Microsoft's June PAC filing is out, and shows that last month Microsoft decided to join Google in donating to Greg Gianforte, the Montana congressman who assaulted a journalist.pic.twitter.com/xKup4Y7N0C
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Greg Walden was one of 7 republicans to flip his vote in 2016 on an amendment protecting LGBT workers from discrimination by Federal contractors (see https://www.rollcall.com/news/democrats-pounce-vulnerable-republicans-suspected-switching-vote-lgbt-protections …). Microsoft gave him $3500 on May 22, as it was gearing up for its #pride PR pushpic.twitter.com/TbftMLgN32
And finally we have this donation of $1000 from Microsoft to far-right congressman Mark Walker, who famously referred to his women colleagues as "eye candy" during a 2017 press conference (https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/26/politics/mark-walker-eye-candy-remarks/index.html …).pic.twitter.com/riIkUsQZpw
I know employees at Microsoft are doing extraordinary work to get this PAC defunded. If you work there and want to help, reach out to your coworkers who are donating to Microsoft's PAC—the full list is here: https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/226/201906199150098226/201906199150098226.pdf …. Make sure they know what they're donating to.
Microsoft has made some bold statements in the context of #pride and more generally. So hold their feet to the fire! Their political giving is so out of touch with their stated values that one of them has to give. As Apple and IBM have demonstrated, you don't need a PAC at all.
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