NEW: The party of "corporations are people" would now prefer that those "people" shut up — or else. Ex-@GOP officeholders and experts say such threats reek of desperation and are doomed to fail.
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Ex-@GOP Chair @MichaelSteele said leaders at companies such as @CocaCola and @Delta aren't afraid of retaliation by Republicans who are angry at companies that support voting rights.
“They’re sitting there laughing their asses off,” he says. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
“They’re sitting there laughing their asses off,” he says. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
.@MichaelSteele, a former Maryland lieutenant governor, said business leaders can do the math needed to know the better long-term bet is on democracy. there’s a cost-benefit analysis..but there’s also the longer term consideration," he said. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
“You people [Republicans] can speak of it pejoratively as “woke corporations” or whatever you want to say, but the reality is they [corporations] are going to find more people standing with them than not” @MichaelSteele said. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Ex-GOP Rep. @RepRiggleman says @LeaderMcConnell's threats against corporations that support voting rights show his ignorance of how business works. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
“I don’t think McConnell has ever had to actually run a business or a company, or have those kinds of pressures...the fact is, the only way to survive is that you have to appeal to the broadest swath of customers that you can," @RepRiggleman said. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
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