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"We
have taken the destructive events at the Capitol to undermine a
legitimate and fair election into consideration and will be
pausing political giving from our Political Action Committee to
those who voted against certification of the election," Marriott
spokeswoman Connie Kim said, confirming a report in Popular
Information, a political newsletter.
BCBSA, the federation of 36 independent companies that provide
health care coverage for one in three Americans, said "in light
of this week’s violent, shocking assault on the United States
Capitol, and the votes of some members of Congress to subvert
the results of November’s election by challenging Electoral
College results, BCSBA will suspend contributions to those
lawmakers who voted to undermine our democracy."
Five people lost their lives, including a police officer, when
supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an
attempt to disrupt the formal recognition of his election
defeat. On Sunday a second Republican U.S. senator urged Trump
to resign, saying he could face criminal liability.
JPMorgan Chase said on Sunday that it will pause all
contributions from its political action committee for at least
the next six months, saying "the focus of business leaders,
political leaders, civic leaders right now should be on
governing and getting help to those who desperately need it most
right now. There will be plenty of time for campaigning later."
Citigroup Inc said in a memo to employees seen by Reuters that
it reviewed lawmakers who led the charge against the
certification of the Electoral College results and found it gave
$1,000 to the campaign of Republican Senator Josh Hawley.
"We want you to be assured that we will not support candidates
who do not respect the rule of law," wrote Candi Wolff, head of
Citi's global government affairs. "We intend to pause our
contributions during the quarter as the country goes through the
Presidential transition and hopefully emerges from these events
stronger and more united."
A Walmart Inc spokesman said it conducts a review after every
election cycle to "examine and adjust our political giving
strategy. As we conduct our review over the coming months we
will factor last week's events into our process."Other
companies, including Ford Motor Co, said they have made no
decisions about changes to giving.
In a related development, U.S. digital payments company Stripe
Inc will stop processing payments for Trump's campaign website
following the riot, a company spokesperson said.
(Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington, Jessica DiNapoli
in New York, and Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa
Shumaker and Daniel Wallis)
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