“Local Chambers of Commerce are not the same as the US Chamber of Commerce.”
OF COURSE they are.
They fund and vote for the national leadership. It’s their collective votes and monies the created the monster.
I spent 40 years in the wholesale hardware distribution business with 2 family owned private companies.
At one point I traveled 11 states, planning stores.
Small businessmen are not who funds the US Chamber of Commerce. That is why NFIB exists.