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Major companies pull sponsorship of GOP convention
Several major companies that sponsored the 2012 Republican National Convention will not be sponsoring the event this year in Cleveland, where Donald Trump is expected to be officially nominated as the party’s presidential nominee.
Wells Fargo, UPS, Motorola, JPMorgan Chase, Ford and Walgreens all told Bloomberg they won’t sponsor this year’s convention, despite helping to fund the last GOP summit in 2012.
None of the companies commented on whether their decision to pull out was because of the GOP’s divisive presumptive nominee.
Trump routinely lashes out at Ford in his stump speech, blasting the company for moving a factory from the U.S. to Mexico. The car company said it would not support either party’s convention.
One source knowledgable about Wells Fargo's decision said the bank still plans on sponsoring the Democratic convention in Philadelphia because it has a large market share in that city, but not in Cleveland.
JPMorgan, Walgreens, UPS and Motorola will not sponsor either party’s convention.
A source familiar with the convention's fundraising told The Hill on Thursday that the companies had never planned on sponsoring the convention and that the Bloomberg report was based on information from a year ago.
The best part about it is that Trump is pulling down the entire GOP with him! Thanks GOP voters
Several major companies that sponsored the 2012 Republican National Convention will not be sponsoring the event this year in Cleveland, where Donald Trump is expected to be officially nominated as the party’s presidential nominee.
Wells Fargo, UPS, Motorola, JPMorgan Chase, Ford and Walgreens all told Bloomberg they won’t sponsor this year’s convention, despite helping to fund the last GOP summit in 2012.
None of the companies commented on whether their decision to pull out was because of the GOP’s divisive presumptive nominee.
Trump routinely lashes out at Ford in his stump speech, blasting the company for moving a factory from the U.S. to Mexico. The car company said it would not support either party’s convention.
One source knowledgable about Wells Fargo's decision said the bank still plans on sponsoring the Democratic convention in Philadelphia because it has a large market share in that city, but not in Cleveland.
JPMorgan, Walgreens, UPS and Motorola will not sponsor either party’s convention.
A source familiar with the convention's fundraising told The Hill on Thursday that the companies had never planned on sponsoring the convention and that the Bloomberg report was based on information from a year ago.
The best part about it is that Trump is pulling down the entire GOP with him! Thanks GOP voters