{"id":575374,"date":"2021-06-28T12:20:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575374"},"modified":"2021-06-28T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:20:12","slug":"toyota-doubles-down-defends-donations-to-republicans-after-online-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toyota-doubles-down-defends-donations-to-republicans-after-online-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Doubles Down, Defends Donations To Republicans After Online Outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftoyota-doubles-down-defends-donations-to-republicans-after-online-outrage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229483876-scaled-e1624894883663.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Toyota defended its decision to spend tens of thousands of dollars in donations to over three-dozen Republicans that objected to certifying the Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota donated a total of $55,000 to 37 GOP lawmakers who objected to the certification of the Electoral College\u2019s votes during the 2020 presidential election, Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/toyota-leads-donations-among-election-objectors-ebae427b-6f47-4591-aa28-31f366e6e2e0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> Sunday. A company spokesperson told the outlet that they do not believe a member of Congress\u2019 standpoint on the election should be a factor in the company\u2019s decision to offer a donation, but refused to donate to members that \u201cundermine\u201d American elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not believe it is appropriate to judge members of Congress solely based on their votes on the electoral certification,\u201d the spokesperson said in a statement. \u201cBased on our thorough review, we decided against giving to some members who, through their statements and actions, undermine the legitimacy of our elections and institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese automaker highly outnumbered every other corporation, including Koch Industries, that had donated money to Republicans who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/30\/josh-hawley-object-electoral-college-certification-process-january-6-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">objected<\/a> to the certification, according to Axios. Cubic Corp., a defense contractor based in San Diego, made the second largest number of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/02\/qualcomm-most-conservative-big-tech-donations-republicans-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donations<\/a>, while Deere &#038; Company and AT&#038;T made one donation to an election objector PAC.<\/p>\n<p>A handful of Republican objectors found financial support with small donors and grassroots organizations to replace the loss of corporate support, Axios reported. A total of 34 companies donated at least $5,000 to Republican objectors\u2019 campaigns and leadership PACs. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/jp-morgan-chase-republicans-capitol-riot-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: JPMorgan Will Withhold Donations From Republicans Who Tried To Overturn Biden\u2019s Victory: REPORT)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company received backlash from Toyota car owners online for its financial support to the GOP, with some vowing to stop purchasing their products in the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.086053412463\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What a coincidence <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Toyota?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Toyota<\/a> I do not believe it is appropriate to buy cars from companies that fund politicians who try to overthrow our Democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Wifey &#038; I are deciding between Toyota, Honda, &#038; Nissan for our next minivan. Let\u2019s go places\u2026not named Toyota. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CTpbzpANyd\">https:\/\/t.co\/CTpbzpANyd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QasimRashid\/status\/1409291952252727296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.8029556650246\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Good morning and Happy Monday to everyone who refuses to buy Toyota vehicles because Toyota financially supports insurrectionist terror.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottToyota?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottToyota<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmpadellan\/status\/1409501844569825290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Toyota also donated to Republican Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs following his participation in the Jan. 6 \u201cStop the Steal\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/07\/washington-dc-protest-riot-donald-trump-capitol-breach-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rally<\/a> that preceded the Capitol riot, according to Axios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota defended its decision to spend tens of thousands of dollars in donations to over three-dozen Republicans that objected to certifying the Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election.Toyota &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281513,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229483876-scaled-e1624894883663.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Toyota Doubles Down, Defends Donations To Republicans After Online Outrage","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229483876-scaled-e1624894883663.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Toyota Doubles Down, Defends Donations To Republicans After Online Outrage","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}