THE FOLLOWING IS A LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO BUSINESS LEADERS WHO CONTRIBUTED OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF REP TOM EMMER FOR GOVERNOR.
Since that contribution, unions, progressives and others have been writing letters, protesting and causing an uproar over the new laws that allows the corporations to make these donations.
WE MUST FIGHT BACK NOW.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
Please send a letter that you will find just after the MOVE ON letter. Make a few copies and send a few each week and watch the newspapers for more corporations that are being attacked. This is one of the tactics that the left is going to use against ANY corporation that dares to contribute to a conservative campaign.
IF you have time send letters to your favorite companies ENCOURAGING their donations to conservative causes.
= = = = = = = = = = = = The Move On . Org Letter send to their members = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Dear MoveOn member,
Get this: Target, the retail giant, just became one of the very first companies to take advantage of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision allowing unlimited corporate cash in elections.
Target has spent over $150,000 in the Minnesota Governor's race backing state Rep. Tom Emmer, a far-right Republican who supports Arizona's draconian immigration law, wants to abolish the minimum wage and even gave money to a fringe group that condoned the execution of gay people.
Target must think customers won't care. They're wrong: We do care, and we need to let them know that we want Target—and all corporations—out of our elections.
Will you send a message to Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel telling him that you're not going to shop at Target unless they stop trying to buy elections? Click here to add your name to the petition:
Once we get 150,000 signatures, MoveOn members in Minnesota will hand deliver the petition to Target headquarters.
The stakes are much higher than one candidate and one company. Other CEOs are in "wait-and-see" mode following the Citizens United decision, according to a former Federal Trade Commission counsel quoted on NPR.3 If we don't push back hard, this will just be the tip of the iceberg. Other corporations will learn that they can pour money into elections to buy the outcome they want—without paying a price with their customers or shareholders.
We all knew Citizens United would benefit candidates who stand up for corporate CEOs instead of everyday people. But you wouldn't expect a company like Target to jump in and try to buy an election so quickly. After all, Target made its name by being thought of as the more progressive store in the wake of numerous WalMart scandals.
That's why MoveOn members are following up on actions of groups like Human Rights Campaign and the Alliance for a Better Minnesota by telling Target that we won't shop there unless they stop trying to buy elections. Please add your voice now:
Thanks for all you do.
–Ilyse, Robin, Anna, Mari, and the rest of the team
Knowing this, when you are going shopping please support the Companies that support our Movement. I am putting together a list of Companies to shop and not shop at based on their donations. If you know of where a Company stands, either for or against, please email it with some proof, so we do not have any mistakes. Thank you.
Take care,
Tim McClellan
Target and other Minnesota-based companies, including electronics retailer Best Buy Co.( BBY - news - people ), Red Wing Shoes and snowmobile maker Polaris Industries( PII - news - people ) Inc., donated to MN Forward after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed companies to spend money on elections. The decision overturned prohibitions on corporate campaign spending in about half the states, including Minnesota.
MN Forward has raised more than $1 million from industry trade groups and companies.
= = = = = = = = = = = = PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING LETTERS = = = = = = = = =
Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel,
1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, KN 55403
Polaris industries / Scott Wine
2100 Highway 55
Medina MN 55340
Best Buy / Brad Anderson
7601 Penn Ave
Richfield MN 55423
Red Wing Shoes / William Sweasy
314 Main Street
Red Wing MN 55066
FAX: 651 385 1798
Dear. . . . .
I am aware of your contribution backing Minnesota Governor's candidate, State Rep. Tom Emmer. I am supportive of your donation and I support your right of free speech in contributing to his election campaign.
I am a conservative and I am in agreement of Arizona’s and other states stance against illegal immigration and support the views of Rep. Tom Emmer and his bid for Governor of Minnesota.
As working conservatives, we have a tremendous buying power for Target Stores. We as a group are a majority of the population of the community as well as your customers. Please continue to support conservative candidates and rest assured that the working population and the business leaders of America will continue to support Target Stores and Freedom of Speech that the founders of our country gave us in our Constitution
Please, Mr Steinhefal, conservatives need your support of conservative candidates. Rest assured that the 80% majority of Americans will continue to support TARGET STORES and I may even spend a little more than last year at Target Stores as my thank you for supporting a great American, Rep Tom Emmer.
Sincerely
Your name
Add the name of any organization you belong to
PLEASE MARK ON THE FRONT OF YOUR ENVELOPE
IN SUPPORT OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO REP. TOM EMMER
