Seven House Republicans on Wednesday pledged to reject donations from some of the top tech companies in the U.S. amid mounting scrutiny over the market power the tech giants hold.<\/p>\n
Rep.\u00a0Ken Buck\u00a0(Colo.), the top Republican on the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, led the pledge to reject campaign donations from Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple and Twitter.<\/p>\n
Buck was joined by Reps.\u00a0Chip Roy\u00a0(Texas),\u00a0Greg Steube\u00a0(Fla.),\u00a0Ralph Norman\u00a0(S.C.), Dan Bishop (N.C.), Burgess Owens (Utah) and Andy Biggs (Ariz.) in signing onto the pledge.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese monopolies have shown that personal liberty can be threatened by corporate tyranny just as much as by government tyranny,\u201d the Republicans wrote.<\/p>\n
The pledge to reject the donations may be mostly moot for now, as Facebook is\u00a0suspending all PAC contributions<\/a>\u00a0following the insurrection at the Capitol, and Amazon and Google said they would pause donations to lawmakers who voted against certifying the election results.<\/p>\n