WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 03: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) answers questions during a press conference following a weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol on December 03, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Getty)
This week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) told corporations not to speak out on political issues. The Kentucky senator warned “corporate America to stay out of politics.” McConnell who has a long history to collecting millions from U.S. firms, quickly added, “I’m not talking about political contributions.”
McConnell’s comments came at a Tuesday news conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in which the senator was discussing the MLB’s decision to move their All-Star game out of Georgia in protest of the state’s new restrictive voting law. Since Georgia passed the law, several corporations including Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola have condemned the law.
“You know, Republicans drink Coca-Cola, too,” McConnell said to reporters. “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.”
“It’s not what you’re designed for,” McConnell said. “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.”
Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter!
A week of political news in your in-box.
We find the news you need to know, so you don't have to.
“I’m not talking about political contributions,” McConnell added. “Most of them contribute to both sides, they have political action committees, that’s fine. It’s legal, it’s appropriate, I support that. I’m talking about taking a position on a highly incendiary issue like this and punishing a community or a state, because you don’t like a particular law that passed, I just think it’s stupid.”
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order that will expand involuntary treatment for people…
Infamous financier Jeffrey Epstein's newly surfaced 50th birthday book from 2003 reportedly contains messages from…
With many of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Club World Cup tournaments scheduled…
During an interview with Fox Business on Tuesday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) froze during his…
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 38%, the lowest level in his second…
Right-wing conservative Candace Owens accused President Donald Trump of thinking his voters are "stupid," amid…