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Corporate America is starting to freak out over the very thought of being associated with the mutant mayhem that’s going to to explode in Cleveland when the Republican National Convention kicks into gear.
Apple, Google, Walmart and Coca-Cola, among others, have suddenly realized it may not be good for business to be seen sponsoring the guy who wants to forcibly round up and deport brown people and “punish” women for seeking abortions, or the guy who wants to send his armed patrols into “Muslim neighborhoods,” or any of the other bright lights in the Republican Party whose entire platform is built on a foundation of bigotry, misogyny and gun-toting hatred. They’ve belatedly concluded that yes, that groovy iPhone 7 with no real interesting new features can easily and quickly be replaced with the Samsung Edge; Kohl’s and Target sell cheap Chinese-made clothing just like WalMart; and people are really just as happy drinking Pepsi as Coke, if they associate those other products with a commercial or banner they saw in a Quicken Loans arena filled with folks frothing at the mouth and hooting with delight over every veiled and not-so-veiled jab at women, African-Americans and Hispanics:
The pressure is emerging as some businesses and trade groups are already privately debating whether to scale back their participation, according to interviews with more than a dozen lobbyists, consultants and fund-raisers directly involved in the conversations.
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