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riversedge

(70,253 posts)
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 11:40 AM Jul 2020

2 companies scrap Rep. Hagedorn donations after BLM comments

Source: bringmeMNthenews



One company has asked for its donation back.

Updated: Jul 24, 2020


Some companies that have supported U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn's campaign are disavowing his recent comments about the Black Lives Matter movement and are asking for their money back or vowing not to contribute to his campaign in the future.

Hagedorn in a post on Facebook in June, wrote:

"The Democrat 'Black Lives Matter' Party, along with armies of rioters, are at war with our country, our beliefs and western culture. Their radical movement is orchestrated and growing. We must never let them take power. We must stand up and defend our country, our nation’s identity, our Judeo-Christian values and our American way of life."

Critics say the notion of protecting "western culture" has been linked to the white nationalist movement, and has been invoked, among others, controversial Iowa Rep. Steve King, who has a long history of racist remarks. Now the Minnesota Republican's remarks have led to at least two companies who've donated to his campaign disavowing his remarks.

UnitedHealth Group has donated $7,500 to his reelection campaign (one of his largest corporate contributors), including $2,500 on June 30, and Intel last donated $4,000 to his campaign in late 2018, Popular Information said...........................

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vote the bigot OUT of politics.


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2 companies scrap Rep. Hagedorn donations after BLM comments (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2020 OP
Hagedorn is a scumbag. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #1
I continue to be dumbfounded by this! moose65 Jul 2020 #6
There aren't any. His vote was about the ones in the US Capitol. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #7
Ah ok! I mis-read moose65 Jul 2020 #8
There's one in Iowa ... marble falls Jul 2020 #10
"western culture" greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #2
Yup. That dog whistle is a bullhorn. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #3
One is a surprise DFW Jul 2020 #4
Hagedorn was Wellstone ruled Jul 2020 #5
I always suspected United Health was the real world model for a John Grisham novel DFW Jul 2020 #12
When the HMO's were allowed to be Wellstone ruled Jul 2020 #13
Sometimes politicians donate the amount to some charity/cause rather than back to the original donor keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #9
"Companies" already knew what the GOP stands for. Why did they donate to him in the first place? PSPS Jul 2020 #11
Many donate to both candidates. CaptYossarian Jul 2020 #17
As a fat, old, white guy... lonely bird Jul 2020 #14
Amen Hmongliberal Jul 2020 #16
And Marco Rubio, etc. CaptYossarian Jul 2020 #18
True. lonely bird Jul 2020 #20
It's OK. The Russian Mob will make good his losses McCamy Taylor Jul 2020 #15
This is the seat held by Dem Tim Walz for five terms... Mister Ed Jul 2020 #19

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,761 posts)
1. Hagedorn is a scumbag.
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 11:45 AM
Jul 2020

He was also the only MN representative to have voted against removing Confederate statues from the Capitol. Even the other GOPers voted for removing them. That's how bad he is. https://www.southernminn.com/faribault_daily_news/news/state/article_821ba673-13e4-5e7e-a207-95b7bd26356f.html

moose65

(3,167 posts)
6. I continue to be dumbfounded by this!
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:11 PM
Jul 2020

Why in the world are there Confederate monuments in MINNESOTA???? Geez

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,761 posts)
7. There aren't any. His vote was about the ones in the US Capitol.
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:17 PM
Jul 2020

He wouldn't have anything to say about what was in the state capitol anyhow - that would be up to the state government.

moose65

(3,167 posts)
8. Ah ok! I mis-read
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:19 PM
Jul 2020

I think I remember reading that there IS a Confederate monument in Wisconsin, of all places!

DFW

(54,414 posts)
4. One is a surprise
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 11:55 AM
Jul 2020

I know little about Intel, but always imagined it to be an enlightened Silicon Valley company. If they supported this lowlife, I was obviously sadly mistaken.

United Health (more accurately: "Denied Health" ) always struck me as the kind of company that would be proud to support a sleaze bag like Hagedorn. I'm sure their dismay at Hagedorn's statements is mostly due to the fact that their support of him became public.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Hagedorn was
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:10 PM
Jul 2020

a major water carrier for United Health at the State Capital. Front and center lobbying against any expansion of State sponsored Health Insurance.

DFW

(54,414 posts)
12. I always suspected United Health was the real world model for a John Grisham novel
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:46 PM
Jul 2020

They seemed to me to be the perfect real world incarnation of the "Great Benefit" health insurance company in his novel "The Rainmaker."

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
13. When the HMO's were allowed to be
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:51 PM
Jul 2020

wiped out by United,that was the shot across the bow for deteriorating Health care for all Working Americans.

This outfit spends billions on Lobby Shops around the Country in order to strip mandates out of State Laws dealing with your and mine health care.

keithbvadu2

(36,835 posts)
9. Sometimes politicians donate the amount to some charity/cause rather than back to the original donor
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:31 PM
Jul 2020

Sometimes politicians donate the amount to some charity/cause rather than back to the original donor.

lonely bird

(1,687 posts)
14. As a fat, old, white guy...
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:55 PM
Jul 2020

I am tired of fat, old, white guy politicians and the racist stupidity spewed by many of them.

Judeo-Christian, my ass.

Mister Ed

(5,940 posts)
19. This is the seat held by Dem Tim Walz for five terms...
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 05:58 AM
Jul 2020

... before Walz became governor. Time to take it back. The district deserves another honorable, ethical, and reasonable rep like Walz.

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