Meet the Corporations That Went Back on Their Word Not to Support the Sedition Caucus

Following the January 6 insurrection, a number of private companies declared that they would not give political contributions to politicians who had sought to overturn the election. It was a signal moment. And what has happened to these pledges since then is instructive.

Consider Toyota. In January Toyota pledged not to support the Sedition Caucus. But then The DC-based government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington discovered that Toyota had quietly reversed course and started giving to anti-democratic politicians again. Then, on July 8, the Lincoln Project produced a video highlighting the company’s turnaround. At which point...