WASHINGTON -- Liberal activist groups are pressuring companies not to sponsor next month's Republican National Convention in Cleveland because of Donald Trump's bigotry. Federal Elections Commission data show several companies, including Microsoft, Google and AT&T, are providing the RNC with goods and services in exchange for promotional consideration. Color of Change is now trying to get similar pledges of noncommitment from any other company that might consider supporting the GOP convention, including Amazon and AT&T, PAC spokesman Rashad Robinson said. Emily Lauer, a spokeswoman for the Cleveland host committee raising money for the convention, said Apple hadn't previously pledged to support the event. "These companies are stuck pretending that their sponsorship won't provide a platform for Trump’s dehumanizing hate speech," Color of Change said in an online petition directed at tech companies.

Source: Huffington Post June 21, 2016 16:05 UTC