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Mega-Businesses Are Back to Bankrolling Insurrectionists (Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/these-mega-businesses-are-already-back-to-bankrolling-insurrectionistsThese Mega-Businesses Are Already Back to Bankrolling Insurrectionists
Roger Sollenberger | Updated Mar. 26, 2021 | Published Mar. 25, 2021 | DailyBeast.com
After the Jan. 6 insurrection, more than 120 corporations swiftly vowed to suspend campaign donations to Republicans who objected to certifying the 2020 election...
“We have made the decision that for the next six months, Pfizer PAC will not contribute to any of the 147 Members of Congress who voted against certifying the Electoral College results after the violence that we all witnessed,” the email also said. “After six months, we will review our decision and report back to you.”
But it took less than two months for Pfizer to break that pledge. Their PAC gave $15,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, led by one of eight GOP Senators who voted to decertify election results—Rick Scott of Florida—on Feb. 23.
In total, The Daily Beast identified five companies that appear to have gone back on their suspension of donations to GOP election objectors: AT&T, Cigna Health, Ford Motors, Pfizer, and Wells Fargo.
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The Daily Beast reviewed Federal Election Commission filings for all companies who made a pledge. And while none of the five companies who seem to have reversed themselves have given directly to official candidate committees, three of the companies—AT&T, Ford, and Pfizer—gave to leadership PACs belonging to members who challenged votes. Additionally, Cigna, Pfizer, and Wells Fargo gave to the NRSC, which, again, is controlled by Scott, who voted to overturn the election.
The NRSC also has discretion to spend money on any Senate candidate they want, meaning the integrity of their pledge only exists in as much as they want to claim their specific dollars didn’t go toward helping one of the GOP Senators who voted to decertify the Electoral College.
No, really, I'm completely stunned by this development.
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