John – five days after the January 6th insurrection, AT&T promised that it would stop funding the Republican lawmakers who incited the attack.

But now, they’re just the latest corporation to break that pledge.

That’s right: this winter, just one year after the riot – AT&T’s corporate PAC donated tens of thousands of dollars directly to the campaigns of more than a dozen GOP election deniers. [1]

Sign Now: Tell AT&T to keep its promise to stop bankrolling election objectors – and put our democracy before the company’s political interests >>

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It seems that AT&T’s short-lived pledge to put democracy first was nothing more than empty words. Now that the company thinks nobody is looking, it’s once again supporting politicians who – by peddling Donald Trump’s lies and refusing to certify the 2020 election – incited the insurrection at our Capitol.

And AT&T is not alone. PACs of companies – like General Motors, UPS, American Airlines, and more – that promised to halt donations to these Republicans in the wake of the insurrection have since collectively kicked in more than $2,300,000 to help re-elect them. [2]

These corporations are hoping that we won’t notice. They think that a year was enough time for everyone to move on – and that we won’t care that they’ve started fueling the spread of dangerous disinformation again.

Sign the Petition: Expose and demand better from companies whose PACs are once again funding insurrection-inciting Republicans.

John, AT&T and others are particularly worried about their public images right now – and by speaking out, we can strike a powerful blow for corporate accountability.

Thanks for all you do,

Devon Nir, Digital Strategies Manager
and the team at Common Cause

P.S. The harmful behavior of these companies is proof that we need a campaign finance system that puts everyday Americans – not unaccountable corporations – at the helm. To learn more about how to make it happen, check out Common Cause’s report Amplifying Small-Dollar Donors in the Citizens United Era.

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1) https://popular.info/p/at-and-t-breaks-pledge-directly-donates
2) https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/the-corporate-insurrection-how-companies-have-broken-promises-and-funded-seditionists/

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