Correction: Since the publication of this post it has been learned that Donald Sterling, while having a history of donations to Democrat candidates, is a registered Republican. Here’s more on Sterling’s political background from the Washington Post:
Although Sterling is a registered Republican he has supported Democratic candidates in the past. He gave $5,000 to Gray Davis’ gubernatorial campaign in 2002, and$1,000 in support of a group pushing for Proposition 2 in 2008, which sought to give farm animals larger living quarters. He gave another $1,000 to Davis in 1991, a year when he also gave $1,000 to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy. In 1989, he gave $2,000 to former basketball player and Democratic senator from New Jersey Bill Bradley. If Republicans wanted to go really deep, they could also mention that Sterling attended the wedding of Jeff Greene in 2007, who ran in the 2010 Democratic Senate primaries in Florida — to disastrous result.
Twitchy apologizes for publishing incomplete and incorrect information. The original post remains below.
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True to their usual antics, the media have purposefully avoided an important aspect of the Donald Sterling story.
https://twitter.com/DRUDGE/status/460440473572634625
Shocking.
https://twitter.com/Bidenshairplugs/status/460207608045924352
https://twitter.com/Thomasismyuncle/status/460429949749706752
@GOPBlackChick It is just too bad that Donald Sterling's Dem donations are going unmentioned by most in the press
— Kyle Raccio (@kyleraccio) April 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/Chop_Angeles/status/460437808616710144
What would have happened had Sterling been a Republican? We all know the answer to that.
Yes. Had he been a Republican donor, it would be reported repeatedly. @dtipson @baseballcrank
— RBe (@RBPundit) April 27, 2014
.@RSMcCain But if Sterling was a GOP donor, TPM would have been all over it!
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) April 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/1FilchFelonious/status/460500539948539904
Do you suppose the #media will tie #Sterling to the entire racist #Dem party the way they tied #Bundy to the entire #GOP?
— Ellie (@horsesandhounds) April 27, 2014
Not a chance.
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