evidence: Party committees boosting Republican candidates — typically a top target of business owners aiming to gain influence with the party — are among the top recipients of donors whose firms got PPP loans. Although Trump’s Republican National Committee is the top recipient, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden received more campaign cash from these donors than Trump. [...] Vital Pharmaceuticals, the company behind Bang Energy drink, got a PPP loan worth at least $5 million in early April as the program dolled out its first batch of loans. Last year the company gave $250,000 in corporate money to Trump’s preferred super PAC, America First Action. [...] Federally recognized Native American tribes, which are allowed to donate corporate money to candidates and parties under individual contribution limits, also received aid after spending big on politics. The Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in California, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and the extremely wealthy Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Minnesota are among tribes that gave big to political parties affiliated with congressional Democrats and Republicans before taking PPP loans. The Oneida Indian Nation in New York made a $200,000 donation to Senate Majority PAC, a super PAC affiliated with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). The Small Business Administration allowed tribal gaming operations to apply for PPP loans in April after tribes pushed for aid.