The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meets this week in Washington, D.C., for its annual States and Nation Policy Summit at the four-star Grand Hyatt Washington, where rewriting the U.S. Constitution, “woke” capitalism, and protecting hate speech and misinformation are at the top of the agenda.
Given that the meeting is in Washington, many GOP politicians will make cameos at the Republican-aligned gathering, including former Vice President Mike Pence, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Senator Steve Daines (MT), Senator Mike Braun (IN), Representative Jim Banks (IN), Representative Victoria Spartz (IN), Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
ALEC is a pay-to-play operation in which state legislators and corporate lobbyists meet behind closed doors to write model legislation that advances a radical right-wing, pro-
— source exposedbycmd.org | David Armiak | Nov 30, 2022