RandomGuy
01-08-2021, 01:33 PM
Corporate-backed conservative groups like the US Chamber of Commerce, the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity, and companies like Chevron have all issued statements decrying Wednesday’s occupation of the Capitol — without acknowledging the role they played in helping elect the politicians who egged on and fueled the attempt to overturn the presidential election.
Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman on Thursday said the riot at the US Capitol this week was “appalling and an affront to the democratic values we hold dear as Americans” — but Schwarzman is one of a number of GOP benefactors suddenly pretending to be shocked and outraged at the mayhem fomented by the politicians they bankroll.
In the last twenty-four hours, groups like the US Chamber of Commerce and the Koch network’s Americans for Prosperity and companies like Chevron have issued similar statements, without acknowledging the role they’ve played in helping elect the politicians who egged on and fueled the attempt to overturn the election. None of them have pledged to stop funding the Republicans politicians who egged on the insurrection and tried to overturn the election.
The question now is whether these sponsors will face any consequences for their decisions to fund a political movement that tried to effectively end American democracy.
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https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/insurrection-capitol-steve-schwarzman-trump-republican/
Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman on Thursday said the riot at the US Capitol this week was “appalling and an affront to the democratic values we hold dear as Americans” — but Schwarzman is one of a number of GOP benefactors suddenly pretending to be shocked and outraged at the mayhem fomented by the politicians they bankroll.
In the last twenty-four hours, groups like the US Chamber of Commerce and the Koch network’s Americans for Prosperity and companies like Chevron have issued similar statements, without acknowledging the role they’ve played in helping elect the politicians who egged on and fueled the attempt to overturn the election. None of them have pledged to stop funding the Republicans politicians who egged on the insurrection and tried to overturn the election.
The question now is whether these sponsors will face any consequences for their decisions to fund a political movement that tried to effectively end American democracy.
...
https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/insurrection-capitol-steve-schwarzman-trump-republican/