Defund the Left
Also on Powerline Blog: Target department store apologized for donating money to a group that supports a Republican candidate in Minnesota. The contributions were critized by a group of homo activists because the candidate opposes gay marriage.
From the Star-Tribune:
Unable to extinguish a firestorm of protest among some of its customers and gay rights supporters, Target Corp. on Thursday took the unusual step of apologizing for making a political donation.
CEO Gregg Steinhafel sent a message to company leaders saying he was “genuinely sorry” that the donation had disappointed some. The message was posted on the company’s Intranet, making it available to all employees.
Minneapolis-based Target had tried for days to emphasize that the $150,000 donation to MN Forward, a pro-business group backing Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, was based solely on a tax and jobs platform. But because of Emmer’s stance against gay marriage, many perceived the donation as flying in the face of Target’s longstanding commitment to workplace equality.
Background here.
We need to fight as hard to defund the left as they fight against our organizations.