Category:America First Policies: Difference between revisions

| name = America First Policies Inc

'''America First Policies''' is a [[501(c)(4)]] nonprofit organization, incorporated on January 27, 2017,<ref name= corp>{{cite web|url=https://corponline.dcra.dc.gov/BizEntity.aspx/ViewEntityData?entityId=4177555|title=America First Policies - Initial File Number: N00005573092|website=Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs|publisher=[[Government of the District of Columbia]]|access-date=January 4, 2018|url-access=registration}}</ref> to promote the policy agenda of the [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|Donald Trump presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/31/512690691/trump-political-advisers-now-raising-money-for-his-america-first-agenda|title=Trump Political Advisers Now Raising Money For His 'America First' Agenda|work=[[NPR]]|accessdate=May 22, 2017|date=January 31, 2017|first=Jim|last=Zarroli}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/77133d470c634a458b3198063af4a14b|title=Trump advisers start 'America First Policies' nonprofit|website=Associated Press News|accessdate=May 22, 2017|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=January 30, 2017|first=Julie|last=Bykowicz}}</ref> On March 30, 2017, [[Katie Walsh (politician)|Katie Walsh]], formerly [[White House Deputy Chief of Staff]], left that position to join America First Policies.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/4718902/white-house-staff-katie-walsh-departure|title=White House Deputy Chief of Staff Leaves for Pro-Trump Group|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=March 30, 2017|date=March 30, 2017|first1=Zeke J.|last1=Miller|first2=Philip|last2=Elliott}}</ref> The organization has courted controversy, as one of its directors was forced resign due to racist and inflammatory comments and another adviser was caught on video proclaiming support for the [[Nazi party|Nazis]].

It was reported in May 2018 that [[CVS Health]], [[Dow Chemical]], and [[Southern Company]] had donated a combined $1.6 million to America First Policies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maplight.org/story/southern-co-cvs-dow-chemical-funding-trump-dark-money-group-tied-to-racist-anti-semitic-views/|title=Southern Co., CVS, Dow Chemical Funding Trump Dark Money Group Tied to Racist, Anti-Semitic Views|website=maplight.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-02}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/01/politics/kfile-cvs-trump-advocacy-group/index.html|title=CVS Health and Dow Chemical will no longer donate to pro-Trump advocacy group|last=CNN|first=Andrew Kaczynski, Chris Massie and Nathan McDermott,|work=CNN|access-date=2018-06-02}}</ref>