McConnell Backtracks on Telling Corporations To Stay Out of Politics: ‘I Didn’t Say That Very Artfully’
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is walking back his warning to corporations to “stay out of politics.” Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, McConnell said, “I didn’t say that very artfully yesterday…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is walking back his warning to corporations to “stay out of politics.”
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, McConnell said, “I didn’t say that very artfully yesterday. They’re certainly entitled to be involved in politics. They are.”
“My principal complaint is they didn’t read the darn bill. The president of the United States called the bill a Jim Crow exercise to suppress voter turnout — presumably based on race because that’s what the Jim Crow allegation is,” he continued.
He sarcastically added, “That bastion of conservatism The Washington Post gave the president four Pinocchios for lying about it.”
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On Tuesday, the Kentucky lawmaker claimed it is “stupid” that corporate executives are speaking out to criticize a controversial new voting law in Georgia.
“So my warning, if you will, to corporate America is to stay out of politics,” he said, adding, “It’s not what you’re designed for. And don’t be intimidated by the left into taking up causes that put you right in the middle of one of America’s greatest political debates.”
“You know, Republicans drink Coca-Cola, too. And we fly. And we like baseball. This is a pretty competitive political environment in America, as I just pointed out a 50-50 Senate. If I were running a major corporation, I’d stay out of politics.”