Toyota Donated To A Seditious House Republican And Now They're Facing A Boycott

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The math is simple. Toyota only made a thousand dollar donation to the seditious House Republican. Back in 2015, Toyota made $2,726 on each vehicle sold. If their donation costs them a single customer, they will lose exponentially more money than the $1,000 that they donated.

Boycotts don’t have to be large to cost corporations a lot of money.

The lesson for big business is that people are watching. Campaign donations are speech according to the Supreme Court, which means that who a business donates to is a statement about their values or lack thereof as a corporation.

If Toyota is choosing to support those who attack democracy, then their customers have the right to choose not to buy their products.

Consumers in the free market have a right to not reward those who support sedition.



https://www.politicususa.com/2021/04/10/toyota-boycott.html

[elleng]

1. Sorry.

Still driving Dad's '93 Camry wagon.

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. Yup. Just gave my 2006 Scion (which was a Toyota brand)

to my niece and got myself a 2017 RAV4. I'm 64.. I'm hoping it will be my last car.

[elleng]

10. Spoke with mechanic, and tho have to replace alternator,

expecting to keep mine >>> 250,000 miles; have 180,000 now. (AND borrowing daughter's Solara, when necessary.)

Damn well BETTER be my last car; I'm 76!!!

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. I don't put a lot of miles on my cars anymore

I've been a renter for the last 25 years, so if I get a new job, I move close to it. Long commutes are a waste of life!

[elleng]

16. Nor do I put many miles on; retired to a place don't want to leave!

(Tho after covid crap, may visit friend in DC suburb, for restaurants and movies!)

[WhiteTara]

11. the boycott is from buying new.

[elleng]

12. Right.

I'm buying NOTHING!

[WhiteTara]

20. Me either.

When/if I buy a new car it won't be old technology, either.

[msfiddlestix]

2. Did they do that in 2015? Or did they do that in 2020-2021?

The traitorous bastards existed, but were not known as a thing until Jan 6th, 2021.

If it happened in 2015, but they have ceased to support these traitors, I'm willing to say cut 'em some slack and forgive if they turn their support to organizations that are helping to pass SR1, and the work to overturn the new voter suppression laws in Ga. and elsewhere, plus actively lobby against all of the other states and the GOP pushing for voter suppression laws not yet enacted.

That's just my view..

[JohnSJ]

5. That is the problem msfiddlestix. This is a very badly written article. Not only doesn't it

clarify what you are asking, but it doesn't report which representative or representatives they are talking about.

[msfiddlestix]

9. thank you for reading that much, I couldn't see any reference in the excerpt

[Celerity]

17. that site is somewhat dodgy, basically one step up from the birdcage liner-worthy Palmer Report

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/politicususa/

[JohnSJ]

18. Mentioning Palmer Report says everything about this site. Thanks Celerity for the background

[JohnSJ]

3. This is a very poorly written report. First does not name which House republican they are referring

to, and they are also not making it clear in the article if this donation was before or after the January 6th insurrection.

The reason why that question is important is using Danforth as an example. He donated to Hawley in the Senate before January 6th, and then after January 6th, and because Hawley was one of the Senators who voted against certification, Danforth not only regretted donating to Hawley, but said it was the worst mistake he ever did.

This article is talking about the House, and it implies there was one representative in the house they donated to. More details are needed, and at the very least they could name that representative

[cyclonefence]

13. Alex Mooney WV

[liberal_mama]

4. Darn! My husband is a Toyota auto technician

I hope Toyota does a turnaround and stops supporting the seditionists.

[dalton99a]

6. It is time for purists to arise and dump all the Priuses in the harbor

And Teslas. Because Elon Musk donated $38,900 to a Republican PAC in 2018

[joetheman]

7. Remember, the small, initial contribution is just to test the waters and find out who is watching.

Stop them in their tracks. Even if they only contribute $50 make a stink about it!

[jimfields33]

14. Eventually companies will stop giving money to political parties

and individual candidates as well. Too much trouble. Not worth it.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

19. I think

this article should be boycotted first.

[rockfordfile]

21. toyota isn't a American company. Not surprised

[mitch96]

22. Boycott this, boycott that... do boycotts really work? a few news cycles and all is forgotten.nt

[brooklynite]

23. I'm not prepared to call Twitter posts and memes with corporate logos a "boycott"

Show me some actual data that any of their sales are actually impacted.

[hydrolastic]

24. My 2001 Tundra is almost 200,000 miles

It will need to be replaced at some point. I was hoping another Toyota but politics are important to me. I remember my grandmother boycotting grapes in the seventies