BREAKING: In a memo, the @USChamber attempts to provide cover to corporations to resume donating to the 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the election
"We do not believe it's appropriate to judge members of Congress solely based on their votes on the electoral certification"
@USChamber The memo written by @USChamber's National Political Director, @ashleewrich, argues that only members of Congress involved in "organizing the rally of January 6th or continuing to push debunked conspiracy theories" are culpable
FULL MEMO: uschamber.com/issue-brief/me…
3. This is the first step by corporate America to try to forget that January 6 happened and resume business-as-usual
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4. At the moment, the efforts to paper over January 6 are being done tentatively. That's why this memo was put out at 4PM on a Friday afternoon.
5. Ashlee Rich Stephenson, who authored the memo for the US Chamber, is the former polling director for the Republican National Committee
She also worked for Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign in 2008
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