Company PACs affiliated with Fortune 500 corporations and their commerce teams have donated $21.5 million to GOP lawmakers who objected to the 2020 election outcomes, in keeping with a brand new report from the liberal advocacy group Accountable.US.

Most corporations have resumed making PAC donations to Republicans who voted in opposition to certifying President Biden’s win after initially pausing their political giving following the Jan. 6, 2021 capitol assault. 

Only a few massive companies are nonetheless ruling out donations to the entire 147 GOP objectors — which embrace lawmakers in line to win management positions or committee gavels relying on the outcomes of November’s elections — as an alternative opting to not bankroll a small variety of Republicans who proceed to make inaccurate and inflammatory statements concerning the 2020 election. 

That hasn’t stopped corporations from giving huge to lawmakers who’re attacking the credibility of the Jan. 6 choose committee even because it reveals new particulars about former President Trump’s obvious efforts to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election and his refusals to sentence Jan. 6 rioters.

Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who repeatedly bashes the committee for refusing to incorporate pro-Trump Republicans, is the highest recipient of Fortune 500 cash amongst election objectors, receiving $696,000. Raytheon, Humana and Citigroup have been amongst his donors final month, in keeping with Federal Election Fee filings. 

Home Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), who is about to talk at Trump’s Washington, D.C., summit this week alongside McCarthy and several other different Home Republicans, took in $612,500 from company PACs.

Residence Depot is the highest donor to election objectors amongst Fortune 500 corporations, giving $420,000 via its PAC. Federal contractors Boeing and Lockheed Martin and second and third, donating $367,500 and $326,000 respectively. 

“Corporations that declare to help democracy however fail to align their political spending with their acknowledged values must make it clear to their clients, shareholders, and personal workers that they worth one thing far more — having political affect over lawmakers regardless of how harmful their views,” Accountable.US President Kyle Herrig mentioned in an announcement.