Total will not renew its membership in the American Petroleum Institute (API) for 2021 due to divergences with the main U.S. oil lobby over climate policies
In November, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (left) became the chair of the Republican Attorneys General Association, while Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (right) became RAGA s policy chair and chair of the group s Rule of Law Defense Fund, which was among the sponsors of the Trump rally preceding the U.S. Capitol Riot and sent out robocalls urging people to march to the Capitol to stop the steal. (Official portraits.)
After its nonprofit subsidiary promoted lies about election fraud and made a robocall ahead of the Capitol riot urging Trump supporters to march there to stop the steal, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) a political spending group that promotes the election of GOP state AGs is under fire for its role in the campaign to block certification of the presidential election.
Sen. Josh Hawley (Photo by congress.gov via Getty Images)
On Jan. 6, 147 Republican members of Congress voted against certifying President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory, supporting baseless claims of election fraud, a false narrative pushed by President Donald Trump that stoked an angry mob that invaded the Capitol, resulting in five deaths.
In the wake of the attack, a growing list of America’s most powerful corporations are pledging to amend their policies on contributions made by their PACs. OpenSecrets compiled a list of the corporations that have made statements so far, which can be found here.
However, not all of the businesses’ promises are the same. Some say they’ll pause political giving to the 147 members of Congress who voted against certifying the results of the presidential election. Others say they will pause all political giving entirely, freezing out both Democrats and Republicans.
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