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John,

[ [link removed] ]We’re working hard to monitor and hold accountable the dozens of corporations
who bankrolled the Republican Congress members who incited the insurrection.
Will you join us?

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Five months ago, our country experienced a violent coup attempt
perpetuated by right-wing seditionists and incited by numerous Republican
lawmakers promoting the Big Lie: a series of baseless claims that Trump
and his allies made stating that the election was stolen and needed to be
taken back by Republicans. Republican Congress members, like Senator Josh
Hawley and Senator Ted Cruz, proponents of the Big Lie, encouraged white
nationalists and far-right militias to take matters into their own
hands.^1 These same Republican lawmakers—public officials who took an oath
to protect the people of this country— refused to certify the election
results, and fueled and amplified misinformation about the election in an
effort to nullify Black votes. From Atlanta to Philadelphia, every place
that the GOP challenged election results had overwhelmingly Black
populations.^2

[ [link removed] ]The Congress Members who promote the Big Lie do not deserve financial
support; help us hold insurrectionist Congress Members accountable.

These Republican Senators did not act alone. They were backed by countless
corporations like AT&T, Amazon, and Microsoft, many of whom we reached out
to demand they stop funding insurrectionist members of Congress.^3 And so
many companies, like Coca-Cola, Walmart, Disney, Bank of America,
Deloitte, and so many others, paused their political funding in some way
because of your support, John.^4

Although corporations have taken this crucial step, they are not heroes.
Toyota, JetBlue, Cigna, Google, Intel, and AT&T broke their promises less
than two months later.^5,6 It is not enough for these companies to just
temporarily pause political giving; they must commit to creating the
policies and enforcement mechanisms necessary to disempower
insurrectionists, Members of Congress included. As long as those lawmakers
who took part in the insurrection remain in power and receive corporate
support, our democracy will be at risk. 

We must hold corporations accountable to ensure they stop funding
insurrectionists in Congress. Democracy should not depend on corporate
promises. We must continue to hold these corporations accountable, and
protect Black voters, Black communities, and other communities of color,
who are disproportionately impacted by this Big Lie, from further harm.

That’s why we built a website, Insurrection Incorporated, to monitor the
dozens of corporations who bankrolled the Republican Congress members who
incited the insurrection. You can use our Insurrection Incorporated
tracker to:

[ [link removed] ]MEET THE CORPORATIONS FUNDING CONGRESS MEMBERS BEHIND THE CAPITOL
ATTACK 

[ [link removed] ]TAKE ACTION TO HOLD CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR MISDEEDS

[ [link removed] ]HELP SUSTAIN OUR FIGHT TO HOLD INSURRECTIONISTS, AND THE COMPANIES WHO
EMPOWER THEM, ACCOUNTABLE

Until justice is real, 
Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, Color of Change PAC

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 References:

 1. Emily Glazer and Chip Cutter, “CEOs Consider Ways to Smooth Biden’s
Presidential Transition, Including Holding Back Campaign Money,” Wall
Street Journal, January 6, 2021,
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 2. Juana Summers, “Trump Push To Invalidate Votes in Heavily Black Cities
Alarms Civil Rights Groups,” NPR, November 24, 2020,
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 3. Judd Legum and Tesnim Zekeria, “20 corporations, $16 million, and 138
Republicans trying to subvert democracy,” Popular Information, January
6, 2021, [ [link removed] ][link removed]
 4. Judd Legum and Tesnim Zekeria, “Major corporations say they will stop
donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election,”
Popular Information, January 10, 2021,
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 5. Judd Legum, “What We Learned From the First Major FEC Deadline After
the Insurrection,” Popular Information, April 17, 2021,
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 6. Judd Legum, “Facebook pledged to suspend political donations, then
quietly funneled $50,000 to GOP group pushing voter suppression laws,”
Popular Information, April 5, 2021,
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