Complicity

By Baxter

Remember how encouraged we all were when corporations cut off their campaign contributions to Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election? Well, guess what: They've started donating again.

Companies that originally stopped giving to the GOP's democracy destroyers — but who obviously hoped they could "quietly" resume donations — include Walmart, Cigna, General Electric, Pfizer (AUGH!), Home Depot (no surprise), AT&T and JetBlue. These are in addition to Toyota, which has been enduring a public relations nightmare since it lamely tried to justify becoming not just a donor but the leading donor to Republicans who refused to certify Joe Biden's 2020 victory. Boy, are we cats glad our humans drive Subarus.

It's is all disgusting, of course, but at least CREW has been monitoring this corporate perfidy, and tweeps are calling it out. We're also hopeful that the select committee Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced will help uncover further GOP connivance — so the insurrectionists' accomplices can not only be starved of corporate money but tossed out of Congress altogether.

At the very least, we'd love to see Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, Mo Brooks, Matt Gaetz and any other Republicans who gave tours or otherwise assisted the storming of the Capitol be forced to give 11 straight hours of testimony to this committee, Benghazi-style. But then, not everybody has the smarts and stamina of Hillary Clinton. We cats HISS.