Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Andrew Yang, and Bernie Sanders’s 2020 White House campaigns have accepted cash from Juul Labs Inc. employees since the start of the year, amounting to more than $26,000, according to campaign finance reports.
JUUL Takes Beating From House Dems
Question use of social media “influencers” and supposed anti-tobacco programs in schools
House Democrats blasted e-cigarette industry leader JUUL Labs on Thursday for its “deceptive” marketing practices they said were reminiscent of regular cigarette makers’ advertising in years past.
www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/smoking/81270
California Democrats under fire after vaping company Juul sponsors convention
The California Democratic Party is taking heat from some of its own members after allowing e-cigarette maker Juul Labs to sponsor the party’s convention two weeks ago.
In Washington, House Democrats demanded documents last week from Juul Labs as part of a probe into the teen vaping epidemic.
During the three-day convention, Juul’s logo flashed on a screen as conventiongoers watched a slew of speakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and some 2020 White House hopefuls.
Harris $12,300
Buttigieg $9,400
Biden $2,800
Warren $925
Yang $583.43
Sanders, $100
E-cigarette giant Juul Labs gave nearly $100,000 to members of Congress during the first half of 2019 as the company faced the bulk of the blame for a surge of underage vaping and calls for tighter government regulation of the industry.
The new FEC figures show that Democrats, who won control of the House during last year’s elections, received $74,000 from Juul’s PAC between January 1 and June 30 while Republicans received $22,500.
Juul also gave $2,500 to a left-leaning group called VoteVets.
www.boston.com/news/politics/2019/08/01/e-cigarette-giant-juuls-campaign-donations-favor-democrats
Let’s see how many news station pick up the story………
h/t kpm