Title: AARP Is Officially Nonpartisan but Group Officials’ Money Mostly Goes to Dems
Headings: AARP Is Officially Nonpartisan but Group Officials’ Money Mostly Goes to Dems
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AARP Is Officially Nonpartisan but Group Officials’ Money Mostly Goes to Dems

Content: “As such, AARP employees are permitted to make lawful contributions, on a personal basis, to political candidates, if they so wish. “However, they are prohibited from engaging in any personal political activity using AARP resources of any type, or to engage in any personal political activity during work hours.” Conspicuously absent from among the AARP political contributors was Jo Ann Jenkins, the chief executive officer. Her predecessor as CEO, Addison Barry Rand, gave $4,300 to Obama for America and $2,000 to the Obama Victory Fund in 2008. Rand actively backed the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Barack Obama’s controversial health care legislation, also known as Obamacare. The organization is now part of a coalition of liberal advocacy groups opposing a federal suit filed by 20 states asking the federal courts to find Obamacare unconstitutional. “AARP strongly opposes any attempts to take away the ACA’s protection for people with preexisting health conditions or to bring back an unfair age tax on older adults,” Nancy LeaMond, executive vice president and chief advocacy and engagement officer, said in a 2018 statement. Contact Mark Tapscott at mark.tapscott@epochtimes.nyc
Editor’s Note: This story includes significantly more data obtained by The Epoch Times from the FEC than a previous version that was published July 23. Comments Hide
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