While the recent rise of the MAGA Majority has turned the House of Representatives on its head, its most extreme members have been undermining our democracy since the earliest days of the “Big Lie.” From Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s call to her supporters to “flood the Capitol building” to the blatant election denialism of Reps. Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan, the MAGA wing’s record of seditious behavior is impossible to sweep under the rug.
Yet, according to Accountable.US’ Corporate Anti-Democracy Donations Database, many of America’s top companies continued to turn a blind eye to their anti-democratic antics as they cashed in on the GOP’s most extreme faction. As the donation filings of Fortune 100 companies from the 2022 election cycle revealed, their PACs contributed $429,500 to the campaigns of the House’s new MAGA leaders.
Now, with the MAGA wing already exerting outsized influence over Speaker McCarthy and the rest of the House majority, Americans are facing the consequences of corporations’ support for their extreme agenda – and there is no shortage of examples.
Instead of delivering results for working families, MAGA leaders have been spinning the same conspiratorial rhetoric that fueled the “Big Lie” into partisan political stunts. Reps. James Comer and Jim Jordan are using their positions on the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees to float fringe theories about federal law enforcement and election integrity, as their fellow MAGA member, Rep. Gaetz, spends his time parroting the conspiracies on Newsmax. Meanwhile, Rep. Greene used her newfound platform to float a “national divorce” of red and blue states – a frightening threat to the future of our democracy.
Thankfully, many Americans recognize the extremist voices of the new House majority are not aligned with voters’ best interests. According to a recent Navigator survey, a growing share of voters are opposed to the details of the MAGA House's agenda.
