ONTD Original: How Much Have Celebrities Donated To Political Campaigns?

[umhowabout_no]

Right on the heels of Election Day, I decided to finally finish this post I started a month or two ago but have been procrastinating on -__-" I'm not sure if there's a way to see if these celebs have made donations through other means, but I've sourced this post from the FEC's individual contributions data and cross-checked against OpenSecrets.

Comments

[sandstorm]

"Several of his donation records list his occupation as 'Rapper'."

[numbedtoe]

I’m not even surprised that Eva is the only one who truly put her money where her mouth was.

Good post OP.

[veritas_44]

Her amount surprised me a bit. I know she's rich but her donations are rather impressive when comparing to others on the list who definitely have more money than her.

[melancolour]

I feel a sudden and strong love for her

[numbedtoe]

Same. More and more I think she’s genuine. She wants, I think, to better this world. Better Texas.

[turtleisland]

I know Isaiah Washington is shit, but he's also a Trump supporter???

I also thought there was a limit to how much you can give to one person, so I'm confused by the $20,000 donation to Romney.

[luvthatdrtywata]

You can donate to super-pacs to get around that.

[ladyserenity84]

For some reason I thought I'd heard that he was registered/voted Republican, but I don't remember where I heard it from.

[misscrystal]

Isaiah Washington has always given me "black men don't want to dismantle the patriarchy, they want the same access white men have to it," vibes.

[sandstorm]

Also oh that's what Ezra Koenig looks like? I thought he'd look stranger for some reason.

[ionadelfina]

You're probably thinking of Ezra Miller

[ladychips]

i thought he was the kid from we need to talk about kevin

[richyrich909]

I’m more surprised there are two celebrities named Ezra in the same era tbh.

[luvthatdrtywata]

Daaaaaammmnnnn Eva! I do predict part of that $$$ is because she plans to run for office herself but I'm not even mad. She's smart, she's articulate, and Texas needs good Dems in power. Surprised Scott Baio even has $30k to spend. I mean, why would he spend every penny he's made in the last 25 years on politics? Silly man. Reese has such Republican energy, I so often overlook her politically, but kudos Re-Re.

[numbedtoe]

Baio had a great investment banker and he lives cheap. He’s the guy who was always afraid of being broke and minded his money. He was interviewed on some morning show when I was at the doctor years back. I’m surprised given how cheap he is he donated. Maybe he wanted the write off.

But damned if all those rumors I heard yeeeears ago about him being on white supremacy boards doesn’t feel true given everything that has played out.

[crimps4]

I don't think you get a writeoff if you donate to political things, though?

[numbedtoe]

I thought it was? That was why they wanted corporations to be seen as people who could donate. And lbr dirty money.

Do we have an accountant around to answer?