1. The @NRSC is chaired by @SenRickScott, who voted to overturn the election
Scott is using the @NRSC to legitimize & amplify Trump's lies about the election
But corporations, including those who pledged not to donate to Republican objectors, are still contributing to the @NRSC
@NRSC@SenRickScott 2. Scott traveled to Mar-a-Lago to kiss Trump's ring and present him with a fake award from the @NRSC
Scott also featured Trump in an @NRSC fundraising video where Trump gave a winking reference to the conspiracy theory that he will be "reinstated" as president soon
3. After 1/6, @Comcast said it would "suspend all of our political contributions to those elected officials who voted against certification."
6. After 1/6, @Ford said it was reevaluating its political donation criteria in light of events that "contradict the ideals of a free and fair election and a peaceful transition of power"
2. Right now corporations can send money to trade orgs (like the Chamber of Commerce, which is fighting against federal voting rights legislation) or non-profit advocacy orgs (like Heritage Action, which is pushing anti-trans laws) and keep it secret
1. 25 major companies that sponsor Pride parades, and turn their Twitter avatars into rainbows and present themselves as champions of LGBTQ rights have donated more than $10 million to anti-gay politicians in the last two years
3. @CVSHealth, for example, has turned their Twitter avatar into a rainbow heart
It also donated 4K to two sponsors of a TX bill to change the state’s child abuse law to make it a crime for parents to allow kids to receive gender-affirming medical care
1. This is a cute tweet but if @BurgerKing really supports LGBTQ+ rights maybe the @BurgerKing Franchisee PAC should stop donating so much money to so many members of Congress THAT RECEIVED A ZERO RATING FROM @HRC.
@BurgerKing@HRC 2. In the 2020 cycle, the @BurgerKing Franchisee PAC donated $113,500 to 31 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WITH A ZERO RATING ON @HRC's CONGRESSIONAL SCORECARD.
Now @BurgerKing is trying to position itself as a champion of LGBTQ rights.
3. I'm going to be publishing an in-depth piece on corporate hypocrisy during pride month in my newsletter very soon.
It looks at corporate PAC donations to anti-LGBTQ politicians at the federal & state level