A swelling number of advertisers — many of whom paid big bucks to sponsor 2012’s GOP national convention — are opting out of this year’s bash.
Among those signaling they won’t be taking part this year are Wells Fargo, UPS, Motorola, JPMorgan Chase, Ford and Walgreens, according to a report by Bloomberg.
TheWrap contacted all seven companies. The only one who responded to our request for comment was Wells Fargo, who told us, “This decision was reached well before either party nominee was decided.”
The spokesperson said the only reason the financial giant donated to the Democratic Host Committee for the Philadelphia Convention was to support “the event which is actually at the Wells Fargo Center,” referring to the sports stadium that they sponsor where the Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers play, which will host the DNC next month.