Corporate boycott of donations to GOP election integrity skeptics backfires as seismic shift in fundraising channels small donations to Trump allies
The political-media establishment of the US saw the January 6 incursion at the US Capitol as the means of devastating the GOP and forever discrediting all those who dare to question the integrity of the past presidential election. Many large companies self-righteously announced they would no longer donate to the 147 Republicans that voted against certification of the Electoral College vote. They clearly intended to starve their re-election campaigns and drive them from the public square.
It has backfired spectacularly. Donations are up substantially to the leading critics, as small donors more than replace any loss of corporate finds. Reuters reports, comically discrediting itself with all the editorializing about “false” claims of election fraud in what is supposed to be a straight news story.
If anything, the biggest backers of Trump’s false election-fraud narrative – such as Missouri Senator Josh Hawley and Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene – have been rewarded with a flood of grassroots donations, more than offsetting the loss of corporate money. And contributions from both small donors and rich individuals looking to fight the Democratic agenda have poured into the party’s fundraising apparatus.
@ stevenl:
Not a bad observation, Steven. The far left and right wings of US politics are equally intractable; but the “middle”, what you call the “elitokleptocracy” is the most intractable of all. In fact, you make them sound too much like a form of government, using such a name. In reality, they are just a handful of men who think they are gods — men like Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, etc. Everyone else is just a useful idiot, including Obama.
Two populist movements, one based on socialism and one based on the US constitution and bill of rights!
Both should find a way to work together for the good of the majority against the elito-kleptocracy!