A well-funded intimidation campaign against ALEC? They’re kidding. Right?
ALEC complaining about a “well-funded campaign of intimidation” is like the Klan complaining about the rise in sheet prices.
The American Legislative Exchange Council has for years been a weapon in the corporate attack on working people. They literally write the anti-labor, anti-civil liberties legislation that conservative state legislators introduce in state general assemblies. Some dopey legislators have even forgotten to remove the ALEC logo from the bill before presenting it.
It has been funded by the biggest corporations in American, most specifically by the Koch brothers.
When it was discovered that they and the National Rifle Association were behind the Stand Your Ground and Kill laws that resulted in the Florida death of Trayvon Martin, public notice hit the tipping point. The last few days