End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller released the below statement on news that Toyota has ended its pause in PAC donations by giving to Congressman Alex Mooney (VA-02), a lawmaker who voted to overturn the voters’ will in the 2020 election, helping to incite the Capitol insurrection. Toyota paused its PAC giving in January and claimed it was assessing “future PAC criteria.”
“Toyota’s decision to pause its corporate PAC giving in January was not in response to the abhorrent attack on our nation’s Capitol, it was about avoiding scrutiny for supporting members of Congress who peddled the Big Lie and voted to overturn the will of the voters. Apparently, after a three month review, Toyota came to the conclusion that sedition does not violate their PAC criteria. They decided that gaining access and influence with Rep. Mooney was more important than the integrity of our democracy. History will remember Toyota’s role in not only underwriting, but rewarding, a deadly assault on the Capitol.”
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