John,

What are wealthy corporations doing with their windfall profits and millions of dollars in tax avoidance? Many continue to fund the insurrection and the continuation of Donald Trump’s “Big Lie.”

In Frank’s email below, we highlight 7 Fortune 500 corporations that have contributed a combined $1,285,500 to members of Congress and their political committees who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Sign the petition today to demand wealthy tax dodging corporations stop funding insurrectionists.

As the January 6 select committee presents the American people with evidence of how Trump and his supporters planned, promoted, and paid for a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, it’s critical that we hold corporations accountable that perpetuate Trump’s Big Lie.

With every dollar these corporations avoid in taxes, they are able to support election deniers and make it more difficult for working people and marginalized communities to ensure our right to vote and that our votes count.

Click here to sign the petition and demand large wealthy corporations stop funding insurrectionists. They should also start paying their fair share in taxes.

Thank you for taking action today,

Sarah Christopherson
Legislative and Policy Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

-- Frank's email --

John,

Since the January 6th insurrection, Fortune 500 corporations have continued to fund the 147 Republican members of Congress who voted NOT to certify Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. And, according to Americans for Tax Fairness research, 7 of these corporations are also blatant tax dodgers―paying a combined average federal income tax rate of just 2.7% last year on $78 billion in profits.

That means, every dollar these corporations avoid paying in taxes is one more dollar they have to support candidates trying to overturn elections and make it more difficult for people to vote.

Sign the petition and demand Fortune 500 corporations stop funding insurrectionists!

UPS has contributed—either directly or through Republican election committees—$336,000 to congressional candidates who deny the validity of the 2020 presidential election.
2021 Profits: $14 Billion and Tax Rate: 9.9%

General Motors has donated over $230,000 to the congressional campaigns of election deniers and the committees that support them.
2021 Profits: $9.4 Billion and Tax Rate: 0.2%

FedEx has donated almost $200,000 to election deniers and their supportive campaign committees.
2021 Profits: $4.7 Billion and Tax Rate: 4.2%

AT&T has contributed $168,000 to the candidates (and their GOP campaign committees) who refuse to accept the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
2021 Profits: $29.6 Billion and Tax Rate: -4.1% (got a refund)

ExxonMobil has pitched in $126,000 to congressional candidates who reject the results of the 2020 presidential contest and GOP election groups that support them.
2021 Profits: $9.3 Billion and Tax Rate: 2.8%

Merck, the huge pharmaceutical firm, has given $120,000 directly and indirectly to members of Congress who refuse to accept the 2020 presidential election as legitimate and to their GOP political committees.
2021 Profits: $1.9 Billion and Tax Rate: 4.0%

Chevron has donated $113,000 to the campaigns and supportive GOP campaign committees of members of Congress who voted against confirming Joe Biden as president.
2021 Profits: $9.5 Billion and Tax Rate: 1.8%

These 7 corporations combined made $78 billion in profits last year and paid a small percentage, on average, in federal income taxes.

Click here to demand these wealthy tax dodging corporations, and all Fortune 500 corporations, stop funding insurrectionists! They should also start paying their fair share in taxes!

Thank you for taking action today to defend our democracy and hold greedy tax dodging corporations accountable.

Frank Clemente
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

Sources:
“This sedition is brought to you by…,” Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, June 23, 2021
“These 19 Fortune 100 Companies Paid Next to Nothing—or Nothing at All—in Taxes in 2021,” Center for American Progress, April 26, 2022