That makes the appearance of AARP on the list of sponsors of ALEC’s 2016 annual meeting last month all the more curious. Backlash against ALEC began in 2011, just as its influence among state legislators was reaching its peak. Presumably Ford, Google, Facebook and Microsoft have as much of an interest in meeting with conservative Republican legislators as AARP. AARP isn't exactly hiding its new financial relationship with ALEC. Yet in arguing that a relationship with ALEC is necessary to “engage” with the legislators affiliated with the group, AARP is taking a different approach from the dozens of corporations that have abandoned ALEC.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 01, 2016 22:47 UTC