Disney halts contributions to lawmakers who opposed Biden certification

The Walt Disney Co. is joining a number of other corporations that announced it will not make contributions in 2021 to lawmakers who voted against certifying the Electoral College votes for President-Elect Joe Biden.

“The insurrection at our nation’s Capitol was a direct assault on one of our country’s most revered tenets: the peaceful transition of power,” Disney said in a statement. “In the immediate aftermath of that appalling siege, members of Congress had an opportunity to unite — an opportunity that some sadly refused to embrace.”

The votes by the 121 House and 7 Senate Republican members took place after angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to stop the peaceful transfer of power. Five people died in the insurrection the send lawmakers into hiding and interrupting the initial Electoral Collect vote.

Disney joins companies like Amazon, AT&T, ConocoPhillips , CitiGroup, Comcast, Dow, Facebook, General Electric, JPMorgan Chase and UPS, who announced they were halting campaign donations.

Disney did not donate to either Biden or Trump’s election campaigns, nor their PACs, according to a review of donations on OpenSecrets.org run by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit research group tracking money in U.S. politics.

According to a review of political donations by Disney during the 2018 and 2020 election cycles, the following lawmakers and their affiliated PACS who voted against the certification received $45,000 in political donations from Disney. Here is a breakdown of the members and PACS affiliated with them, the amount that was donated and for which election cycle.

• Rep. Andy Biggs, Arizona – $500 (2018)
• Rep. Buddy Carter, Ga. – $2,000 (2018)
• Rep. Ben Cline. Va. – $2,500 (2020), $1,500 (2018)
• Rep. Matt Gaetz, Fla. – $2,000 (2018)
• Rep. Sam Graves, Mo. – $500 (2020)
• Fighting for Missouri Pac  – affiliated with Sen. Josh Hawley, Mo. – $2,000 (2020)
• Rep. Bill Johnson, Ohio – $4,500 (2020), $2,000 (2018)
• Rep. Mike Kelly, Pa. – $1,000 (2020), $2,000 (2018)
• Rep. Billy Long, Mo. – $3,000 (2020), $3,000 (2018)
• Majority Cmte PaC – affiliated with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Calif. – $5,000 (2020)
• Rep. Devin Nunes, Calif. – $2,000 (2018)
• Rep. Tom Rice, SC – $1,500 (2020),
• Sen. Rick Scott, Fla. – $1,000 (2020), Lets Go to Work PAC – affiliated with Scott – $1,000 (2020)
• Eye of the Tiger Pac – affiliated with Rep. Steve Scalise, La. – $2,500 (2020)
• Rep. Jason Smith, Mo. – $1,500 (2020), $1,500 (2018)
• Rep. Daniel Webster – Fla. $1,000 (2018)
• Lee Pac – affiliated with Rep. Lee Zeldin, NY – $5,000 (2018)