Land O’Lakes pulls support for Steve King

Published October 30, 2018 6:29pm ET



Land O’Lakes has pulled its support for Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, following calls for a boycott of the dairy company prompted by its political action committee donating $2,500 to King’s campaign in June.

“The Land O’Lakes, Inc. PAC has traditionally contributed to lawmakers of both parties that represent the communities where our members and employees live and work and are also on committees that oversee policies that directly impact our farmer owners,” the company said in a statement Tuesday. “We take our civic responsibility seriously, want our contributions to be a positive force for good and also seek to ensure that recipients of our contributions uphold our company’s values. On that basis, we have determined that our PAC will no longer support Rep. Steve King moving forward.”

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