The sociable relationship between Republicans and business is no secret in Washington; the party’s last major legislative achievement was a tax reduction bill that focused on shaving off the corporate tax rate. But the relationship changed in the early weeks of Joe Biden’s presidency.
Also, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, asked on Monday whether he would cancel his membership at the Augusta National Golf Club, the site of the upcoming Masters golf tournament. Rubio predicted that Manfred would not do it because it would require a personal sacrifice, as opposed to the awakened corporate virtue of moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta. ‘
And in March, McConnell joined several GOP senators in a letter to the business community asking him to oppose efforts to stop the outcome of an Iowa home race. Some businesses have indicated they will suspend the donations to Republicans who have joined former President Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election results, especially after the riot at the Capitol.
‘I remember the road back when the Democrats and the elite institution said it was dead wrong for Washington, DC, to block state-certified election results. No, wait, that was two months ago, ‘McConnell said two weeks ago.
Since then, MLB has pulled the All-Star Game out of Georgia under pressure from Biden and other Democrats calling the new voting law a form of modern “Jim Crow” restrictions. Passed after Biden and two candidates from the Democratic Senate in Georgia prevailed, the law expands the requirements of voter identity and makes changes to the early and voting vote in the state.
McConnell said “no one really thinks this current dispute comes close to the horrific racist brutality of segregation.”
“From electoral law to environmentalism to radical social agendas to the Second Amendment, parts of the private sector continue to act like a parallel government,” McConnell said Monday. “Businesses must not use economic blackmail to spread disinformation and bad news. to express ideas. that citizens at the ballot box reject. ”