Seven big US companies have pledged not to donate to Republican election objectors in 2022.
The companies making the pledge to Popular Information include Microsoft, American Express, and Airbnb.
The so-called Sedition Caucus comprises 147 GOP lawmakers who voted against certifying Biden's election victory.
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Seven top US companies including Microsoft, American Express, and Airbnb have pledged not to donate to any Republican election objectors in 2022.
Popular Information contacted 183 companies asking if they would withhold donations to the 147 GOP lawmakers who voted against certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election win – a group that has been referred to as the "Sedition Caucus."
Microsoft told Popular Information: "We are committed to our pledge." American Express previously told the publication that its PAC would never donate to any of the 147 election objectors again.
The four other companies to make the no-donations pledge are Dow, BASF, Eversource Energy, and Lyft.
Companies including NRG Energy and Marriott International didn't make the pledge directly but told Popular Information they'd keep their donation suspensions in place for the time being.
Popular Information reported that General Electric previously said it wouldn't donate to Sedition Caucus members in 2022, but that it had supported them indirectly by funding the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).
After a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, to try to prevent Congress certifying Biden's election win, many top US companies scrambled to cut ties with the 147 GOP lawmakers who voted against the result.
Dozens of companies said they would stop giving donations to these lawmakers. Other companies said they would pause all political donations, review their contribution policies, or take the January 6 events into account when awarding funding.
Not all companies have stuck to their promises. Major companies have donated around $8.1 million to Sedition Caucus members since January 2021, according to nonpartisan watchdog Accountable.US – and some of these had previously pledged to stop donations to members of the group.
dirtballmagnet on January 5th, 2022 at 13:54 UTC »
For a while the Nazi Party was on the outs with German industry, and by the end of 1932 the party was on the verge of bankruptcy. But then they cut a deal, one which led to the Night of the Long Knives in which all the actual socialists in the Nazi Party were murdered.
In January 1933 the Nazis were bailed out by Krupp and IG Farben. By the end of the year they had minority control of the government.
What's important and relevant is what happened in the long run. The Nazis were destroyed and despite reckless war profiteering German industry was pulverized. Business owners and leaders suffered massive losses and worse for them, those losses followed their very names far into the future.
Probably the best historical case for fascism is Spain, which emerged from 40 years of fascism to find itself fifty years behind the rest of Europe, with a corrupt and inflexible business sector that couldn't compete. That's the best possible future American fascist investors can look forward to.
If you care about making money, you hate the Nazis, no matter what they promise you.
HobbesNJ on January 5th, 2022 at 13:26 UTC »
These major companies went on to say: "We gave these Republicans plenty of donations in 2021. They should have enough to tide them over through 2022."
sexisfun1986 on January 5th, 2022 at 13:19 UTC »
Place your bets, place your bets.
How long till we see an article about some of them braking their promises?