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>>> I FOUND IT COMPLETELY
DISCOURAGING TO FIND A BUNCH OF
CORPORATE CEOs GETTING IN THE
MIDDLE OF POLITICS.
MY ADVICE TO THE CORPORATE CEOs
OF AMERICA IS TO STAY OUT OF
POLITICS.
DON’T PICK SIDES IN THESE BIG
FIGHTS.
>> CORPORATE CEOs IN POLITICS?
PERISH THE THOUGHT.
WE POINTED OUT LAST NIGHT IT WAS
PRETTY RICH FOR SENATE MINORITY
LEADER MITCH McCONNELL, ARGUABLY
CORPORATE AMERICA’S BIGGEST
CHAMPION IN LAST SEVERAL
DECADES.
TODAY HE REPEATED WARNING BUT
ADDED AN IMPORTANT CAVEAT.
>> MY WARNING IF YOU WILL TO
CORPORATE AMERICA IS TO STAY OUT
OF POLITICS.
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU’RE DESIGNED
FOR.
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTIONS, MOST OF THEM
CONTRIBUTE TO BOTH SIDES, THEY
HAVE POLITICAL ACTION
COMMITTEES, THAT’S FINE, LEGAL,
APPROPRIATE, I SUPPORT THAT.
I’M TALKING ABOUT TAKING A
POSITION ON A HIGHLY INCENDIARY
ISSUE LIKE THIS, AND PUNISHING A
COMMUNITY OR A STATE BECAUSE YOU
DON’T LIKE A PARTICULAR LAW THEY
PASSED.
I JUST THINK IT’S STUPID.
>> MY WORD, EVERYONE GET THAT?
MITCH McCONNELL WANTS
CORPORATIONS TO KEEP GIVING HIM
MONEY, JUST DOESN’T WANT THEM
TAKING PUBLIC OPINIONS ON LAWS
AND STUFF.
THERE’S NO ONE MORE INVESTED IN
CORPORATIONS BEING INVOLVED IN
POLITICS THAN MITCH McCONNELL.
REALLY NOT AN OVERSTATEMENT.
GETTING CORPORATIONS POLITICAL
ACCESS HAS BEEN ONE OF HIS
LIFE’S PROJECTS, DESTROYING
EVERYTHING RELATED TO CAMPAIGN
FINANCE REFORM, USING EXTREMELY
AGGRESSIVE THEORY OF THE FIRST
AMENDMENT THAT YOU CAN’T
RESTRICT SPENDING OF
CORPORATIONS ON ADVERTISING OR
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES BECAUSE
THEN YOU’RE INSFRINKFRINGING ON
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO SPEAK
PUBLICLY ABOUT CONTENTIOUS
ISSUES.
THAT’S HEART OF THE THEORY.
QUARTER CENTURY AGO REPUBLICANS
BLOCKED THE McCAIN-FEINGOLD
BILL.
SAID IT’S DEAD, NOT GOING TO
PASS.
HE WAS WRONG BUT HE DID
EVERYTHING TO GET RID OF IT.
INCLUDING BECOMING FACE OF THE
CASE CHALLENGING THE LAW,
McCONNELL VERSUS FEC, MADE IT TO THE SUPREME COURT, FAILED.
THE SUPREME COURT, FAILED.
EVENTUALLY EMERGED VICTORIOUS IN
CITIZENS UNITED CASE FOUND THAT
SPENDING FOR POLITICAL ADS IN
CAMPAIGN SEASON IS FREE SPEECH.
CAN YOU FORM AN ENTITY FOR
IMPACTING THE ELECTION AND SPEND
UNLIMITED DOLLARS, NO SPENDING
LIMITS, WE GET SUPERPACS, FIRST
AMENDMENT LETS THERE BE THAT.
McCONNELL’S DEVOTION TO
CORPORATE INTERESTS PAID OFF FOR
HIM SPECIFICALLY.
DAYS BEFORE THE 2020 ELECTION
LEADING ALL SENATORS IN
COMPETITIVE RACES CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM S&P 100 CPOs, NOT A LOT OF
DEMOCRATS TOP OF THAT LIST.
FEW CORPORATIONS SAID THEY
OPPOSE A REPUBLICAN LAW, HAVEN’T
DONE ANYTHING, AND MITCH
McCONNELL SAYS THEY SHOULD JUST
SHUT THE HELL UP AND KEEP THE
MONEY FLOWING INTO HIS CAMPAIGN
COFFERS, MONEY IS SPEECH BUT
SPEECH IS NOT SPEECH.
THAT’S BECAUSE NONE OF THIS WAS