Walmart PAC gives big money to both sides ahead of midterms — including election deniers

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Walmart's PAC has quietly donated nearly $1 million to campaigns ahead of the midterms. While the company has a ''don't rock the boat strategy,' it contributed to 41 election deniers.

who owned stock in Walmart as per their personal financial reports from 2020. Several of the 22 members of Congress, including Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, received campaign contributions from Walmart's PAC while also holding stock in the company itself, either personally or through a spouse.

Some members of Congress, particularly among Democrats, also reject any corporate PAC contribution — WALPAC or otherwise — as a matter of practice. But by January 31, 2022, WALPAC resumed giving donations to candidates who objected to certifying Democratic President Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over former Republican President Donald Trump,Pro-Publica found that WALPAC spread at least $95,000 among 41 of these candidates from late January of this year to the present. Total donations include $7,500 to Republican Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia and $5,000 to Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.

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