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Marriott, BlueCross suspend donations to U.S. lawmakers who voted against Biden certification

Published 01/10/2021, 02:31 PM
Updated 01/10/2021, 07:30 PM
© Reuters. Trump supporters protest during a Stop the Steal rally at the U.S. Capitol

By David Shepardson, Jessica DiNapoli and Rama Venkat

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) Inc, the world's largest hotel company, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) said Sunday they will suspend donations to U.S. lawmakers who voted last week against certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

"We have taken the destructive events at the Capitol to undermine a legitimate and fair election into consideration and will be pausing political giving from our Political Action Committee to those who voted against certification of the election," Marriott spokeswoman Connie Kim said, confirming a report in Popular Information, a political newsletter.

BCBSA, the federation of 36 independent companies that provide health care coverage for one in three Americans, said "in light of this week’s violent, shocking assault on the United States Capitol, and the votes of some members of Congress to subvert the results of November’s election by challenging Electoral College results, BCSBA will suspend contributions to those lawmakers who voted to undermine our democracy."

Five people lost their lives, including a police officer, when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the formal recognition of his election defeat. On Sunday a second Republican U.S. senator urged Trump to resign, saying he could face criminal liability.

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) said on Sunday that it will pause all contributions from its political action committee for at least the next six months, saying "the focus of business leaders, political leaders, civic leaders right now should be on governing and getting help to those who desperately need it most right now. There will be plenty of time for campaigning later."

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Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) said in a memo to employees seen by Reuters that it reviewed lawmakers who led the charge against the certification of the Electoral College results and found it gave $1,000 to the campaign of Republican Senator Josh Hawley.

"We want you to be assured that we will not support candidates who do not respect the rule of law," wrote Candi Wolff, head of Citi's global government affairs. "We intend to pause our contributions during the quarter as the country goes through the Presidential transition and hopefully emerges from these events stronger and more united."

A Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Inc spokesman said it conducts a review after every election cycle to "examine and adjust our political giving strategy. As we conduct our review over the coming months we will factor last week's events into our process."Other companies, including Ford Motor (NYSE:F) Co, said they have made no decisions about changes to giving.

In a related development, U.S. digital payments company Stripe Inc will stop processing payments for Trump's campaign website following the riot, a company spokesperson said.

 

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GOP really have to think about this:  how bad is it when even Walmart is ***ed off at you???
Very definition of Facism!
Marriott is basically china tool anyways
so you are saying GOP lawmakers have been taking money from Marriortt/China until now?  hmmmm....
At least 25 troops are under investigation for terrorism related to Wednesday's siege at the Capitol, according to a Defense official and a member of Congress.Playing with fire!
the russian bots are having a busy week!
Keep it rolling baby.
Private government is official now.
What the heck is wrong with these companies .. what about the lawmakers who were pushing the false Russia collusion stuff .. are they going to stop supporting them?? The Republican lawmakers were following the LAW .. doing what they were REQUIRED to do if they believe there was fraud in those states .., which we all know THERE WAS!! If a bank robber gets away with robbing a bank do you now charge the policeman who investigated the crime??
Oh yall moderating now too?
there was collusion with Russia to favor Trump. proven. no wide spread voter fraud. proven.
Wrong, Marco. Those Senators knew that there was no fraud and that Biden won legitimately. The only reason they objected to certification was put on a show for all Trump's brainwashed supporters, like you. Because they're scared that people like you would not vote for them next time if they don't appear to go along with Trump's lies. As for the Russian investigation, you're wrong again. Lawmakers at the time pushed for an investigation, as they should have, but they did not try to subvert democracy and refuse to certify Trump's win. So you can't compare the two.
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The U.S. Corporate Communists are taking their masks off.
Corporate Communists? someone clearly has no clue what communism is
Will not stay in Marriott any more.
We will donate only to those congressmen who voted agaist certification!
Im sure they will get plenty of contributions from China and Russia
What is this, the 50th hit piece that Reuters has spewed out today? There is a reason that the approval rating for US media has fallen under 20% during the past 4 years. Coincidentally, the approval for congress has not risen above 20% over the past decade. Since the US media has just become a mou.thpiece for the democrats in congress it is no surprise
Steven, please stop copying and pasting the same tired drivel under every article on here. You're verging on spamming.
this move is going to send the strongest message to the GOP - if the US corporate world  - starts to censure the GOP because they won't act against members who acted against the US democracy themselves - come 2022 - they will start getting very desperate!
The USA can learn from ******Germany. A lot of similarities with the periode before ww2
let's all remember that the crowd beat a police officer to death before crying about civil liberties at a private merchant institution.
Every powerful institution of this country is aligned directly with far Left politics and politicians. The rapid movement Left of the white powerful elite class in recent years is a frightening prsopect for the rest of us. These people approach politics with a religious fervor that could make even the most ardent evangelical flush.
you should go flush yourself...projecting much? far left lol youre ******me
Alienate half or more of your customers, great strategy "woke" companies.
{{uid:211001556} ******* Burn down the capital building? Blm and Antifa are the ones that burn down buildings/cities.
we just follow the path of the left who have burned and looted for 4 years because Trump won. Now its our turn.
Scot, you drank so much Trump Kool-aid that you've completely mixed up the facts. Nobody has been burning and looting for 4 years. Some thugs who hijacked racial injustice and police brutality protests did that and it was more like a couple of months (last summer) not "4 years". Furthermore, it was not "the left" who was rioting and it had nothing to do with the 2016 election results. Trump arbitrarily started falsely saying it was "the left" simply to fit his usual narrative of "them vs us" to rile up his supporters. And the only reason he did was to distract from his mishandling of the pandemic.
Corporations are becoming the new judges, juries and executioners of the US.  You don't do what they say and they will take away your healthcare, ability to purchase and any freedom you have left.
they have their own policies and rights to follow it. if one don't like it, don't accept it from the beginning.
I believe I will be boycotting Marriott. I already refuse to do do business with Blue cross
"Trying to silence 70 million voters"? Steven, that's pretty rich. They're not trying to silence anybody based on who they voted for. They just silenced Trump because he violated their Terms of Service repeatedly. Plus they didn't want to be the vehicle through which he incited more violence and sedition. Trump's voters are still free to use their services as long as they follow the Terms of Service like anybody who holds an account.
"We want you to be assured that we will not support candidates who do not respect the rule of law.....".  Does this include the politicians who failed to speak out against the violent protesters and rioters, and at times even defended them?   The corporations are all bowing to the democrats now that they have a majority, What happens to a society when corporations start doing the bidding of the politicians?
It will be the same as in Germany after 1933.
Wrong move!! Will  they now stop supporting the dems who enable  over 60million babies aborted so far or will they wait like in post slavery days 1863 and say they did not know *****was wrong and apologize for supporting the dems.
Next they will be sending kids for Biden to sniff
Obviously enough, many entities are willing to support and embrace dictatorship.
Especially a left-wing dictatorship, aka socialism.
 Another big socialist named ****would be proud of them.
The name was censored, first letter H, last is R, 6 letter. Obviously, criticizing German dictatorship of 1930s must be censored on this site.
WHAT A MISTAKE!
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