ADIn an email, Reed said he was planning to leave the organization at the end of the year anyway. “The Chamber would not let me spend Senate money down the home stretch in North Carolina and Maine,” he wrote. ADThe chamber’s move to terminate Reed took place Tuesday afternoon after chamber CEO Thomas J. Donohue informed the executive committee of the board’s decision. “I am disappointed and shocked to have to inform you that we have had to terminate Scott Reed’s consulting contract for cause, effective immediately,” Donohue wrote. ADFor years, the chamber has leaned heavily Republican in its political support.

Source: Washington Post September 29, 2020 21:42 UTC