Microsoft Ends Donations To GOP Insurrectionists

The Verge reports:

Microsoft has announced that it will suspend all donations for the upcoming 2022 election cycle for any members of Congress, state officials, and organizations that voted to object to the certification of electors in the 2020 election or supported attempting to overturn the election.

The company temporarily suspended all political contributions after the January 6th attack on the Capitol, with Microsoft taking the time to decide “whether to suspend further donations to individuals who voted against certification of the Electoral College.”

Today’s announcement makes that decision a permanent one for the coming election cycle, but only for politicians who attempted to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. (Other politicians will still be eligible for Microsoft’s donations.)

Read the full article. Other major tech firms including Facebook and Google “temporarily” suspended such donations after the riot. Microsoft appears to be the first to make it permanent.

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— The Verge (@verge) February 5, 2021