opposed to "racism and unequal treatment" and "will do the hard work to change the unacceptable status quo"

The company donated 10K to Perdue's campaign and 9.5K to his leadership PAC

It did not respond to a request for comment

popular.info/p/david-perdue…
6. @Target touts its "commitment to stand against racism."

The company donated 11K to Perdue's campaign and 2.5K to his leadership PAC

It did not respond to a request for comment

popular.info/p/david-perdue…
7. @Facebook says it stands "against racism and in support of the Black community."

The company donated 7.5K to Perdue's campaign

"Sen. Perdue’s recent comments do not reflect the values or mission of Facebook," the company said

popular.info/p/david-perdue…
8. In June, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sent a note to all employees, encouraging them to reflect on "systemic racism."

The company donated 5K to Perdue's campaign

It did not respond to a request for comment

popular.info/p/david-perdue…
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10. You'll notice that every company except Facebook declined to comment. These companies believe that they should not be held accountable for their political donations. That they can say one thing & give to candidates that do the opposite

For now, it's true.

But it can change.

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It's been viewed 3.3 million times on YouTube, which is promoting it heavily through its algorithm

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Years later it's three empty buildings and an orb. Dozens of jobs. A ghost town

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17 Oct
1. Georgia Senator David Perdue levied a racist attack against Kamala Harris, intentionally mispronouncing and mocking her name.

This thread will have a list of recent corporate donors to Perdue's campaign.

Follow along if interested.

2. On September 30, 2020, @Facebook donated $2500 to Perdue's campaign. The company has donated a total of $7500 to Perdue this cycle.
3. On August 25, 2020, @Deloitte donated $2500 to Perdue's campaign. The company has donated a total of $10000 to Perdue this cycle.
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15 Oct
1. Yesterday, I detailed some of the many problems with the NY Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop. It's completely implausible tale.

But it is also just smoke and mirrors to obscure a larger truth about what's going on.

Let's get back to basics.
2. Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, gave a right-wing tabloid a cache of emails allegedly stolen from Joe Biden's son.

Full stop.

Forget about the wacky story of how Giuliani obtained the emails

This is Trump leveraging stolen materials for his benefit

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3. Guiliani is the one engineered this implausible story about the computer repair shop.

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15 Oct
1. The media routinely ignores conduct from Trump that would be debilitating for any other presidential candidate.

In recent days Trump has promoted an unhinged theory that Biden ordered the murder of Navy SEALs

I looked into how the media covered it

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2. Biden, according to this theory, gave the order to shoot down a Navy SEAL helicopter as part of a scheme to cover-up that the killing Osama bin Laden in 2011 was faked.

Trump has twice promoted this theory to tens of millions of followers on Twitter

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3. Accusing your opponent of orchestrating the murder of US troops seems pretty newsworthy. But it's been ignored by major outlets.

Associated Press: No coverage.

USA Today: No coverage.

WSJ: No coverage.

ABC News: No coverage.

CBS News: No coverage.

NBC News: No coverage.
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