Major League Baseball’s political action committee is asking for a refund after a last-minute $5,000 donation to Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s (R-MS) campaign received some negative press coverage.
From MLB spokesperson, about the $5,000 donation to Senate candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith: "The contribution was made in connection with an event that MLB lobbyists were asked to attend. MLB has requested that the contribution be returned."
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) November 25, 2018
The PAC, Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball PAC, donated $5,000 to Hyde-Smith’s campaign on Friday, according to a Saturday FEC filing from the campaign.
That means the donation came well after Hyde-Smith’s jokes about attending a public hanging and suppressing liberals’ right to vote, and her photo wearing a Confederate hat, were well-known.
Popular Information first reported the MLB donation Saturday.
While President Donald Trump has supported the senator, who’s in a special election against Democrat Mike Espy to serve the last two years of former Sen. Thad Chochran’s (R-MS) term, prominent companies have shown some regret for their donations to her.
Walmart, Aetna and other corporate giants have asked the Hyde-Smith campaign for their money back.
Among those who donated thousands to Hyde-Smith in the final days before Tuesday’s special election, according to the FEC filing: Koch Industries Inc PAC, for $5,000, and four members of the DeVos family, for $2,700 each.
Major League Baseball has a PAC? Who knew? Boycott?
Again, the donation was made after she expressed her love of lynching. And, like clockwork, the MLB isn’t disavowing her reprehensible comments; it’s trying to backtrack after it got caught supporting her.
Kind of makes you wonder who is really worse in all of this: Incendiary Cindy or the Jekyll-Hyde companies that donated to her (hopefully) failed campaign?
I realize MLB wants to keep its monopoly etc status but WTF is this about?
Asking for money back isn’t nearly as meritorious as donating money to better candidates in the first place.
excellent