'Time to rethink my subscription': DeRay's mayoral campaign reportedly gets boost from Netflix, Twitter execs

For my Netflix user friends. Just sayin. https://t.co/PVsEQikICO

— loupi (@loupi4bama) March 28, 2016

#BlackLivesMatter activist DeRay McKesson is running for mayor of Baltimore, and his campaign is reportedly getting a little help from some corporate executives:

Netflix and Twitter execs donate to #BlackLivesMatter activist’s mayoral campaign https://t.co/LBdWN0dKQs pic.twitter.com/vhOdOUgPDX

— Red Alert Politics (@RedAlert) March 28, 2016

Via Red Alert Politics:

While many actors in Hollywood are more famous for their political activism than for their movies, the tech industry is often criticized for lacking diversity.

Netflix’s and Twitter’s combined $12,000 donation is a drop in the bucket for the executives, but could help shore up good public relations about their support for minority political organizations like Black Lives Matter.

The donations were from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and Twitter Executive Chairman Omid Kordestani, according to Fortune.

Will the reported Netflix and Twitter executive donations be enough to improve McKesson’s polling numbers?

He's polling at 1 percent https://t.co/DlsqqQqvY0

— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) March 28, 2016

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@RedAlert @michellemalkin Can't I just watch a movie just once without furthering the liberal cause?

— The Biddle (@The_Biddle) March 28, 2016

@RedAlert @michellemalkin ok, well. Bye bye netflix and twitter! BOYCOTT

— Shelley?️ (@Six6sixty6xx) March 28, 2016

@RedAlert @michellemalkin I will be cancelling my script to Netflix.

— Michael Moraitis (@mike594594) March 28, 2016

@RedAlert @michellemalkin Time to rethink my subscription to @netflix.

— Wendell Parker ❌?? (@WendellParker5) March 28, 2016