In late June, Walgreens made a $2,500 contribution to the campaign of Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, the Mississippi Republican. In the weeks after, many of Hyde-Smith’s corporate donors asked for their money back. Walgreens has not yet been publicly identified as one of those unhappy donors, but it was. Walgreens’ political action committee sent a letter to Hyde-Smith’s campaign “a day or two in advance of the special runoff election” that Mississippi held on Nov. 27, Brian Faith, a Walgreens executive, told me. I’m glad Walgreens asked that its donation be returned , even if it did so quietly.

Source: New York Times December 12, 2018 13:30 UTC