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Report: Google quietly asks for donation back from GOP politician accused of racist remark

Monday, November 26, 2018 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

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Google is reportedly rescinding a $5,000 donation to US senator Cindy Hyde-Smith over controversial remarks the Mississippi politician recently made. But, apparently, the company is trying to keep it under wraps. Wishy-washy is definitely in this year. In leaked emails obtained by investigative news source Popular Information, it appears Google has officially requested the campaign offices of Hyde-Smith return the company’s $5,000 donation. According to the report, an email sent by someone at the head of Google’s NetPAC (a political lobby) indicated the company desired the donation’s rescinding as a direct response to Hyde-Smith’s recent controversial remarks where she joked with…

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