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Jan 20 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Dick Uihlein, founder of Uline shipping company, donated millions of dollars in 2020 to an assortment of groups associated with overturning the election, including right-wing extremists organizations and ones designated as hate groups

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According to previously unreported tax disclosures, Uihlein made the donations through his nonprofit, the Ed Uihlein Family Foundation.

The foundation’s $16.8 million in 2020 donations came exclusively from Uihlein himself.
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Kyle Herring, president of left-leaning watchdog group @accountable_us, told The Daily Beast that money from Uihlein and his wife, Elizabeth, has “promoted hate and sedition”
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“In 2020, as workers and families struggled to get by, Dick and Liz Uihlein’s company cashed in on pandemic aid–then turned around and funded hate groups pushing COVID conspiracy theories, bigotry, and efforts to undermine democracy,” said Herring
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The foundation’s latest tax filing shows Uihlein contributed more than $4 million to groups such as the Conservative Partnership Institute, The Federalist Society, Texas Public Policy Forum, and the Center for Security Policy
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But his donations didn’t stop at right-wing think tanks and far-right extremist groups.

He also donated to right-wing media outlets that pushed false narratives about the election.

And some money made it to groups directly involved with events on Jan.6

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