Open the Books:

Many large bank chains have blocked employees from donating to the Harris-Walz presidential campaign out of fear of violating federal “pay-to-play” rules. No such restraint was shown in Minnesota when Walz ran for governor.

Wells Fargo employees donated $8,090 to Walz’s campaign, and separately the bank got $266.6 million of state money. U.S. Bank received just over $1 billion from the state, and its employees donated $3,925. Bremer Bank employees donated $1,485 and also received almost $11.7 million from the state.

None of that is to say the donations are one-sided.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics recently called out 3M, U.S. Bank and other Minnesota-based corporations for donating to Republican candidates who disputed the results of the 2020 election, even after the companies promised not to.

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Fiscal indulgences.