Corporations Ducking Republican Convention (UPDATED)

Some fleas are fleeing the dog:

A growing number of prominent U.S. corporations are opting to drop or scale back their sponsorship of the Republican national convention next month in Cleveland, as the nomination of Donald Trump promises a level of controversy rarely seen in such gatherings. 

Among those to signal in recent days that they won't sponsor the convention this year are Wells Fargo & Co., United Parcel Service Inc., Motorola Solutions Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ford Motor Co., and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. All of those companies sponsored the previous Republican conclave, in Tampa, Florida, in 2012.

Let's not give them too much credit for public decency. Rather than suddenly discovering their souls, some of these corporations are doubtless responding to pressure from groups such as Color of Change PAC.  To be perfectly fair, it's a scandal in itself that both political parties are taking these in-kind donations from corporations in order to put on their political infomercials.

But it's not a wholesale abandonment of the Republican/ New Confederate/ Stupid/ Shooter's Party by corporate America!  Rest assured, there are still some who are willing to lend their corporate names to sponsor neo- fascist clown Donald "Rump" Trump's coronation in Cleveland:

Plenty of big companies and industry groups remain committed to the convention. The American Petroleum Institute, the chief trade group for the oil and gas industry and a top donor to the 2012 convention, told Bloomberg it “will be participating” this year, without elaborating on the form that would take. AT&T Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Twitter Inc., and Facebook Inc. have previously disclosed plans to provide technical services to the convention at no cost.

"... at no cost."  If only there was a cost these soulless organizations would pay for their collusion with Rump's party.  Let's hope their corporate logos are splashed across t.v. screens as Rump and his enablers go on their bigoted tirades.

UPDATE:  You can now add Apple to the list of no- shows.