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The financial ties between Planned Parenthood and Democrats run deep, with the taxpayer-funded women's health care and abortion provider's employees and political arms donating at least $25 million to party lawmakers over the past 15 years, according to a FoxNews.com analysis.
The money, which flowed through an extensive web of Planned Parenthood employees, political action committees and soft-money donors accounts for 99 percent of all political donations linked to Planned Parenthood, leaving little doubt about the partisan preference of the organization. Amid calls for ending the organization's roughly $500 million in annual federal funding, Planned Parenthood may need its political muscle more than ever.
“These types of contributions – any contributions – to public officials are important and they do sway votes,” said Jeanne Zaino, a political science professor at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y.
In addition to direct donations to the campaigns of Democratic lawmakers around the nation, Planned Parenthood employees and affiliates spent $12 million on lobbying efforts during the same span, according to documents examined by FoxNews.com.
As a tax-exempt nonprofit, Planned Parenthood is not allowed to donate directly to political causes. But, like hundreds of other nonprofits, it is permitted to establish a political action committee that is committed to its goals. Planned Parenthood's political arm, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, works with scores of state, regional and local PACs and affiliates that seek to influence elections on every level. It is funded by private contributions and is not permitted to use the organization's funds even as it advocates for the organization and contributes to candidates sympathetic to its cause.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/planned-parenthood-workers-pacs-donated-25m-to-dems-since-2000
A Florida Democrat, Bill Nelson, running for U.S. Senate got caught Thursday morning for faking a Hurricane Michael donation link as a Democrat fundraising page.
“Speaking of @NelsonForSenate fundraising during a hurricane, this is interesting: The link his campaign posted to raise money for disaster relief efforts takes you to ActBlue, the Democrat’s fundraising engine. Building donor list through hurricane relief contributions? #FLSen,” according to Free Beacon’s Brent Scher. Vicious.
ActBlue is a federally registered political action committee (PAC) that was launched in 2004, calling itself “the online clearinghouse for Democratic action.” Its mission statement is to “empower small-dollar donors.”
“ActBlue is a nonprofit, building fundraising technology for the left,” it says plain as day on its website. “Democratic campaigns get more donations through ActBlue than any other platform.”
https://davidharrisjr.com/politics/busted-florida-democrat-sends-hurricane-relief-email-that-redirects-you-to-campaign-fundraising-page/