OP-ED: If Mitch McConnell is a hypocrite on corporations and politics, he s not alone
Michael McGough
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is catching flak for suggesting that businesses should stay out of politics except, of course, when it comes to bankrolling campaigns?
McConnell was reacting to criticism of Georgia s new election law by Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola (although their criticism came after the bill was enacted). Major League Baseball also has acted, pulling the All Star game out of Atlanta. Republicans drink Coca-Cola too, and we fly and we like baseball, McConnell said on Tuesday, adding: It s irritating one hell of a lot of Republican fans. He said that if I were running a major corporation, I d stay out of politics. But he also said that I m not talking about political contributions made by corporate political action committees.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is catching flak for suggesting that businesses should stay out of politics â except, of course, when it comes to bankrolling campaigns?
McConnell was reacting to criticism of Georgiaâs new election law by Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola (although their criticism came after the bill was enacted). Major League Baseball also has acted, pulling the All Star game out of Atlanta.
âRepublicans drink Coca-Cola too, and we fly and we like baseball,â McConnell said on Tuesday, adding: âItâs irritating one hell of a lot of Republican fans.â He said that âif I were running a major corporation, Iâd stay out of politics.â But he also said that âIâm not talking about political contributionsâ made by corporate political action committees.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is catching flak for suggesting that businesses should stay out of politics except, of course, when it comes to bankrolling campaigns?
McConnell was reacting to criticism of Georgia s new election law by Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola (although their criticism came after the bill was enacted). Major League Baseball also has acted, pulling the All Star game out of Atlanta. Republicans drink Coca-Cola too, and we fly and we like baseball, McConnell said on Tuesday, adding: It s irritating one hell of a lot of Republican fans. He said that if I were running a major corporation, I d stay out of politics. But he also said that I m not talking about political contributions made by corporate political action committees.
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal holds a news conference to announce legislation that would tax the net worth of the U.S. s wealthiest individuals at the U.S. Capitol on March 1, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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