Toyota’s statement is exactly why we need to clean up campaign finance.

Dear Friend,

Since the January 6 insurrection, Toyota has donated 37 times to Republicans who voted to overturn the election results.1

When asked to defend pouring money into the pockets of seditionists, Toyota responded that the company wasn’t going to judge based on “one vote," but rather just lawmakers’ “position on issues important to the auto industry and the company.”2

Toyota’s statement is exactly why we need to clean up campaign finance and get Big Corporate money out of our elections—they only care about their bottom line, not the wellbeing of the public or the future of our democracy.

Demand Progress is working to get corporate money OUT of politics and stop companies like Toyota. Will you chip in $5 today?

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The January 6 riot at the Capitol Building was stoked not only by Donald Trump, but also by several members of Congress who were spreading the lie of election fraud.

That lie continues to put our democracy in danger, and it is being used to help pass dozens of voter suppression laws that are threatening free and fair elections.3

But Toyota doesn’t care about that. Neither do Koch Industries, Cigna, AT&T, or the other corporations that donated to these politicians.4 All they care about are business-friendly tax laws, undermining worker rights and safety, and whatever raises their profits.

Demand Progress has been working to get corporate money out of politics from the very beginning.

We’re working to overturn the Citizens United decision, stop unlimited corporate spending, and pass public financing of elections to reduce the power of Big Money. Politicians should rely on ordinary voters to make their campaigns possible, not on billionaires or big corporations.

And right now, we’re working to pass H.R. 1, which would help keep corporate money out of politics.

We need to raise our voices above those of giant corporations. Will you donate?

Yes, I’ll chip in $5 to help get corporate money out of politics.

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. Axios, "Toyota leads companies in election-objector donations," June 27, 2021
2. The Hill, "Toyota defends donations to lawmakers who objected to certifying election," June 27, 2021
3. Yes!, "The Time to Secure Voting Rights Is Now or Never," June 3, 2021
4. Axios, "Toyota leads companies in election-objector donations," June 27, 2021

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