Bow to your new oligarchy overlords.
More than 100 chief executives and corporate leaders gathered online Saturday to discuss taking new action to combat the controversial state voting bills being considered across the country, including the one recently signed into law in Georgia.
Executives from major airlines, retailers and manufacturers — plus at least one NFL owner — talked about potential ways to show they opposed the controversial legislation, including by halting donations to politicians who support the bills and even delaying investments in states that pass the restrictive measures
It’s all about the shareholders, right? Or wrecking companies and states in order to elect Democrats, shareholders be damned.
Election security is a problem when Democrats want to commit fraud, but not in states controlled by Democrats that Republicans aren’t expected to win.
With some CEOs chiming in from Augusta National Golf Course, site of the Masters PGA golf tournament, attendees on the high-level Zoom call included leaders from the health care, media and transportation sectors and some of the nation’s leading law and investment firms.
This is what they call an oligarchy.
“There was humor and mockery about that,” said one participant, adding that another person on the call “made a reference to ‘just give us your money and stay quiet.’
Also, the message that the oligarchs have for shareholders and consumers.
Attendees included Arthur Blank, owner of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons; James Murdoch and his wife, Kathryn Hufschmid; Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Theatres; Brad Karp, chairman of the law firm, Paul, Weiss; Mellody Hobson, co-CEO of Ariel Investments; Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart; Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines; Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines; Chip Bergh, chairman of Levi Strauss Company; Reid Hoffman, CEO of LinkedIn, multiple people familiar with the meeting told CBS News.
Bob Bakish, president and CEO of ViacomCBS, also attended the meeting.
Among those who spoke on Saturday’s call were Kenneth Chenault, the former CEO of American Express, and Kenneth Frazier, the chief executive of Merck
Did AMC get permission from the Chinese Communist Party for this move? What’s the Chicom position on voting rights?
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