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in General Factchecking by Apprentice (1.1k points)

TikTok user @realprogressive111 posted a video on 11/24 where she read out a list she had personally compiled of companies that made donations to the political campaign(s) of Donald Trump and other Republicans including Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, as well as to "Super PACs that were behind Project 2025." The list includes dozens of big-name corporations ranging from Geico to McDonald's to Urban Outfitters to Hershey's. At the end of the video, the TikTok user cites her sources as "the Goods Unite Us app" and the "Open Secrets Donor Lookup." Can anyone verify at least some of the many companies on her list? The TikTok is currently gaining a lot of traction with over 2.9 million views (at the time of this post).

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