Atlanta held its Pride Festival this weekend, which included a huge parade with nearly every statewide Democratic candidate marching (or, at one point, riding in a classic pink convertible).
No Republicans turned out for the fun. But a few corporations did.
"Atlanta’s business establishment has embraced the three-day event," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. "Just about every major Atlanta-based corporation was represented: Coca-Cola, Cox, Delta, Home Depot and UPS each had large contingents."
Hmmm, Home Depot. Didn't we cats recently see a news story about an enormous Home Depot contribution to Herschel Walker's Senate campaign? Like nearly $2 million?
They deny it. "The company has not contributed to [Walker's] campaign," they said in a statement. "The contribution was from our co-founder Bernie Marcus, who left Home Depot more than 20 years ago."
Hmmm, again. As a follow-up, people are asking Home Depot how many shares of stock Marcus still owns. No response yet.
It's pretty neat that Home Depot is being put on the spot about this, but still — it sounds like they're trying to have it both ways on gay rights. Journalists shouldn't let them wriggle out of it. We cats HISS.
P.S. You can donate to Senator Raphael Warnock's campaign here.
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