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[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wonder who that 4% went to

[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 24 points 4 months ago (5 children)
[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Omg

He's the only black guy in the room lmao

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm sad I didn't notice. I guess I'm post-racial?? Right???

I know Costco is a big corp and I usually get close to a panic attack when I'm there, but I still like it. The great equalizer. I'll hip check anyone - regardless of age or race - to get at a 1 cm x 1 cm piece of pizza. I rarely win the face off.

A truly American experience to be celebrated on the birthday of this land.

[–] Sanguine@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Idk who some of those people are but the one pointing to Costco isn't the CEO of Costco..neither is the one pointing to Koch. Zoom in.

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

Koch is pointing to Mike Pence, the vice president. I would readily believe him being in Kochs pockets, but this pic is simply inaccurate at best.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This doesn't irk me.

If you're an industry leader, and the executive branch of the government extends invitation, you go.

Many of the folks in the photo have their own, unique sins. Presence on initiation in the Whitehouse is not a sin, on its own.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

The guy in the picture is Ben Carson, not someone from Costco. I can't tell if the caption is implying that Costco gave Ben Carson money or if they're just using him as a stand in for giving Trump money.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Is the black guy ben carson?

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

To the man himself, wild

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Good Unite Us says those numbers are based on donations of the organization or senior employees. I don't know what they consider senior employees, but OpenSecrets has a full breakdown of what individuals affiliated with Costco donated and to whom. Democrats get way higher average contributions, so I'm assuming a lot of that is coming from people higher on the org chart who can afford to donate that much to a campaign. A lot of people donated smaller amounts to Trump, though.