HALISTER: Apple Won’t Fund GOP Convention Due to Trump: Politico

Apple Won’t Fund GOP Convention Due to Trump: Politico

(Bloomberg) -- Apple told GOP leaders it won’t donate technology, cash to the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it has done in the past, Politico says, citing people familiar.
  • Says AAPL made decision based on Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants, minorities
  • NOTE: Wells Fargo, UPS, Motorola Solutions, JPMorgan, Ford, and Walgreens also opted out of sponsoring the convention despite sponsoring the 2012 GOP convention
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