'Democracy Pledge' Aims To Put Businesses On The Spot Over Trump's Election Lie

[DonViejo]

03/20/2021 06:00 am ET

The group will ask companies to acknowledge that Biden won fairly and to refuse to support candidates spreading conspiracy theories about a stolen election.

By S.V. Date

WASHINGTON ― A former federal prosecutor has launched a campaign to press American businesses to openly reject the core assertion that former President Donald Trump and many in his party continue to make, that the 2020 election was somehow illegitimate.

“The 2020 presidential election was free and fair, and produced accurate, reliable results,” reads the explanation behind the “Democracy Pledge” that Glenn Kirschner hopes to put before “every company in the country” in the coming months. “Those who sought to undermine or otherwise refused to acknowledge these results, share responsibility for the civil unrest after the election, culminating in violence at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.”

The pledge includes a declaration of “valuing, affirming and supporting democracy,” and of affirming “that the election of Joseph R. Biden and Kamala Harris was free, fair and legitimate.”

The final piece asks companies to “not support, donate to or endorse politicians, political campaigns or political action committees that promoted false conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 presidential elections (or otherwise acted in ways contrary to a representative democracy).”

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[Wounded Bear]

1. Meh, looks like political theatrics to me. Not a fan...nt

[VarryOn]

2. A lot of companies do not want to be involved in politics...

If I owned one, I wouldn't play that game. Hard enough to do business without staking out political positions.

[hedda_foil]

3. Check your title line

[VarryOn]

4. Thanks...I hadn't finished my coffee before typing! Nt