The Hill reports that in the wake of the violent Jan 6 attack on the Capitol that left 5 people dead, Lockheed, Boeing, and Ernst & Young are suspending all of their political PAC donations.
Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz led the charge in Congress to overturn the democratic election results. Then, they and 145 other Republican traitors voted to overturn them. By pausing all PAC donations, these companies are creating a false equivalency between the traitors who attacked our democracy and everyone else in Congress who didn't.
Even AT&T, whose corporate PAC has been the largest donor to 130 of the 147 Republicans -- donating more $2 million over 6 years -- has announced they will "suspend contributions to members of Congress who voted to object to the certification of Electoral College votes last week.
And, please donate to our work pressing Congress to hold Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and the 145 other Republican traitors accountable.-- The PCCC Team
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Well, this is amazing.
Corporate PACs are announcing they will stop donating to the traitors in Congress.
American Express promised to never again donate to ANY of the 147 congressional Republicans like Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley who voted to overturn our democratic election. Hallmark is demanding their money back!
The Washington Post reports a “deluge of announcements” by some corporations is creating pressure on others.
This #DrainTheTraitors effort builds on reporting by Judd Legum at Popular Information to increase the pressure on corporations to take decisive action. (Subscribe to Popular Information here.)
Hundreds of corporate PACs have been contacted. On our #DrainTheTraitors page, we tell you which response they have given:
- Great answers! Permanently have cut donations.
- Good, but temporary. We're pushing them to make permanent.
- False equivalence. Cutting "all" donations to everyone - very wimpy.
- Blah answers. "Reviewing" their policies.
- No comment or refused to take a stand.
If corporations want their customers, investors, and employees to know they stand with American democracy, they must take a stand now.
By thanking corporations that will never donate again to these 147 traitors, we can encourage other corporations to do the same. And by shaming brands that refuse -- or that want the positive PR without meaningfully standing up for democracy -- we can create pressure to change their mind.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- The PCCC Team (@BoldProgressive)
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