The NFL Donates Money to Politicians. Here’s Who Gets It [Hershel Not on the List]

From [HERE] The National Football League’s Gridiron-PAC contributed $624,000 to political committees in the run-up to the 2022 midterms, according to records with the Federal Election Commission.

In 2021 and 2022, the PAC contributed a total of $70,000 to two party committees that aim to get Republicans elected to Congress, and it donated an equal amount to theDemocrats’ Congressional and Senatorial Campaign Committees. While PACs can only donate $15,000 a year to each of those committees, Gridiron-PAC squeezed in an extra $10,000 to each party by kicking in for their senate committees’ office-building expenses.

The parity carried over to the parties’ Congressional leadership. The campaign for then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received $10,000 from the NFL’s PAC, while the payout to the campaign for Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) hit $7,500. The Gridiron-PAC ran a reverse in the Senate, with Republican Leader Mitch McConnellreceiving $7,500, and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) taking in $5,000. [MORE]