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1. BREAKING
3 major corporations say they'll suspend donations to the Republican Attorneys General Association, which helped drive participation in last Wed's events
@Facebook
@Lyft
@DoorDash
Follow along for more on these 3 plus 60 other corpshttps://popular.info/p/after-riot-major-corporations-suspend …
2. University of Phoenix (@UOPX) is taking things a step further.
The for-profit university, which donated $50,400 to RAGA last year, is demanding its money back
"We have asked RAGA to return our contribution to us as soon as possible."https://popular.info/p/after-riot-major-corporations-suspend …
3. @Lyft tells http://popular.info that it "not be renewing our membership in RAGA for 2021"
@Facebook says it was "surprised and appalled" by the RAGA's conducthttps://popular.info/p/after-riot-major-corporations-suspend …
4. @DoorDash says that "Any individual or organization that encouraged or facilitated this horrific behavior must be held accountable."
All this is a wakeup call for the Republican Attorneys General Association, which has accepted NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS INVOLVEMENT
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6. The Republican Attorneys General Association, through its policy arm the Rule of Law Defense Fund (RLDF), sent a robo-call urging "patriots" to congregate at the White House and then "march to Congress" to "stop the steal."https://popular.info/p/after-riot-major-corporations-suspend …
7. RAGA also played a key role in setting the predicate for what devolved into a violent riot. Starting weeks before the election, the organization pushed conspiracy theories suggesting Democrats were conspiring to "steal" the election. https://popular.info/p/after-riot-major-corporations-suspend …pic.twitter.com/ICqJ3J0ED0
8. http://Popular.info heard from several other major RAGA donors.
@Yelp ($15,375) said it was "suspending and reviewing our political contributions in light of last week's events."https://popular.info/p/after-riot-major-corporations-suspend …
9. A number of corporate donors expressed concerns about RAGA's activities without explicitly addressing future donations to the group.
@Microsoft
@smiledirectclub
Eli Lilly (@LillyPad)
Johnson & Johnson (@JNJNews)https://popular.info/p/after-riot-major-corporations-suspend …
I LOVE the approach of asking for the money back.
Any word on if any of the sports teams have removed their affiliations with this mess?
Yeah Phoenix university has changed the name of its football team from Phoenix Magas to Phoenix Football Team.
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