Hundreds of business executives signed a letter released Wednesday condemning efforts to restrict voting rights across the country in response to several Republican-led bills after Republicans urged companies to stay out of the politics.
The New York Times reported that the letter, which will appear in Times and Washington Post advertisements, was signed by executives from major brands such as Google, Amazon, Netflix and Starbucks, and is understood as a nonpartisan expression. of support for voting rights.
“It should be clear that there is overwhelming support in corporate America for the principle of voting rights,” Kenneth Chenault, charter organizer and former CEO of American Express, told the Times.
The statement also does not mention specific bills, which allow companies to avoid taking specific policy positions against individual legislation.
“We’re not being prescriptive,” Chenault added to the Times. “There is no answer.”
Several companies that recently protested against recently passed laws in Georgia, including Coca-Cola and Home Depot, did not sign the letters, which come after the Republican reaction to statements condemning the new voting restrictions of Georgia state-based brands.
Leader of the Senate majority Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch), Mitchell McConnell, McConnell is trying to end the dispute with the signal from the Trump Senate Republican Party that they will not debate Colin Powell’s hate crime bill on Afghanistan: “We’ve done everything that we can do “MORE (R-Ky.) He has called on corporations to remain politically neutral, and criticized last week: “My warning to corporate America is to stay out of politics.”
In a statement to the Times on the letter, a Home Depot spokesman said “the most appropriate approach we need to take is to continue to stress our belief that all elections must be accessible, fair and safe.”
A spokesman for JP Morgan Chase, who also failed to sign the letter, added to the Times: “Last month we made our firm statement on the critical importance of all citizens being able to exercise their fundamental right to vote.”
Republicans in many states are considering voting restrictions, including bans on supplying food and drink to those waiting in line, and reducing access to the ballot. Democrats and voting experts have accused the party of targeting minority voters who vote more for Democrats with restrictions aimed at deterring people from running in elections.
President Biden
Joe BidenIRS will launch payments for a thousand child tax credits in July to Capitol police, telling him not to use the most aggressive tactics in responding to the riots. According to a report, Biden will accompany the first lady to the appointment for a “common medical procedure” MORE has joined the criticism and referred to the new laws passed in Georgia as “Jim Crow in the 21st Century” last month.