Toyota Makes About-Face, Stops Donating To GOP Objectors To Biden Poll Win

Toyota has reversed itself and now says its political action committee will no longer contribute to the Republican legislators who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

The move by the Japanese automaker comes after a social media backlash over the contributions, including threats to stop buying the company’s vehicles. “We understand that the PAC decision to support select members of Congress who contested the results troubled some stakeholders,”

Toyota said in a statement Thursday. “We are actively listening to our stakeholders, and at this time, have decided to stop contributing to those members of Congress who contested the certification of certain states in the 2020 election.”

Last week, the website Axios reported that Toyota led companies in donations to the 147 members of Congress who voted in January against certifying election results on the false grounds that the election was stolen from then-President Donald Trump.

The Axios report, based on data gathered by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), said that Toyota donated $55,000 to 37 Republican objectors this year. That number was more than double the amount donated by the second-highest donor, Cubic Corp., a defense contractor in San Francisco, Axios said.

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