These anti-LGBTQ groups got more than $2 million in virus relief loans

[turbinetree]

Source: American Independent



By Josh Israel -July 7, 2020 4:24 PM

Several of the organizations have been designated as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

More than $2.6 million in taxpayer money appropriated for saving small businesses during the pandemic has gone to anti-LGBTQ organizations, analysis of Small Business Administration data reveals.

The Paycheck Protection Program, passed as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March, provided hundreds of billions of dollars in forgivable loans to American businesses.

Donald Trump, on signing the bill, said it would "keep our small businesses strong and our big businesses strong. And that's keeping our country strong and our jobs strong."

On Monday, the Small Business Administration released the names of every business that received at least $150,000 in loans.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

Read more: https://americanindependent.com/anti-lgbtq-hate-groups-coronavirus-relief-cares-act-taxpayers-small-business-administration-covid-19/

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[Hoyt]

1. Would hate to think that anti-LGBTQ groups received loans, but the GOPers are just going to say that

"liberal" groups got loans, too.

The quotes below are related to Florida:

"According to the PPP database, the Florida Democratic Party Building Fund received somewhere between $350,000 and $1 million in order to protect 100 jobs.

"The Florida Association of Community Health Centers in Tallahassee received between $150,000 and $350,000 to save 13 jobs; the Florida High School Athletic Association in Gainesville received between $350,000 and $1 million to save 25 jobs; the Florida Immigrant Coalition of Miami received between $350,000 and $1 million to save 121 jobs; two chapters of the International Longshoremen’s Association, Locals 1416 and 1922, each received between $150,000 and $350,000. Each was protecting nine jobs.

"[Arts groups] include the Palm Beach Opera, which got a loan between $350,000 and $1 million to save 310 jobs; the South Florida Symphony Orchestra in Wilton Manors, which received between $150,0000 and $350,000 to save 275 jobs; the Orlando Shakespeare Theater, which picked up between $150,000 and $350,000 to save 57 jobs; the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation in Pensacola, which received between $1 million and $2 million to save 142 jobs; the Jorge M. Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County which received between $1 and $2 million to save 93 jobs; the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, which received between $350,000 and $1 million to save 89 jobs; the Sarasota Ballet of Florida which received between $350,000 and $1 million to save 89 jobs; the Theater of the Sea in Islamorada, which received $350,000 to $1 million to save 75 jobs; and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville, which received between $150,000 and $350,000 to save 33 jobs."

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/346600-florida-democratic-party-among-those-receiving-paycheck-protection-plan-money


Elsewhere, companies associated with Planned Parenthood received loans. Companies affiliated with at least two Democratic Congresspeople received loans. I'm sure there is more.

A number of GOPers got loans for their companies, too.

Just not sure how you deny loans/grants to companies based on political beliefs -- no matter how much we despise the message -- as long as they meet the requirements for keeping people on the payroll. Yeah, it seems wrong in many cases, but . . . . . . .

[turbinetree]

2. thank you will correct...........

[Hoyt]

3. Wasn't really posting for a correction or anything, I get it. There's some ugly stuff in our society

[bluestarone]

4. Any chance to get money back from any one of these assholes?

Just cannot believe this shit!!!