Payment processing company with Stripe President Trump
Donald Trump Capitol police chief who has just denounced accuses House and Senate security officials of thwarting efforts to convene the National Guard: WaPo PGA announces plans to move 2022 championship to Trump property .the campaign after his supporters revolted at the Capitol last week, a person familiar with the matter confirmed Sunday in The Hill.
Stripe, a San Francisco-based company that handles online card payments for multiple businesses, will stop processing payments to the campaign, saying the campaign violated its anti-violence policies after a pro-Trump mob stormed. and vandalize the Capitol.
The company requests that users not charge for “high-risk” activities, including companies or organizations that “participate in, encourage, promote, or engage in unlawful violence or physical harm to persons or property.” agreement on your website.
The Wall Street Journal reported for the first time that the company was ending its relationship with the campaign.
The Trump campaign did not immediately return any requests for comment.
The news of Stripe’s separation from the president’s campaign came after other tech companies punished Trump and his campaign.
Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account and Facebook declared that the president could not have access until at least the president-elect Joe Biden
Joe Biden: Capitol police chief accuses House and Senate security officials of thwarting efforts to convene the National Guard: WaPo PGA announces plans to move the 2022 championship to Trump’s property.inauguration. The email provider that helped the campaign distribute its emails also suspended access after the riots.
Apple and Google also stopped offering Parler, the right-wing social networking site frequented by conservatives and Trump supporters, in their app stores, saying the platform does not control its content and that Amazon Web Services said that it would not host the site until it increased content moderation.
Companies respond after pro-Trump riots broke into the Capitol building last week, forcing lawmakers to flee to safe places and both chambers to stop their debates on the Electoral College.
Trump had summoned his supporters to come to DC on Jan. 6 to protest Congress’ certification of Electoral College results confirming Biden’s victory. Prior to the riots, he encouraged his supporters in a speech to march to the Capitol and reiterated his unfounded claims that widespread voter fraud affected the election.
Marriott International Inc. and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announced that they would stop corporate donations to any legislator who voted to oppose the Electoral College vote after the riots.