Exxon donated to members of Congress, including Senator Ted Cruz, who voted to overturn the election results
Ads will micro-target and geo-target Exxon employees to build internal and external pressure to stop funding Ted Cruz and Republican seditionists
End Citizens United launched an $100,000 ad campaign targeting four corporations, including ExxonMobil which is headquartered in Texas, that contributed to the campaigns of Republicans like Senator Ted Cruz who voted to overturn the election and spread misinformation, helping to incite the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The corporations include: JPMorgan Chase, Exxon, CVS, and FedEx. The ad campaign is designed to persuade the corporations to stop supporting these Republicans. ExxonMobil PAC has given $116,500 to the eight seditious Senators over the course of their careers.
The ads are micro-targeted and geo-targeted to employees of the corporations to spread awareness of the contributions and help build internal and external pressure on companies to cut off the funding. The corporations, including Exxon, have either made no comment, paused their donations, or are reevaluating their corporate PAC contributions.
“The CEO and high-level executives at Exxon need to do some serious soul-searching. They need to decide if funding anti-democracy politicians like Ted Cruz is more important than democracy itself. In this defining moment, we urge these corporations to be part of the solution by heeding the calls for change,” said Tiffany Muller, president of End Citizens United. “Exxon is on the hook for underwriting a misinformation campaign to overturn the election results which led to the deadly assault on the Capitol. Employees of corporations like Exxon should demand a refund from those members of Congress or at the very least stop funding them.”
Following End Citizens United’s call on AT&T and Comcast to stop donating to electoral objectors, the two corporations suspended their political giving to the politicians who challenged the Electoral College results.
See below for sample ads:
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