Appearing on CNN the morning after Christmas, a former Democratic member of the House dismissed business executives shoveling cash to Donald Trump for his inauguration after having pledged to never donate to election deniers following the Jan. 6 riot.
Reacting to a report from the Wall Street Journal that exposed at least 11 large corporations that have gone back on their vow to close their coffers to anyone tied to the insurrection that forced lawmakers to flee for their lives, ex-Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) said those execs are fooling themselves if they think they will get back in the president-elect's good graces.
Asked by fill-in host Danny Freeman, "When the Wall Street Journal asked the companies why they're donating now, despite some of them swearing it off after January 6th, one company representative responded with this: 'People just really want to move forward and move on, the election results were very clear.' Former congressman, what's your reaction to that?"
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"Look, God bless them, they're full of it, right?" Rose shot back. "I mean, two years ago, you care about one thing, and now you obviously don't."
"It's clear that what they are in it for is their shareholder interest," he added. "And maybe that had always been the case, but certainly that should be a message to Democrats, right? That none of these groups, corporate or otherwise, are in your camp permanently. Rather, the people that should be in your camp permanently and you in their camp are working people."
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