1. @SenRickScott is openly using mob-style tactics to pressure corporations to fund Republicans who voted to overturn the election and are now pushing voter suppression legislation
Scott promised "a day of reckoning" when/if Republicans take the Senate
@SenRickScott 2. This is what Scott is saying IN PUBLIC. But his tactics are working with a handful of corporations who have resumed funding the @NRSC, which is chaired by Scott.
4. Other companies that promised to cut off funding to Senators, like Scott, that voted to overturn the election results but just donated to Scott's @NRSC:
UPDATE: Members of the Texas legislature are seeking retribution against companies like @Dell and @AmericanAir that spoke out against voter suppression legislation.
They are attempting to punish these companies for political speech.
Follow along if interested.
@Dell@AmericanAir 2. GOP TX Rep @TomOliverson has proposed an amendment to the budget requiring corporations to "certify that the business has not publicly opposed any legislation filed in this or another state in 2020 or 2021 related to election integrity" as a condition of receiving grants
3. What's remarkable about this is that under @TomOliverson's amendment corporations SUPPORTING voter suppression laws remain eligible for grants. Under this amendment, only opposing legislation in Texas or any other state disqualifies a company.
UPDATE: In a company obtained by popular.info, @ATT CEO John Stankey says AT&T should not be held accountable for the policy views of the politicians it backs
"It's likely our employee PACs have contributed to policymakers in support of and opposed to any given issue"
@ATT .@ATT has donated 574K to the sponsors of Texas' voter suppression bill but refused to speak out against it.
Stankey says "election laws differ from state to state, are varying and complex, not our company’s expertise and ultimately the responsibility of elected officials"
@ATT .@ATT's Stankey says he's reluctant to get involved with politics but he now recognizes it's in "AT&T’s long-term interests" for him to advocate centrism.
UPDATE: On 1/12, @PNCBank said it "suspended contributions to those members of Congress who voted against the certification of the nation’s valid Electoral College votes."
On 3/24 PNC donated 15K to the @NRSC, which is chaired by @SenRickScott, who voted against certification
@PNCBank@NRSC@SenRickScott UPDATE: After 1/6, @Intel said it "will not contribute to members of Congress who voted against certification of the Electoral College results."
On 3/2 Intel donated 15K to the @NRSC, which is chaired by @SenRickScott, who voted against certification
@PNCBank@NRSC@SenRickScott@intel On 1/17, @Oracle said that it would "pause contributions to anyone who voted against certifying the November 2020 election results."
On 3/25 Oracle donated $3750 to the @NRSC, which is chaired by @SenRickScott, who voted against certification
UPDATE: @pfizer pledged not to donate to any of the 147 Republican objectors for at least 6 months and then donated $2500 to @RepAdrianSmith, who voted against certification, on 3/17
Pfizer has ignored my inquires about the donation, but I've obtained an internal email w/answers
3. There is still the issue of the leadership PAC of @MikeKellyPA, one of the 147 Republican objectors, who reported receiving a 2.5K donation from @Pfizer on 2/11