{"id":528289,"date":"2022-12-16T23:31:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T20:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-employees-donated-almost-exclusively-to-democrats-in-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T23:31:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T20:31:46","slug":"twitter-employees-donated-almost-exclusively-to-democrats-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-employees-donated-almost-exclusively-to-democrats-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter employees donated almost exclusively to Democrats in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a861e351f2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a861e351f2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-employees-donated-almost-exclusively-to-democrats-in-2022\/#%E2%80%9CTwitter_employees_donated_almost_exclusively_to_Democrats_in_2022%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Twitter employees donated almost exclusively to Democrats in 2022&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTwitter_employees_donated_almost_exclusively_to_Democrats_in_2022%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Twitter employees donated almost exclusively to Democrats in 2022&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> employees\u2019 donations heavily favored Democrats ahead of the 2022 midterms, data confirms.<\/p>\n<p>Workers with the social media company donated a total of $185,267 in this year\u2019s elections, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/orgs\/twitter\/totals?id=D000067113\">data from Open Secrets<\/a>. Just over $166,000 of that amount went to Democratic candidates and party committees.<\/p>\n<p>Over 99% of these funds were funneled to Democrats, while Republicans received a paltry $451 \u2014 or .27%.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s partisanship underscores the challenges faced by Elon Musk as he looks to frame the platform as politically neutral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoney talks. In Twitter\u2019s case, money screams,\u201d Joseph Vazquez, associate editor at Media Research Center\u2019s Business and Free Speech America, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/twitter-employee-donations-almost-exclusively-benefited-democrats-midterm-elections\">told Fox News Digital<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-open-secrets-221216-59-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Twitter employees donated overwhelmingly to left-leaning candidates in 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-25040098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-open-secrets-221216-59-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-open-secrets-221216-59-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-open-secrets-221216-59-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Twitter employees donated overwhelmingly to left-leaning candidates in 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">OpenSecrets<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that the overwhelming amount of donations from Twitter employees was funneled into the Democrat political machine isn\u2019t surprising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> of Twitter\u2019s left-leaning bias also comes amid the ongoing response to Musk\u2019s release of internal documents and memos that supposedly highlight the site\u2019s efforts to boost liberal causes while suppressing right-wing rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Twitter files that Elon Musk released should have just been packaged with the Democrats\u2019 donkey insignia plastered all over them because being a tool to censor the Democrats\u2019 political opponents is precisely what the Big Tech platform became in the US before Musk\u2019s acquisition,\u201d\u00a0Vazquez insisted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/musk-twitter-221216-66-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The platform's Democrat-heavy donations complicate Elon Musk's mission to make it &quot;politically neutral.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-25040115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/musk-twitter-221216-66-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/musk-twitter-221216-66-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/musk-twitter-221216-66-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The platform\u2019s Democrat-heavy donations complicate Elon Musk\u2019s mission to make it \u201cpolitically neutral.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to revealing the internal conflict over The Post\u2019s Hunter Biden laptop story, proponents claim that the so-called \u201cTwitter Files\u201d expose the dilution of the company\u2019s free-speech values during the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Republicans are reportedly looking into possible hearings on Twitter\u2019s censorship of former President Donald Trump, who was kicked off the platform following the Jan. 6, 2021 riots, and other conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig Tech has <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee numerous times and have claimed they weren\u2019t shadow banning people on their platforms,\u201d Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said this week. \u201cThese new Twitter files have exposed that was a lie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-offices-221206-42.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The statistics also came in amid the ongoing &quot;Twitter Files&quot; drama.\" class=\"wp-image-25040134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-offices-221206-42.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-offices-221206-42.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/twitter-offices-221206-42.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The statistics also came in amid the ongoing \u201cTwitter Files\u201d drama.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">GEORGE NIKITIN\/EPA-EFE\/Shutterst<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll continue our robust oversight of all Big Tech companies to be more transparent about how they\u2019re silencing Americans,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter is far from the only media giant whose employees favor liberal candidates. Employees at both Microsoft and Meta spent over 80% of the their total political contributions on Democrats in 2022 alone.\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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Workers with the social media company donated a total of $185,267 in this year\u2019s elections, according to data from Open Secrets. 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