After the violence at the US Capitol on January 6, the world’s biggest retailer, Walmart and Walt Disney suspended donations to the US lawmakers on Tuesday, who voted against the certification of President-elect Joe Biden. 

The “political action committee is indefinitely suspending contributions to those members of Congress who voted against the lawful certification of state electoral college votes,” Walmart said. 

According to a Reuters report, the Arkansas-based company’s spokesperson said, that after every election cycle, Walmart reviews its political giving. The last week’s havoc at the US Capitol will be factored into Walmart’s process and the issue will remain under review in the company for the next few months, the spokesman said.

Entertainment company Disney said, in a statement, “immediate aftermath of that appalling siege, members of Congress had an opportunity to unite — an opportunity that some sadly refused to embrace. In light of these events, we have decided we will not make political contributions in 2021 to lawmakers who voted to reject the certification of the Electoral College votes,” Reuters reports.

Walmart’s move follow the suit of other blue-chip companies, including T&T, Amazon, and Mastercard, who announced a similar move after the riot at the Capitol. 

Automaker General Motors on Tuesday said it has paused all its political fundings over the last week’s event at the Capitol. The company said that, to help guide the decisions moving forward, last year it “enhanced the character and public integrity criteria for making contributions,” Reuters reports. 

General Motors has withheld the contributions from all US Congress members, despite them supporting Biden or not, joining other firms such as JP Morgan Chase, Alphabet’s Google and Union Pacific Corp. 

Many firms are reassessing the strategy of their political funding after supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump sieged the US Capitol last Wednesday to prevent the certification of Biden’s win, a riot that killed five people, including a police officer. 

Trump, before the attack, had urged his supporters to march to the Capitol to protect the results of the November 3 elections, which the lame-duck president has claimed that they were “rigged.”