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After the Capitol attack, many corporations pulled funding from politicians who supported Trump.
Some of the companies are already changing course, showing that it was likely a PR stunt.
Americans cannot rely on corporations to speak for them. Congress needs to pass the For the People Act to amplify Americans voices.
Eric Lutz writes for Vanity Fair and the Guardian, among other publications.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
After a MAGA mob stormed the United States Capitol in January in an effort to overturn the 2020 election results, the corporate world quickly worked to distance itself from Donald Trump and other Republicans who had helped instigate the riot.
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On Friday, Major League Baseball announced it would move the 2021 All-Star Game and the MLB draft out of Atlanta in response to Georgia’s restrictive new voting law, which was signed by Gov. Brian Kemp last week.
The league’s decision comes as corporate America begins to take notice of the Georgia bill and others like it and to push back on voter suppression around the country.
Since the law was passed, several companies, including Delta Air Lines, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft, have released statements condemning the bill, which makes it harder for Georgians to vote by mail and shifts control over election rules to the state legislature, among other changes.
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