Thread by @JuddLegum, 1. In January, The Rule of Law Defense Fund, the policy arm [...]

1. In January, The Rule of Law Defense Fund, the policy arm of the @RepublicanAGs, sent robocalls urging people to "March to Congress" on 1/6 and "stop the steal"

Now the @RepublicanAGs have PROMOTED the head of The Rule of Law Defense Fund to lead their entire organization

2. The decision to promote Peter Bisbee to exec director of @RepublicanAGs is controversial even w/i the organization.

The chairman of @RepublicanAGs, @ChrisCarr_Ga, abruptly resigned, citing "vastly opposite views of the significance of the events of January 6"

3. “I felt we needed to go in a new direction. Some in the organization did not believe this was necessary." Georgia Attorney General @ChrisCarr_Ga said https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/gop-group-promotes-operative-behind-robocalls-urging-march-to-capitol/LFGJJDRGXFFN7KH2NUP5ZMZ6VA/

GOP group promotes operative behind robocalls urging march to Capitol

A political operative whose organization sent out robocalls urging Donald Trump supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol before the deadly Jan. 6 attack was promoted on Thursday to lead a prominent...

https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/gop-group-promotes-operative-behind-robocalls-urging-march-to-capitol/LFGJJDRGXFFN7KH2NUP5ZMZ6VA/

4. @Facebook, which donated 50K to the @RepublicanAGs in 2020, told Popular Information in January that it would not donate in the future "until they put safeguards in place to prevent something like this from happening again"

That doesn't appear to be happening.

5. @DoorDash, which donated 25K to the @RepublicanAGs said its donations were paused until the organization takes "appropriate steps have been taken to address this very serious issue." https://popular.info/p/after-riot-major-corporations-suspend

After riot, major corporations suspend donations to the Republican Attorneys General Association

The violent riot at the United States Capitol last week did not magically appear. First, millions of people had to be whipped into a frenzy over bogus charges of voter fraud. Then, a critical mass of...

6. Other major corporate donors to the @RepublicanAGs stayed silent after 1/6. Will they continue to support an org that promoted the person responsible for the robocalls?

@comcast (210K)
@Walmart (140K)
@HomeDepot (125K)
@Match (125K)
@amazon (100K) https://popular.info/p/after-riot-major-corporations-suspend

After riot, major corporations suspend donations to the Republican Attorneys General Association

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