Major corporations that vowed to never donate to any lawmaker who pushed election conspiracy theories after the Jan. 6 insurrection that forced lawmakers to flee for their lives appear to have had a change of heart and are helping fund Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration to the tune of millions of dollarsAccording to a Christmas Eve report from the Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Ballhaus, Dana Mattioli, Shalini Ramachandran and Maggie Severns, there now seems to be a forgive and forget feeling among corporations when it comes to the president-elect despite the fact that he had a central role in inspiring the Capitol riots that shocked the world.The report notes that corporations are lining up to give Trump millions of dollars to finance the upcoming incarnation.ALSO READ: It’s time to decimate the Republicans’ standing with the public — and the press”The Wall Street Journal has identified at least 11 companies and trade associations that are backing the inauguration, which is on track to be the most lucrative ever, after earlier pledging to suspend or reconsider political-action committee donations after Jan. 6,” the report states while point out to well-known brands that include “Ford, Intuit, Toyota, Goldman Sachs, General Motors, Bank of America, AT&T and Stanley Black & Decker.”According to the report, dozens of companies made a big display of announcing they would “rethink” political donations when it came to lawmakers, with the Journal adding, others “suspended donations to any lawmaker who voted against certifying the 2020 electoral college results. Some simply promised to factor integrity into their donation decisions going forward.”Those plans have now fallen by the wayside as executives flood Trump with money when they are not flocking to his Mar-a-Lago resort to pay their respects before he assume power after Jan. 20.ALSO READ: Trump wanted $90M for inauguration while cutting $190M from cancer research: lawmakerWhile most companies didn’t respond to questions about the change of heart, the WSJ is reporting that Toyota “pointed to a 2022 statement in which it said it was resuming PAC donations but wouldn’t support those who incite violence.”The Journal report added, “Some Republican strategists have also been instructing companies to scrub their websites and corporate policies of language that favors Democrats—including pledges they made to pause donations after Jan. 6. Some companies’ news releases in the wake of the invasion of the Capitol are no longer online, including a letter from then-Stanley Black & Decker CEO Jim Loree condemning the invasion of the Capitol and vowing to ‘use our voice to advocate for our democracy and a peaceful transition of power.'”You can read more here.
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