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January 11, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Marriott, one of the largest hotel chains worldwide, says it suspended all political donations to Republican members of Congress who voted in opposition to certifying Joe Biden’s electoral college votes last week, given some protesters turned violent and entered the Capitol building last Wednesday. Numerous other companies have announced similar measures.
“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,” said a Marriott spokesperson, as first reported by Popular Information, a political newsletter, on Sunday.
In addition to Marriott, the Popular Information report pointed out that BlueCross BlueShield and Commerce Bank were also “suspending PAC donations to the 147 Republicans who objected to the Electoral College vote.”
According to Craig Holman, who works as a government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, the moves by the corporations to ban donations is something that could “alienate” an “important” base for them.
“I’ve never heard of this happening before,”
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