Microsoft suspends donations for politicians who attempted to overturn the 2020 election

[Zorro]

Source: The Verge

Members of Congress who voted to overturn the election will receive no money from Microsoft for 2022 races

Microsoft has announced that it will suspend all donations for the upcoming 2022 election cycle for any members of Congress, state officials, and organizations that voted to object to the certification of electors in the 2020 election or supported attempting to overturn the election.

The company temporarily suspended all political contributions after the January 6th attack on the Capitol, with Microsoft taking the time to decide “whether to suspend further donations to individuals who voted against certification of the Electoral College.” Today’s announcement makes that decision a permanent one for the coming election cycle, but only for politicians who attempted to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. (Other politicians will still be eligible for Microsoft’s donations.)

Microsoft also announced a new company program called the Democracy Forward Initiative. It’s designed as an outlet for employees to donate to organizations that look to enact campaign finance reform and protect voting rights instead of supporting politicians.

Lastly, the company also announced a change in the name of its PAC, which was previously known as the Microsoft Political Action Committee (MSPAC). Going forward, the group will be called the Microsoft Corporation Stakeholders Voluntary PAC (MSVPAC) in order to better reflect that the group is “funded exclusively by voluntary donations of Microsoft stakeholders.”

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/5/22268610/microsoft-suspends-donations-politicians-overturn-2020-election

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It's a start.

[BobTheSubgenius]

1. I cannot believe this had to be presented as an annoucement.

How is this anything other than obvious? It should be the default condition of any company, large contributor or not. It should actually be the default for all individuals at all.

If you want to support these traitors, your decision should be forced into public disclosure.

[NBachers]

2. I support this action by Microsoft, and the announcement may influence other corporate policies.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

6. I'm with you in this

[JohnnyRingo]

3. Doesn't that violate the 1st amendment rights of...

...people who want to overthrow the United States government?

[Ford_Prefect]

4. The question I need to ask is why were they donating to them in the 1st place?

As with other corporations I understand they do this as an investment in future benefits to their bottom line. I am also aware that any company with the resources is bound to do research on what that money results in on issues other than their own. They had to be aware they were supporting Trumpism and all of its activities and outcomes too. Why did it take exposure of this magnitude for them to have any conscience at all, and to publicly pretend that it matters to their future?

It does matter to their future wealth and corporate function but they haven't acknowledged that they contributed to the NEED for this kind of "change" by supporting Trump's GOP goals and actions through their donations over the last 4 years.

[mdbl]

5. I hope all other corporations follow the lead of Microsoft

The anti-democratic boofs running don't deserve any support.

[ck4829]

7. K&R