{"id":60114,"date":"2021-04-13T08:32:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T12:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=60114"},"modified":"2021-04-13T08:32:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T12:32:54","slug":"this-is-what-fascism-really-looks-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=60114","title":{"rendered":"This is what FASCISM really looks like!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>100 Top CEOs Plot To Punish States Which Pass &#8216;Restrictive&#8217; Voting Laws<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>100 top CEOs and business leaders have agreed to band together and fight &#8216;restrictive&#8217; voting laws designed to strengthen the integrity of elections, such as voter ID, after a weekend Zoom summit during which the CEOs threatened to withhold campaign contributions and punish states by pulling investments in factories, stadiums and other projects and endorsements.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/black%20execs.PNG?itok=sECqTbNm\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"4e989c96-0b0f-44ed-a66c-a17575c775c4\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Kenneth Chenault, left, a former chief executive of American Express, and Kenneth Frazier, the chief executive of Merck<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em>Axios<\/em>, the call included &#8220;a long list of business luminaries, including\u00a0<strong>James Murdoch, Ken Chenault, Ken Frazier, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, and executives of Delta, United and American Airlines<\/strong>,&#8221; which expanded on a March initiative by 72 black executives to oppose election legislation in Georgia deemed to suppress the vote (yet nobody can articulate how).<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_borderTop__2PX5m Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1381576438676078594&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2F100-top-ceos-plot-punish-states-which-pass-restrictive-voting-laws&amp;sessionId=b4cd56d7dc7c61d8ba91390168fd95fe6f8bb4d9&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1ead0c7%3A1617660954974&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1381576438676078594\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>During the call, Kenneth Chenault, the former CEO of American Express, and Kenneth Frazier, the CEO of Merck &amp; Co., asked the leaders to &#8220;collectively call for greater voting access,&#8221; according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ceos-plan-new-push-on-voting-legislation-11618161134?mod=breakingnews\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"40\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chenault and Frazier, two of the most prominent Black business leaders in the US, also reportedly told businesses not to walk away from the voting right issue and requested that CEOs sign a statement &#8220;opposing what they view as discriminatory legislation on voting.&#8221; &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ceos-corporate-business-leaders-push-voting-rights-legislation-access-2021-4\">Business Insider<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;CEOs who participated in a live poll indicated\u00a0<strong>they will re-evaluate donations to candidates supporting bills that restrict voting rights and many would reconsider investments in states which act upon such proposals<\/strong>,&#8221; read a post-summit statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<em>Journal<\/em>, the initiative is also backed by AMC CEO Adam Aron, Est\u00e9e Lauder Cos. director\u00a0<strong>Lynn Forester de Rothschild<\/strong>, and CyberCore Technologies CEO Tina Kuhn. Twitter and CBS News leaders were also invited.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend call built on a March effort by 72 black executives led by Chenault and Frazer, which itself was based in part on of the effort is based\u00a0<strong>on a lie\u00a0<\/strong>the mainstream media peddled about Georgia&#8217;s voting law (SB 202) that voting hours would be restricted, when in fact they were\u00a0<strong>expanded<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1377378290659377153&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2F100-top-ceos-plot-punish-states-which-pass-restrictive-voting-laws&amp;sessionId=b4cd56d7dc7c61d8ba91390168fd95fe6f8bb4d9&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1ead0c7%3A1617660954974&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1377378290659377153\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_borderTop__2PX5m Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p>The Zoom call &#8211; which consisted of 90 CEOs and 30 other experts and aides &#8211; comes 10 days after Major League Baseball signaled its virtue by moving the All Star Game from Atlanta to one of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/mlb-moves-all-star-game-atlanta-one-whitest-cities-america\">whitest cities in America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In short, corporate America is making sweeping economic threats to states which pass laws designed to improve election integrity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile<\/strong>, GOP leaders including Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have pushed back against the woke CEOs, accusing them of adhering to &#8220;cancel culture.&#8221; McConnell also warned the CEOs not to become &#8220;a vehicle for far-left mobs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1381431463187521537&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2F100-top-ceos-plot-punish-states-which-pass-restrictive-voting-laws&amp;sessionId=b4cd56d7dc7c61d8ba91390168fd95fe6f8bb4d9&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1ead0c7%3A1617660954974&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1381431463187521537\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/100-top-ceos-plot-punish-states-which-pass-restrictive-voting-laws\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/100-top-ceos-plot-punish-states-which-pass-restrictive-voting-laws<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100 Top CEOs Plot To Punish States Which Pass &#8216;Restrictive&#8217; Voting Laws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}