Molly Buter / Media Matters
At least 11 major corporations that said they would stop funding Republican members of Congress who sought to overturn the 2020 election results continue to run advertisements on Fox News, the pro-Trump propaganda outlet that fanned the same Big Lie that President Joe Biden stole the office through widespread voter fraud. Eleven more companies that responded to the Capitol riots by pausing all political action committee donations are still airing ads on the network.
The January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters claiming that the election had been stolen spurred a reckoning for some major corporations. Dozens of companies announced that they would terminate or suspend donations to the Republican members of Congress who voted against certifying the electoral votes of one or more states, according to lists compiled by Popular Information’s Judd Legum and Tesnim Zekeria and by CNN. Dozens more said they would pause all PAC contributions
President Trump is in for a wild ride this week (not for the first time). House Democrats have introduced a resolution to impeach him because he “incited” the “domestic terror attack” (in fact genuinely a Mostly Peaceful Protest) at the U.S. Capitol [
New York Times, January 11, 2021]. That came after Republicans defeated a move to demand that Vice President Trump remove Trump via the 25th Amendment. But one unavoidable truth remains: The GOP base, exemplified by the staggering numbers who turned out for him, stands with Trump. However, many in the GOP Establishment have been intimidated into throwing in with the Ruling Class Narrative. This opens up a huge leadership vacuum. Filling it is crucial to the survival of the party and ultimately, to the survival of America.
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