2. The trove of information comes from @nabpac, the trade association for corporate PACs.
Board members include @Microsoft, @KraftHeinzCo, @LillyPad, @HomeDepot, and @Cigna.
It's an unprecedented look behind the curtain.https://popular.info/p/exclusive-how-corporate-pacs-are …
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3. A March
@nabpac webinar featured GOP operative@MikeDuHaime DuHaime said corps should not feel pressured to withhold money from GOP objectors but should "do what's right for your organization" and "deal with the fallout." https://popular.info/p/exclusive-how-corporate-pacs-are …pic.twitter.com/dcihjKGaDk
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@MikeDuHaime told representatives from corporate PACs that resuming contributions to Republican objectors "most likely… would be a one day story and most likely you are not going to lose customer share over it."https://popular.info/p/exclusive-how-corporate-pacs-are …Show this thread -
5. DuHaime provided a hypothetical series of "tough" questions: "Why did you give to this person? This person voted after a Capitol insurrection where a police officer was killed, and you decided to max out to that person? Why did you do that?"https://popular.info/p/exclusive-how-corporate-pacs-are …
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6. DuHaime said that is a "really tough question" but "there is probably a good answer." One suggested response DuHaime offered is that the Republican objector "supported ten other things that are important to your industry."https://popular.info/p/exclusive-how-corporate-pacs-are …
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7. This report is part of http://popular.info ’s ongoing effort to hold corporations accountable for their political activity. For updates and more accountability journalism, sign up http://popular.info/subscribe
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8. Corporations cannot, according to
@MikeDuHaime, tell a reporter that it made a donation because "this person has power over us and we need access to that person" even if that is "exactly what you are doing."https://popular.info/p/exclusive-how-corporate-pacs-are …Show this thread -
9. DuHaime recommends establishing a more palatable public pretext for the donation. He advises corporations should "figure out ways to justify that [donation] externally that go just beyond the fact that this is someone who is in power today."https://popular.info/p/exclusive-how-corporate-pacs-are …
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10. On April 13,
@nabpac hosted another webinar called "News From The Frontline" which featured companies like@Cigna and@Tmobile which had broken their pledges to suspend donations to Republican objectors These corporations are being held out as modelshttps://popular.info/p/exclusive-how-corporate-pacs-are …Show this thread -
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@nabpac also held "a special briefing" for members with Matt Moon, Deputy Executive Director of the@NRSC on April 6. The@NRSC is chaired by@SenRickScott, who voted to overturn the electionhttps://popular.info/p/exclusive-how-corporate-pacs-are …Show this thread
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