Big ISPs pause donations to 147 Republicans who tried to reverse Biden?s win

Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon say they have suspended political donations to the 147 Republican members of Congress who voted against certifying Electoral College results, but the companies left the door open for resuming campaign contributions to those lawmakers in the future."We will be suspending contributions in 2021 to any member of Congress who voted in favor of objecting to the election results," a Verizon spokesperson said, according to Light Reading. Consistent with this view, we will suspend all of our political contributions to those elected officials who voted against certification of the Electoral College votes, which will give us the opportunity to review our political giving policies and practices."When contacted by Ars, a Comcast spokesperson declined to say how long the donation suspension will be in effect.AT&T issued a short statement yesterday, saying, "Employees on our Federal PAC [political action committee] Board convened a call today and decided to suspend contributions to members of Congress who voted to object to the certification of Electoral College votes last week." We asked AT&T how long it plans to suspend donations, but an AT&T spokesperson declined to comment.Despite Democrat Joe Biden's clear victory over President Trump in both the popular vote and Electoral College, 147 Republicans voted to object to the certification of Electoral College results. These numbers consist of donations from individuals and PACs associated with the companies.Charter Communications, the second-biggest US Internet provider after Comcast, apparently hasn't made any announcement on whether it will suspend donations.