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1. Have corporations suddenly gone "woke"?
You won't find the answer in Marco Rubio's column in the New York Post.
Instead, let's look at the FACTS.
Follow along if interested. https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
You won't find the answer in Marco Rubio's column in the New York Post.
Instead, let's look at the FACTS.
Follow along if interested. https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
2. Yes, hundreds of corporations and executives have signed a letter saying they support voting rights and oppose voting restrictions.
But talk is cheap.
What are corporations DOING? https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
But talk is cheap.
What are corporations DOING? https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
3. @Patagonia called on corporations to take ACTION to support voting rights
- Donate $ to groups fighting against voter suppression laws
- Support H.R. 1 & the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
- Encourage biz partners to oppose state legislation https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
- Donate $ to groups fighting against voter suppression laws
- Support H.R. 1 & the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
- Encourage biz partners to oppose state legislation https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
4. How many corporations have joined @patagonia?
ONE
@bad_robot, JJ Abrams' production company
That's it
So what are other corporations doing? https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
ONE
@bad_robot, JJ Abrams' production company
That's it
So what are other corporations doing? https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
5. Nearly every major corporation is a member of the @USChamber
The @USChamber sent a letter on 4/13 warning Senators not to support the For The People Act (S1/HR1), which would protect and enhance voting rights nationwide https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
The @USChamber sent a letter on 4/13 warning Senators not to support the For The People Act (S1/HR1), which would protect and enhance voting rights nationwide https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
6. Note: The Chamber did not send out a broad statement of principles. When businesses want to impact policy, they know how to do it. They are very specific.
And they put $ behind it. The Chamber spends $80 million+ per year to influence federal policy https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
And they put $ behind it. The Chamber spends $80 million+ per year to influence federal policy https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
7. Meanwhile, corporations are still funding the politicians pushing voter suppression legislation across the country.
No company has pledged to divest as a result of these bills attacking voting rights.
( @Patagonia does not have a PAC) https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
No company has pledged to divest as a result of these bills attacking voting rights.
( @Patagonia does not have a PAC) https://popular.info/p/the-myth-of-the-woke-corporation
8. What Rubio and other Republicans are doing is called "working the refs"
They are pretending they have "gone to far" to dissuade them from going anywhere at all.
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They are pretending they have "gone to far" to dissuade them from going anywhere at all.
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