Toyota suspends donations to Republicans trying to block Biden’s election

Toyota has said it will suspend donations to Republicans who are trying to reverse Joe Biden’s election after a week-long drive to force a car maker to make a sudden U-turn.

The company was shot dead after protests showed that its political committee had given more money to Republican lawmakers who voted against Biden’s victory in the election college than any other.

Toyota officials donated $ 56,000 to 38 Republican members who voted to release results in January, according to a review of last month’s earnings by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a monitoring group.

The carmaker initially responded to Crew’s scrutiny by saying he did not believe it was appropriate to judge Congress members based on their own vote in the election, but the company changed its mind Thursday.

“We understand that the PAC’s idea of ​​assisting elected members of Congress who opposed the results has upset others,” Toyota said.

The company added: “We are paying close attention to our partners and, in the meantime, have decided to suspend donations to members of Congress who opposed international sanctions on the 2020 elections.”

Jordan Libowitz, Crew’s medical superintendent, said: “We are grateful that Toyota has seen the light and has stopped giving donations to members of the rebel group. We should not force people to do the right thing, but we are glad it worked.”

Toyota is one of the largest organizations in the world was criticized for giving to Republicans who voted in favor of Biden’s election victory a few hours later Donald Trump supporters’ supporters seized the US Capitol and left several people dead. In total, 147 councilors, including eight cinemas, voted against the ticket.

Before returning to Toyota on Thursday, The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump PAC set up by Republicans at the end of last year’s election, launched an advertising campaign demanding customers to boycott the car manufacturer.

“It’s time to call Toyota’s corporate leadership,” a correspondent said at the time. “If they don’t think about how they send their money, Americans will think about where we send our money.”

Lincoln Project – which sought to change its leadership with the following strategies persecution and economic abuse – has said it will publish the same advertisements demanding that other companies offer them to lawmakers who voted against confirming the election results.

“Toyota made the right decision today,” the Lincoln Project said after the car manufacturer changed its position. “They have put democracy at the forefront of politics. We hope that all other American corporations follow their lead.”

Several major companies, including Facebook, Microsoft and JPMorgan Chase, have said so attracting or re-examining political contributions just before the uprising on January 6, when some companies said they would not cooperate with Republicans who refused to accept the permit.

But corporate finance has begun going back to the Republican fund in recent months, including from political service providers such as Cigna, Intel and T-Mobile. Revenue must be increased before next year’s by-elections, when all Congress parties are ready.