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9. All of this is an issue, of course, because the 2022 Texas GOP convention produced a platform stating: 👉"Homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice." 👉Biden "was not legitimately elected" 👉"We urge that the Voting Rights Act of 1965... be repealed" — PolitiTweet.org

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8. So here are the facts: @pepsi sent the Texas GOP a check in 2021 to support their convention. The Texas GOP acknowledged that donation during the next convention, which was in 2022. @pepsi maintains the check was to support the 2020 convention. — PolitiTweet.org

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7. Corporate checks generally expire within 180 days. @Pepsi acknowledged that it reissued the check sometime in 2021 but declined to specify the date. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pepsi 6. @pepsi previously sent me another statement explaining this discrepancy, it claims it sent the Texas GOP a 15K check in the Summer of 2020 and the Texas GOP didn't process it for more than a year. This didn't quite add up... https://t.co/UkD7SiEHqu — PolitiTweet.org

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@pepsi 5. @pepsi's statement isn't the full story. While it claims its $15,000 donation was to support the 2020 Texas GOP convention, that donation wasn't reported by the Texas GOP until AUGUST 2021. https://t.co/mVU8glLr9A — PolitiTweet.org

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@JTheGhoul @pepsi keep reading. I've figured this out — PolitiTweet.org

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@pepsi 4. So I went back to @pepsi. This time @pepsi acknowledged that the company WAS LISTED as a sponsor of the 2022 Texas GOP convention, but it was for a donation Pepsi said it made in support of the 2020 Texas GOP convention. Full statement from Pepsi below. https://t.co/3FBIlEnp9v — PolitiTweet.org

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@pepsi 3. But I had multiple photos from different angles showing @pepsi's name. It was true that the sign didn't use its official logo. I kept reporting and found a copy of the Texas GOP convention program. There is Pepsi again. The photos were not faked. https://t.co/CaseKCy5Y7 — PolitiTweet.org

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@pepsi 2. @pepsi didn't respond to my inquiries prior to publishing the story. But when they finally reached out they told me it was "fake news" and believed the photo I published "has been altered to include our name." Hmmmm. — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: On Tuesday, I reported that @pepsi was a sponsor of the 2022 Texas GOP convention Pepsi was listed as a sponsor on signs at the convention After publication, @pepsi reached out & flatly denied they sponsored the convention So WTF happened? I've solved the mystery 🧵 https://t.co/m4oRGpMSrL — PolitiTweet.org

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6. The list above is only a sampling of corporate donors to the @NRSC. These multi-candidate committees serve an important function. They are a vehicle for corporations to support extreme candidates while maintaining plausible deniability. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SenRonJohnson @NRSC @amazon @ATT @comcast @Google @intel @Verizon @Walmart 5. For more accountability journalism that FOLLOWS THE MONEY check out our newsletter, Popular Information It's free to sign up. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo https://t.co/3b2H73OO0h — PolitiTweet.org

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@SenRonJohnson @NRSC @amazon @ATT @comcast @Google @intel @Verizon @Walmart 4. @SenRonJohnson's "explanation" for his conduct is ridiculous. He claims an unidentified House intern delivered the list of fake electors to his office. Johnson says he was "basically unaware" of what was happening. The texts prove otherwise. More: https://t.co/cTqVuWJYIJ https://t.co/2jVKYgY0ke — PolitiTweet.org

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3. @SenRonJohnson narrowly won in 2016 and his race is considered a tossup. His race is a priority for the @NRSC. These companies are supporting Johnson's election via the @NRSC: @amazon (30K) @ATT (30K) @comcast (15K) @Google (30K) @Intel (30K) @Verizon (30K) @Walmart (60K) — PolitiTweet.org

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@SenRonJohnson 2. Direct corporate PAC donors to @SenRonJohnson's reelection campaign: @FedEx (5K) @GetSpectrum (5K) @Chevron (10K) @Experian_US (2.5K) @Honeywell (2.5K) @KochIndustries (5K) @HomeDepot (5K) @KraftHeinzCo (1K) @UPS (5K) — PolitiTweet.org

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1. @SenRonJohnson attempted to subvert democracy by passing a slate fake electors for Michigan and Wisconsin directly to Pence on January 6. This is a thread of the corporations backing Johnson's 2022 reelection campaign. Follow along if interested. 🧵 — PolitiTweet.org

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As a reminder, we let MILLIONS OF CHILDREN fall into poverty because we couldn't "afford" to extend the expanded child tax credit https://t.co/OUVeHqBdKB — PolitiTweet.org

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The United States already spends more on its military than the next 11 highest-spending countries COMBINED. And that was before this record increase. — PolitiTweet.org

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Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), one of the most right-wing members in all of Congress had this to say with the "deal" on top-line spending he struck with Senator Jack Reed (D-RI): "It’s everything I hoped for" — PolitiTweet.org

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A Senate committee, CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS, has taken Biden's record-setting $800 billion+ proposed defense budget and has added ANOTHER $45 BILLION. WTF? — PolitiTweet.org

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Seems clear that Ivanka was less than honest with the January 6 Committee https://t.co/uVuX7fXjCk — PolitiTweet.org

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Obama's former press secretary @JayCarney has been @amazon's Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs since leaving the White House — PolitiTweet.org

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@amazon Previously, Bezos donated $100 million to the Obama Foundation https://t.co/VAAexjFO9d — PolitiTweet.org

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The Obamas sign a deal to make podcasts for @amazon https://t.co/oLCS74IucE — PolitiTweet.org

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Chevron CEO Mike Wirth just sponsored the 2022 Texas Republican Party convention which produced a platform claiming Biden's election was "illegitimate" and climate change is a hoax. https://t.co/P4EsUbWKmn https://t.co/BgvbM3tird — PolitiTweet.org

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This is @SenRonJohnson's spokesperson. She acknowledges that Ron Johnson ATTEMPTED TO PASS THE ALTERNATE SLATE OF ELECTORS TO THE VICE PRESIDENT on January 6. That's being involved! — PolitiTweet.org

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Republicans successfully secured the following concession: After you are CONVICTED of beating up your girlfriend, your right to own a firearm is AUTOMATICALLY RESTORED after five years Thank goodness someone is looking out for men who beat up their partners — PolitiTweet.org

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@KFILE @pepsi I have numerous pending inquiries with people at the TX GOP but have not heard back yet. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KFILE @pepsi Thanks, Andrew. I've updated the story but after I published Pepsi got back to me and claimed they weren't sponsors. First, they claimed the photo was digitally altered. Then when I said I had multiple photos from different angles, they said it was included "erroneously." — PolitiTweet.org

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@KT_So_It_Goes @RobertMaguire_ OK, but Pepsi also donated 15K to the Texas Republican Party. I'm trying to find out how their name ended up on the sign. Whether or not the Texas GOP used the right logo doesn't seem to provide the answer to that. — PolitiTweet.org