Companies giving money to Republicans who voted to overturn the election

Judd Legum has been doing an outstanding job tracking this. Follow him on Twitter.

These are the companies still giving money to the lawmakers who voted to overturn the election results https://t.co/DmTsQnQWZU
— Politics Insider (@PoliticsInsider) May 9, 2021

These are some of the companies that are still donating to the 147 Republican traitors who voted to overturn the election:

Toyota, JetBlue, Pfizer, Intel, Cigna, Jones Walker, Cubic Corporation, the National Realtors Association, and the American Financial Services Association
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 9, 2021

UPDATE: On 1/15 @pfizer said for 6 months it "will not contribute to any of the 147 Members who voted against certifying the Electoral College results."

On 4/22, @pfizer donated 5K to the @NRSC, which is chaired by @SenRickScott, who voted against certifying the election
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 13, 2021

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
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 15, 2021

1. I've obtained video, emails, and other docs that reveal how corporate PACs are plotting to "move beyond" 1/6 and start donating to the Republicans who voted to overturn the election

And how they'll spin it to the public

Follow along if interestedhttps://t.co/iQsENJJK2q
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 10, 2021

Some of those companies that cut off contributions to Republicans who supported overturning the democratic election are now resuming their donations. @sbg1 https://t.co/3SDB0XHpfu
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) April 23, 2021

Toyota’s PAC has given at least forty-eight thousand dollars to thirty-one Republican members who voted against certification of the election, a full-on embrace of not caring that members of Congress encouraged an insurrection.https://t.co/4PaHM40Xa4
— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) April 23, 2021

Rep Mike Johnson's leadership PAC got $5000 each from American Bankers Association and Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck PACs, despite his vote to reject election results.

Both "reviewed" donation policies after Jan 6 but apparently decided to continue with business as usual.
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) April 21, 2021

UPDATE: In a company obtained by https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ, @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" pic.twitter.com/Zev1wBoMIg
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 20, 2021

There was widespread skepticism at time among Rs that this would hold, despite the few who were concerned about Rick Scott as nrsc chair Bc of his vote against certification of election https://t.co/0xk4lQhKb3
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 20, 2021

.@Cigna pledged to end donations to any member who "hindered the peaceful transition of power"

Then it donated to 6 GOPers who voted to overturn the election results

Now, Cigna claims VOTES TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION are "by definition, part of the peaceful transition of power" pic.twitter.com/4SM6bUEucG
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 19, 2021

1. Over the last 48 hours, I've reviewed FEC fillings from 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the election

It was the first major FEC deadline since the insurrection

I've analyzed the data & considered what it all means

Follow along if interestedhttps://t.co/VXnjFO9rto
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 17, 2021

UPDATE: Rock Holdings, the parents company of @QuickenLoans and @RocketLoans, donated 15K to the @NRCC and 15K to the @NRSC on 4/27.

The @NRSC is chaired by @SenRickScott, who voted to overturn the election

The @NRCC supports the reelection of 130+ GOP objectors
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 14, 2021

UPDATE: After 1/6, @Amgen said it was "suspending PAC disbursements pending a review of future contributions."

On 4/23, @Amgen donated 15K to the @NRCC, which is supporting the reelection of 130+ Republican House members who voted to overturn the election
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 17, 2021

538 on how Republicans benefit from the unevenness of our political institutions

Great article

How the unevenness of America's democracy threatens to unravel it, by @baseballot, @elena___mejia and me:https://t.co/GnK08hqmfG

Or, in other words, how Republicans have harnessed political institutions to gain power without winning a majority of votes.
— Laura Bronner (@laurabronner) April 29, 2021

Republican extremists are raising lots of money

This shows that the extremists are the majority of the party, not the exceptions.

via @NYTimes https://t.co/HYhCXpfNG0
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 17, 2021

Marjorie Taylor Greene boasts massive $3.2M fundraising haul in first quarter https://t.co/iFA80vNMfM
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) April 7, 2021

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley raised $3 million in the first quarter of 2021, a person familiar with his fundraising said https://t.co/PRWJ8wYpPF
— CNN (@CNN) April 12, 2021

Right wing extremists using cars as weapons

NPR article

Self-identified KKK leader accused of driving through protesters sentenced to six years in prison https://t.co/Zfh6E01v1d
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 11, 2020

Police say police driving into crowds is fine.

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS??? https://t.co/TtIRV9iVjq
— Touré (@Toure) June 23, 2020

In Iowa, the law is on the side of the truck driver hitting the protestor. The law was signed in 2021 by Governor Kim Reynolds, whose own truck had hit a BLM protestor.
The freedom to protest your shrinking freedoms are also being erased in red states. https://t.co/tux67vkbHc
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) July 9, 2022

Lawmakers in at least six states seem to have overcome whatever reticence they may once have felt about formally endorsing automobile attacks. From @pareene in 2021: https://t.co/4KdKhnLOpf
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) August 14, 2022

The Republican Party is a right wing extremist party

Something everyone in US politics should understand: the GOP is the farthest right major party in any developed democracy. To find analogues you have to look to splinter neo-fascist parties in the EU. https://t.co/LjKRL3FM4w pic.twitter.com/pwztpsYnNk
— David Roberts (@drvox) June 19, 2020

Ideological divides among partisans deepen: ABC News polling analysis https://t.co/cTAmyaSNSh
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 13, 2020

Trump continues to use official events for political purposes

His campaign should pay when he turns a presidential event into a rally. Reelection is his top priority.

Trump tells veterans he got Choice (created in 2014); claims he inherited no ventilators (thousands); claims he never had an empty seat (sure has); says Clinton got 223 electoral votes (232); adds new false element to false story about Pelosi; jabs "fake news," "sick" opponents.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 22, 2020

Washington Post article

To spell it out: when a prez and staff are on “official” WH trips, they are NOT ALLOWED to turn them into campaign events. (If they do, they’re supposed to charge AIr Force One costs to the campaign; WH staffers can’t participate; etc.)

Or, that is how it was, when rules applied https://t.co/Ji42hvGYcm
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) May 21, 2020

Trump has completely obliterated the line between taxpayer-funded White House events and campaign events. He's delivering a slightly watered down version of his rally speech. pic.twitter.com/jMVQpSdoNu
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 21, 2020

Trump in an official speech at a Michigan auto plant: "I don't know how the hell these unions aren't endorsing Trump instead of the standard Democrat. A Democrat that doesn't even know where he is."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 21, 2020

I asked the WH about this once. I got a shrug and this response: “So sue us.” https://t.co/j6PI7W5Wnv
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 21, 2020

Trump turns photo op at Ford factory into a mini-political rally: "I don't know how the hell these unions aren't endorsing Trump instead of the standard Democrat," he says. "A Democrat that doesn't even know where he is." Also says Hillary made a bad trade deal w/South Korea.
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) May 21, 2020

Republicans treat elected Democrats like unelected officials

The Trump cult is quick to bash officials or judges they don’t agree with as “unelected”. Let’s look aat how they treat elected officials if they are Democrats:

1) Many of them treated President Obama as unelected because of the fake birther conspiracy theory endorsed by Trump

2) In North Carolina, Michigan, and Wisconsin, voters elected Democratic governors and Republican-majority legislatures. The legislatures then tried to reduce the power of the governors.

3) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, was passed by elected legislators in the House and Senate and signed by an elected president. Yet, Republicans never accepted that. They tried and failed to overturn it in Congress. Now, they’re trying in the courts.

The Republican party is extremely conservative

Democrats are moderate/liberal

Yeah, uhh, I think you’ve just proven the point about GOP extremism. This chart shows that the Democratic Party is modestly center-left and Republican Party far-right, at least in the comparative context. https://t.co/6I2khMOfrL
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) February 6, 2020

The media seem the most desperate of anyone to keep the myth of bipartisanship alive. Republicans have been torching it for decades. Dems have come to accept it's not gonna change.

But the MSM just can't let go of an America that no longer exists. pic.twitter.com/llhUxqCsgJ
— Paul Moment (@paulmoment) February 3, 2020

The Republican Party is a Trump cult

How tight is Trump's grip on the GOP? When GOP voters are polled on who they would consider for President when Trump is out of office, two of the four most often-picked possibilities are Trump's children. https://t.co/C4nQUqB4Bh pic.twitter.com/Q9zxACfjym
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) January 4, 2020

How the Gore campaign handled documents belonging to Bush

This is very different from Trump’s attitude. Trump will do anything to win.

“Uh-oh, we shouldn't have this.” Former congressman Tom Downey was advising the Gore team in 2000 when he received documents belonging to George W. Bush. He told @russellberman why he immediately called the FBI: https://t.co/aQ7CmPA7OY
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) June 15, 2019