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Harrop: Healthy democracy in best interest of corporations
By Froma Harrop
Published: April 26, 2021, 6:01am
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had a warning for American business: “Our private sector must stop taking cues from the Outrage-Industrial Complex.” The sector’s complaints centered around Republicans’ going state to state to undermine free and fair elections.
And so, are companies outraged? Damn straight they are.
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