Donor backlash fuels GOP alarm about Senate fundraising

[DonViejo]

By BRIAN SLODYSKO
43 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are worried that a corporate backlash stirred by the deadly Capitol insurrection could crimp a vital stream of campaign cash, complicating the party’s prospects of retaking the Senate in the next election.

The GOP already faces a difficult Senate map in 2022, when 14 Democratic-held seats and 20 Republican ones will be on the ballot. That includes at least two open seats that Republicans will be defending because of the retirements of GOP Sens. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Richard Burr of North Carolina.

But some in the party say the problem may be bigger than the map. Eight Republican senators voted to reject Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, even after the ransacking of the Capitol by a mob of Donald Trump supporters who were exhorted by the president to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s victory. Five people died in the mayhem, including a Capitol Police officer.

Recriminations were swift, with more than a dozen corporate giants — including AT&T, Nike, Comcast, Dow, Marriott, Walmart and Verizon — pledging to withhold donations to Republican lawmakers who voted to reject the outcome of the election in Arizona or Pennsylvania. One of those lawmakers, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, is the new chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, a post that makes him the public face of the Senate Republican fundraising efforts.

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[malaise]

1. Remove him from office or........ n/t

[Raven123]

2. Time will tell if these donors have a long memory

[Vivienne235729]

6. I think they will bc the next few years we will see much more of

Trump’s legal woes. And hopefully all these people that are voting sympathetically for trump will be dragged down into the mud with him.

[dewsgirl]

3. I am so enjoying watching these people crash and burn.

Especially f*cking Rick Scott, who was my worthless evil governor for 8 years and now my Senator.

[safeinOhio]

4. Dang if that Free Market doesn't

do all the regulating you need.

see The Gospel According to John Galt.

[luv2fly]

5. I suspect their "worry" will be short lived

As will the halt in campaign cash on the part of businesses/corporations. Any current halt in donations is an effort to look responsible, but these folks have been sending cash to the insurrectionists for years without giving a shit about their lack of morals. Once the public pays less attention the cash will start flowing.

I'd LOVE to find a way to stop knowingly giving money to these corporations, but it's damn hard. The whole "buy blue" thing was great but it's hard to pull off in a way that actually impacts these asshats.