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Is AARP Liberal?
Once called the American Association of Retired Persons, the AARP is the largest grassroots
organization nationwide with over 38 million members. Presumably representing Americans
of all political stripes, the organization states that it “helps people 50 and over improve the
quality of their lives.”
But there’s a catch. Since 2007, AARP board members have given almost exclusively to Democrats, with
more than 97 percent of donations going to Democrat candidates and left-leaning causes, totaling over
$22,000. None was given to Republican candidates during that time.
Since Obama took office AARP has certainly been a friend of his. It supported his signature health care
law despite gutting Medicare by $500 billion over ten years to help pay for Obamacare’s expansion of
Medicaid and taxpayer-funded health care to millions of Americans currently on private insurance
or uninsured.
Once called the American Association of Retired Persons, the AARP is the largest grassroots
organization nationwide with over 38 million members. Presumably representing Americans
of all political stripes, the organization states that it “helps people 50 and over improve the
quality of their lives.”
But there’s a catch. Since 2007, AARP board members have given almost exclusively to Democrats, with
more than 97 percent of donations going to Democrat candidates and left-leaning causes, totaling over
$22,000. None was given to Republican candidates during that time.
Since Obama took office AARP has certainly been a friend of his. It supported his signature health care
law despite gutting Medicare by $500 billion over ten years to help pay for Obamacare’s expansion of
Medicaid and taxpayer-funded health care to millions of Americans currently on private insurance
or uninsured.
