GOP election objectors rake in corporate cash

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The nation’s biggest companies have steadily ramped up their donations to GOP lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 election results, largely ending the giving freeze instituted following the Capitol riot.

Less than a year after the Jan. 6 attack, PACs affiliated with Fortune 500 companies and their trade groups have contributed $6.8 million to the 147 Republicans who objected, according to a new analysis of campaign finance records from liberal watchdog group Accountable.US.

https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/585637-gop-election-objectors-rake-in-corporate-cash

[DFW]

1. While this is obscene by any standard

It amounts to less than $50,000 per candidate, and that kind of money isn't enough to win any race for Congress these days. I'm betting it isn't anywhere nearly evenly distributed, with large sums going to their stars, especially ones that might be in trouble, and only token sums going to the ones whose loss wouldn't be a disaster in their eyes, or are already lost causes.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. Corporate cash fuelled the last takeover of a nation by fascism, if memory serves.

Don’t forget Big Media are all Big Corporate, led by old white privileged men who see it all slipping away.

[2naSalit]

3. K&R