Actions Have Consequences

 From the "actions have consequences" file:

Well, well, well...

BREAKING: 

**Blue Cross Blue Shield Association President and CEO Kim Keck said it was suspending all support to the 147 Republicans who voted "to subvert the results of November’s election by challenging Electoral College results."

** Marriott will stop donating to all the members who voted against certification. They donated $10,000 to Tommy Tuberville last year.

** Commerce Bank has "suspended all support for officials who have impeded the peaceful transfer of power."

** Dow Inc., the massive chemical company, was more definitive. The company states that it will no longer donate to any member of Congress who objected to the certification of the Electoral College for the duration of their term in office.

**Citibank will “not support candidates who do not respect the rule of law” and will pause all PAC activity for three months.

** Mastercard states that it is suspending donations “to members of Congress who voted to object to the certification of the 2020 election.”

**AT&T, the largest corporate contributor to the Republicans will suspend contributions to members who voted to object to the certification of Electoral College votes.”;AT&T’s PAC donated $33,000 to five Senators — $15,000 to Cruz, $10,000 to Marshall, $4,000 to Kennedy, $2,000 to Hawley, and $2,000 to Scott. 

** Deloitte will suspend political contributions and “will not support those who undermine the rule of law.” Deloitte’s PAC donated $10,000 to Marshall and $10,000 to Hawley.

** Airbnb will update its framework and withhold support from those who voted against the certification of the presidential election results.” Airbnb’s PAC donated $2200 to Scott. 

**Amazon, which donated over $600,000 to the group of Republicans who voted to overturn the election result “has suspended contributions to any member of Congress who voted to override the results of the U.S. presidential election.”

** Verizon, which donated $15,500 to three Senators, will also be “suspending contributions in 2021 to any member of Congress who voted in favor of objecting to the election results.”

** Intel, which donated $2,500 to Cruz, states that it “will not contribute to members of Congress who voted against certification of the Electoral College vote as we feel that action was counter to our company's values.” 

**General Electric, which donated $4,000 to three Senators, will also halt donations to the group.

** PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) states that it will suspend contributions to the lawmakers who objected to the results. “The attack on our US Capitol was deeply disturbing and goes against everything we stand for in our democracy. Given this moment in history, the PwC PAC has suspended all political contributions to any member of Congress who voted to object to the certification of electoral votes,” PwC’s PAC donated $10,000 to Marshall.

** Comcast/NBCUniversal, the largest corporate contributor to the Republican Senators who objected to the Electoral College count, will be suspending “all political contributions to those elected officials who voted against certification of the Electoral College votes.” Comcast donated at least $44,500 in the 2020 election cycle to four of the eight Senators who objected to the Election. Hyde-Smith received at least $17,500 from the company.

**Hallmark states that it will be requesting refunds from the Senators it had donated to who had objected to the certification of the results, stating that these Senators’ actions do not reflect the “company’s values.” During the 2020 election cycle, Hallmark’s PAC donated $5,000 to Marshall and $3,000 to Hawley. It requests Sens. Hawley and Marshall to return all HALLPAC campaign contributions.

** Goldman Sachs states that it was freezing donations and plans to conduct a “thorough assessment of how people acted during this period.”

** Dell states it “will suspend all contributions to members of Congress whose statements and activities during the post-election period. It will no longer support the Republican members who objected to the election results.

**American Express will halt all contributions to Republicans who objected to the certification of the election."Last week's attempts by some congressional members to subvert the presidential election results and disrupt the peaceful transition of power do not align with our American Express Values.”

** American Airlines, which donated $5,000 to Cruz, will take “a three-month pause from [political] giving to review contributions.”

** Bank of America, in the next election cycle, will review its decision making criteria in light of the actions that contributed to the appalling violent assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Many other major companies are reviewing their contributions for changes.