{"id":376525,"date":"2021-12-04T19:07:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T16:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/data-shows-twitter-employees-donate-more-to-democrats-by-wide-margin\/"},"modified":"2021-12-04T19:07:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T16:07:54","slug":"data-shows-twitter-employees-donate-more-to-democrats-by-wide-margin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/data-shows-twitter-employees-donate-more-to-democrats-by-wide-margin\/","title":{"rendered":"#Data shows Twitter employees donate more to Democrats by wide margin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Data shows <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> employees donate more to Democrats by wide margin<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Ned-Segal-148.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A stunning 99 percent of online political contributions made by Twitter employees in 2021 went to Democrats, according to Federal Election Commission data.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter workers made 561 contributions through Actblue, the Democratic Party-linked payments processor, vs. just eight through its Republican counterpart, WinRed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one percent shocks. They have somebody who actually\u00a0gave to the\u00a0GOP. I\u2019m stunned,\u201d cracked Dan Gainor of the Media Research Center, the non-profit conservative watchdog.<\/p>\n<p>The 561 contributions made through Actblue in 2021 totaled $14,848.98.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir day to day actions also contribute to that political party,\u201d Gainor said of Twitter staffers, who have been accused of censoring conservative commentary. \u201cThere was a time when you could give to one political party and still be fairhanded, but that time is long past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside online gifts made through Actblue, several Twitter executives wrote large personal checks, the data show.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter chief financial officer Ned Segal gave the legal maximum \u2014 $5,800 \u2014 to Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Executive Seksom Suriyapa gave $5,800 to Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), records show <\/p>\n<p>Staff attorney Evan Stern gave $2,900 to Sen. Mark Kelley (D-Az.) and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), plus $2,900 to Dem John Fetterman, who is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, according to the data.<\/p>\n<p>The largest donation to a Republican: $250, went to anti-Trump Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) from former finance VP Rich Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter did not return a request for comment.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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