UPDATE: After 1/6, @exxonmobil said it "has a robust process to assess the candidate’s platform, prior voting record, and consistency with the company’s priorities"
On 1/14, @exxonmobil donated $1500 to Congressman @CliffBentz, who objected to certifying the Electoral College
@exxonmobil@CliffBentz .@Toyota donated $1,000 to @CliffBentz on 3/22. This is the second member of Congress that voted to overturn the election and then got a contribution from Toyota.
UPDATE: @exxonmobil notes that, per its own FEC filing, the check was sent to @CliffBentz, who objected to certifying the Electoral College, on 12/15/20.
It was cashed by Bentz on 1/14/21.
I've asked @exxonmobil if it will donate to Bentz (or the other objectors) in the future or if it requested a refund from Bentz after 1/6. I will let you know if I hear back.
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1. Corporations received a lot of positive press for holding a Zoom call discussing the possibility of action in support of voting rights but there is no time to waste.
Texas could approve new voter suppression bills any day.
2. Corporate America failed to act with focus and urgency in Georgia and many companies issued statements opposing new restrictions AFTER the bill was signed into law.
UPDATE: @Toyota, which after 1/6 said it would be "assessing our future PAC criteria," donated $1000 to @virginiafoxx, who objected to the certification of the Electoral College, on 3/22, according to a new FEC filing
@Toyota@virginiafoxx In 2021, @Toyota has contributed to at least three members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6:
After 1/6, @truist said it was "carefully reviewing our political engagement practices to assure that Truist exclusively supports candidates who advance unity and democracy"
@virginiafoxx, who voted to overturn the election on 1/6, received $2500 from @truist on 3/25.
3. S514 would also create a surveillance state in North Carolina schools, requiring teachers to report any students who demonstrate "gender nonconformity" to their parents
Teachers that fail to do so will be subject to professional "discipline."
1. Republicans in Florida are advancing a proposal they claim will ensure "intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity" at colleges but will actually create a dystopian surveillance state at the state's public universities
3. Second, the Florida bill allows students to record any class without the professor's permission and use the recording " in connection with a complaint to the public institution of higher education" or "as evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding"
1. Mitch McConnell took $4.3 million from corporations over the last 5 years to fund his campaigns and now he wants corporations to "stay out of politics"