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Big three American companiesIncluding the well-known Marriott hotel chain, are suspending donations to Republican lawmakers who tried to stop Joe Biden’s confirmation as the next president this week.
The three have communicated their decision to the digital newsletter Public Information, which has contacted 144 companies that donated to one of the eight senators opposing Biden’s nomination for alleged electoral fraud on the same day as those complaints, which are without evidence was repeated throughout Donald Trump, led supporters of the outgoing president to storm the Capitol.
Marriott, the medical insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Commerce Bancshares banking group assured that they will suspend their donations to those politicians, according to an information released by Public Information this Sunday.
A Marriott spokesperson told the outlet that the decision takes into account “the devastating events on Capitol Hill to undermine a legitimate and fair election.”
Meanwhile, the CEO of Blue Cross Blue ShieldKim Keck pointed out that his company will suspend any financial support to the 147 Republican lawmakers who voted to “undermine the results of the November election by objecting to the results of the electoral college.”
Other large companies such as bank of America, Ford or AT&T told Popular Information they will consider recent events when deciding on future donations, while some, such as CVS, Exxon Mobil and Target, said they were reviewing their policies.
However, most of the firms consulted preferred not to comment, with 127 of the political bulletin’s 144 unanswered questions, including some like Comcast / NBCUniversal donating tens of thousands of dollars to lawmakers in 2020 objecting to the election results.