Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Who is the CDC?

CDC Employees Made More Than 8,000 Federal Contributions To PACs And Politicians Since 2015. Only 5 Went To Republican Causes, FEC Records Show

Out of more than 8,000 federal contributions from over 550 CDC employees since 2015, only five went to Republican PACs or candidates.

The vast majority of donations went to ActBlue, an online fundraising platform for Democratic and left-leaning organizations. Other common recipients included Bernie 2020, Biden for President, Hillary for America, and Warren for President, Inc.

Employee contributions include those from epidemiologists, public health advisors, economists, physicians and health communication specialists working at both the Atlanta and Washington offices.

Employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have made more than 8,000 contributions totaling over $285,000 to Democratic candidates and causes since 2015, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis of political contributions.

Only five contributions were sent to a Republican PAC or candidate. Out of these five contributions, which totaled just over $1,000, three sent money to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign efforts, Federal Election Commission (FEC) records indicate.

The contributions were made by more than 550 people who listed the CDC as their employer on FEC forms. The contributors serve at various levels of management, ranging from nurses and information technology personnel to epidemiologists, public health advisors and the chief financial officer.

The CDC did not respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.

The most common recipient was ActBlue, an online fundraising platform for Democratic and left-leaning organizations. (RELATED: ‘Grassroots Support For Joe’: Biden Campaign Announces Massive June Haul)

Other common recipients included Bernie 2020, Biden for President, Hillary for America, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Warren for President, Inc.

Aside from supporting specific candidates, employees also donated money to progressive organizations like Indivisible Action, which seeks to “elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.”

After the World Health Organization declared coronavirus a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, the total amount of money employees contributed to left-leaning causes by the end of the month was nearly three times higher than the previous five-year average. In addition, the total amount of contributions more than doubled compared to the previous five-year monthly average.

From March 11-31, employees donated nearly $8,000 through 158 contributions. During the same time span from 2015-2019, employees made an average of 69 contributions averaging $2,700 in total.

Filings show all but five political donations from CDC employees since 2015 have gone to Democrats

The majority of political contributions made by employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 2015 have gone to Democratic candidates or causes, federal election records show.

Donors who list the CDC as their employer have made more than 8,000 contributions totaling over $285,000 to various political campaigns or organizations. An analysis by the Daily Caller News Foundation found only five contributions were sent to a Republican political action committee or candidate, totaling just over $1,000. Only three people donated to President Trump's 2016 campaign.

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Trump has been sharply critical of the CDC, casting doubt on the data the agency keeps about the outbreak and publicly breaking with guidelines it set forth for reopening schools in the fall.

"I disagree with @CDCgov on their very tough & expensive guidelines for opening schools. While they want them open, they are asking schools to do very impractical things," Trump tweeted on July 8 . "I will be meeting with them!!!"

"In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS," Trump also said . "The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!"

Advocates for reopening schools fully for in-person learning five days a week have cited a recent study from the American Academy of Pediatrics , which lists a number of risks related to keeping students home instead.

"The importance of in-person learning is well-documented, and there is already evidence of the negative impacts on children because of school closures in the spring of 2020," the organization said in recent guidance it issued late last month. "Lengthy time away from school and associated interruption of supportive services often results in social isolation, making it difficult for schools to identify and address important learning deficits as well as child and adolescent physical or sexual abuse, substance use, depression, and suicidal ideation."

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease doctor, said local governments should adhere to public health guidelines as they prepare to reopen.

"The basic fundamental goal would be as you possibly can to get the children back to school and use the public health efforts as a tool to help the children get back to school," Fauci said during a hearing before Congress on June 30.

After Trump criticized the CDC guidelines for reopening schools, Dr. Robert Redfield said last week he has no plans to change them.

“Our guidelines are our guidelines," he said. "It’s really important. It’s not a revision of the guidelines. It’s just to provide additional information to help schools be able to use the guidance that we put forward.”

Rep. Bobby Scott, the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, said the White House is blocking all CDC officials, including Redfield, from testifying before his panel.

The CDC is combination of public and private. While they're under the US Public health system, they're largely privately funded. Their 2 biggest donors are the Bloomberg and Gates foundations. That will tell you a lot about what has become their politics. It gives outsiders and special interests way too much influence in public affairs.

Drop in the bucket. $12 million of a $2.1 Billion dollar budget.
CDC Budget

I stumbled across some info that I didn't know. I still don't know a lot about the CDC so feel free to add to it.
They were created in 1946 to prevent malaria from spreading across the US. Many cases were appearing in our troops returning from all over the world after WWII. They grew rapidly starting in the 50's with polio, TB, and VD (STDs for you young'uns) being added to their duties.
The CDC is combination of public and private. While they're under the US Public health system, they're largely privately funded. Their 2 biggest donors are the Bloomberg and Gates foundations. That will tell you a lot about what has become their politics. It gives outsiders and special interests way too much influence in public affairs.

I stumbled across some info that I didn't know. I still don't know a lot about the CDC so feel free to add to it.
They were created in 1946 to prevent malaria from spreading across the US. Many cases were appearing in our troops returning from all over the world after WWII. They grew rapidly starting in the 50's with polio, TB, and VD (STDs for you young'uns) being added to their duties.
The CDC is combination of public and private. While they're under the US Public health system, they're largely privately funded. Their 2 biggest donors are the Bloomberg and Gates foundations. That will tell you a lot about what has become their politics. It gives outsiders and special interests way too much influence in public affairs.

That's for FY2011...

I stumbled across some info that I didn't know. I still don't know a lot about the CDC so feel free to add to it.
They were created in 1946 to prevent malaria from spreading across the US. Many cases were appearing in our troops returning from all over the world after WWII. They grew rapidly starting in the 50's with polio, TB, and VD (STDs for you young'uns) being added to their duties.
The CDC is combination of public and private. While they're under the US Public health system, they're largely privately funded. Their 2 biggest donors are the Bloomberg and Gates foundations. That will tell you a lot about what has become their politics. It gives outsiders and special interests way too much influence in public affairs.

The CDC was and still is working hand in hand and funded in part by the CCP

CDC/CCP This is why Fauci sent millions of dollars their way to create a better bioweapon.

Faici is a CCP backed terrorist

Doesn't Fauci work for NIH? That's a separate agency from CDC.

The CDC is combination of public and private. While they're under the US Public health system, they're largely privately funded. Their 2 biggest donors are the Bloomberg and Gates foundations. That will tell you a lot about what has become their politics. It gives outsiders and special interests way too much influence in public affairs.