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Apple CEO Tim Cook Donating $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund
(www.macrumors.com)
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I guess I never really paid attention before but is it normal for companies to donate to an inauguration fund? It sure seems like a government sanctioned protection racket.
Perfectly normal, but not like this.
https://www.opensecrets.org/obama/inaug_2009.php
ABC News reported that Trump’s second-inauguration haul is on track to shatter the previous $107m record, as pledged contributions have already exceeded a $150m fundraising goal. Barack Obama’s inauguration raised $53m in 2009 and $42m in 2013, and Joe Biden’s raised $63m in 2021.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-vance-inaugural-committee-track-raise-record-amount/story?id=116918692
Oh wow, this is really informative. Thanks for the link friend
Speaking of forgetting what's perfectly normal.. the days before uniting the citizens..
Only since Citizens United.
you’re thinking of FECA probably. inauguration vs campaign funds are different things, and Citizens United was about campaign funds.
It certainly has a FECAl smell about it.