If you work at a large tech company, won't you take a minute to go with me down the list of senators who just voted to confirm Kavanaugh?
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Ted Cruz, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh and is in a hotly contested Senate race in Texas, received $3,000 from Amazon and $6,000 from Google.pic.twitter.com/byln5aU8EU
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Mike Enzi of Wyoming, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $1,000 from Facebook.pic.twitter.com/mRqpi4pDrl
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Joni Ernst of Iowa, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $1,000 from Amazon.pic.twitter.com/kj7DYRrM9X
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Deb Fischer, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $3,500 from Amazon, $7,500 from Google, and $2,500 from Facebook. Deb with the trifecta!pic.twitter.com/RX50Vgacgk
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Jeff Flake, the Hamlet of the Senate who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $1,000 from Facebook and $6,500 from Google.pic.twitter.com/lsW3E47l8B
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Cory Gardner, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,000 from Salesforce and $2,500 from Facebook.pic.twitter.com/OL3ylYFJt5
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Lindsey Graham, who charmed audiences with his vocal defense of Kavanaugh, and voted to confirm him, got $1,000 from Google.pic.twitter.com/rNjpJLmeV0
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Orrin Hatch, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $7,000 from Facebook, $5,000 from Google, $10,000 from Amazon, and $5,000 from Salesforcepic.twitter.com/IgAPm8JQxi
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Dean Heller of Nevada, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $3,500 from Facebook, $2,500 from Salesforce, $7,500 from Amazon and $2,500 from Google.pic.twitter.com/xRlzyMh7tv
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Cindy Hyde-Smith, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 from Amazon.pic.twitter.com/0MfYKzoOwi
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James Inhofe, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $1,000 each from Amazon and Googlepic.twitter.com/BPQzU9Irv9
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Johnny Isakson of Georgia, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 from Amazon and $1,000 from Google.pic.twitter.com/nxmV1RtvrO
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Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,000 from Google.pic.twitter.com/PDHyfI4Q3s
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John Kennedy, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $1,000 from Amazon.pic.twitter.com/obPhwF9wLc
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James Lankford, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh (and is one of the most virulently anti-LGBT men in Congress) got $2,500 from Facebook.pic.twitter.com/ltOVz1Qqb3
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Mike Lee of Utah, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $5,000 from Amazon, $2,000 from Google, and $5,000 from Salesforce.pic.twitter.com/Uvpj0j7rAy
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(If you're wondering why Apple doesn't appear in this thread, it's because Apple doesn't have a corporate PAC. They are proof by example that there is zero need for any tech company to make direct political donations. Motivated employees could shut these PACS down on Monday.)
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Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 from Facebook, $1,000 from Google, and $2,500 from Twitter. This was the only political donation Twitter's hashpac made in calendar 2017. They made it right after the Muslim ban.pic.twitter.com/yqJonkMxNH
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Rand Paul, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got the maximum $10,000 donation from Google.pic.twitter.com/Sgw3p7N0O3
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David Perdue, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 from Facebook.pic.twitter.com/CYLC3fIFFB
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Rob Portman, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,000 from Amazon.pic.twitter.com/jF2wwrzGbS
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Jim Risch, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 from Facebook and $2,000 from Google.pic.twitter.com/Y5LAyNxGOk
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Mike Rounds, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 from Facebook and $1,000 from Google.pic.twitter.com/d78vdUPVQ7
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Marco Rubio, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 from Facebook and $1,500 from Google.pic.twitter.com/yxqHGCTUmr
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Ben Sasse, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $3,000 from Google and $2,500 from Facebook.pic.twitter.com/D3CJyHSjwF
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Tim Scott, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $1,500 from Google.pic.twitter.com/ADoB3NUU2G
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Dan Sullivan, the one Alaskan senator who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 from Facebook.pic.twitter.com/ekNsdJ833L
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John Thune, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 from Salesforce and $2,000 from Facebook.pic.twitter.com/7maL2FkIbr
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Thom Tillis, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 from Facebook.pic.twitter.com/igqqcmP9tR
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Pat Toomey, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $3,000 from Amazon.pic.twitter.com/ylVhv8xTkH
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