{"id":4412,"date":"2016-06-19T10:21:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T02:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/19\/apple-wont-be-funding-gop-convention-due-to-trump-report-says\/"},"modified":"2016-06-19T10:21:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T02:21:24","slug":"apple-wont-be-funding-gop-convention-due-to-trump-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/19\/apple-wont-be-funding-gop-convention-due-to-trump-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple won't be funding GOP convention due to Trump, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Facebook will have a lounge<\/a>, Google will be live streaming and Microsoft will be providing tech products<\/a> at the Republican National Convention, but Apple is expected to be absent.<\/p>\n

According to Politico<\/a>,\u00a0<\/i>in contrast to past conventions,\u00a0<\/span>Apple won’t be providing funding nor tech to the Cleveland event that runs July 18 to 21 because of GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Citing Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric, two unnamed sources “familiar with” Apple’s plans told Politico <\/i>Apple would be sitting this convention out. Apple declined to comment on the matter in an email to Mashable.<\/i> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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