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Some Republicans lawmakers in Georgia sent a letter Saturday to Kevin Perry, president of the Georgia Beverage Association, demanding that all Coca-Cola products be removed from their office suites "immediately"after the corporation came out against sweeping GOP-backed legislation that reformed the state's elections.
In their letter to Perry, eight members of the Georgia House RepresentativesVictor Anderson, Clint Crowe, Matt Barton, Jason Ridley, Lauren McDonald III, Stan Gunter, Dewayne Hill and Marcus Wiedowercomplained about Coca-Cola giving in to "cancel culture" before saying that they no longer wanted the company's products in their offices.
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"Given Coke's choice to cave to the pressure of an out of control cancel culture, we respectfully request all Coca-Cola Company products to be removed from our office suite immediately. Should Coke chose to read the bill, share its true intentions and accept their role in the dissemination of mistruths, we would welcome a conversation to rebuild a working relationship," the eight Republican lawmakers wrote.
Democrats, activists and a number of business leaders have condemned the Georgia election reforms, saying that the changes significantly restrict access to voting. The Republican effort to change Georgia's election laws came after the traditionally conservative state flipped blue for President Joe Biden in the November election and again for Democratic Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in January runoffs. GOP lawmakers have used former President Donald Trump's groundless claims of widespread voter fraud to justify the bill.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-gop-lawmakers-demand-removal-of-coca-cola-products-from-office-amid-election-law-spat/ar-BB1fiqEr?li=BBnb7Kz
Some enterprising individual should come out with Freedumb Cola and see if the Repukes buy it.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Geniuses.
Botany
(70,625 posts)Last edited Sun Apr 4, 2021, 01:58 PM - Edit history (1)
This from the same party that brought us Freedom Fries, Matt Gaetz , and Donald Trump.
taxi
(1,896 posts)Will these 8 Republicans be holding their breath until they get their way?
Will their constituents be holding their breath as well?
What will they do when they notice the voters are turning blue?
Ritabert
(671 posts)...I went out and bought Hansen's ginger ale (a Coca Cola product) yesterday as a gesture of solidarity with Coke. I'll also be buying their Schweppes club soda and tonic water.
murielm99
(30,779 posts)I did not have it much when I was growing up, so the habit never took.
It amazes me how much of it my kids drink.
I like Hansen's, though. I will have to look for some.
agingdem
(7,869 posts)however will Coca Cola, a multinational company, with a revenue of over 33 billion dollars survive??
bluestarone
(17,093 posts)Local elections need to be pushed really hard.
crickets
(25,988 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Volaris
(10,275 posts)At the end of every polling place line next election, and just tell the drivers to take the afternoon off.
State lawmakers are gonna call down the hammer on their own fucking heads, the fools. Yeah, they can change the laws to try fuck over these companies FOR NOW. Coca-colas advantage in that fight is that coke dont have to get re-elected.
blm
(113,120 posts)But ..... dont use the words Cancel Culture for short.
SWBTATTReg
(22,187 posts)these soon to be former Georgia businesses to instead operate in their states.
Maybe, just maybe these loudmouths in Georgia will finally figure out that they've gone too far?
-misanthroptimist
(829 posts)...weren't whiny little shits.
They also said, "Actions have consequences." Apparently, they didn't mean for that to apply to themselves.
BannonsLiver
(16,531 posts)I can remember people here gleefully hoping for Cokes demise just about a week ago.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,725 posts)Xolodno
(6,408 posts)...why don't we have more money?
Strategist: Well sir, you pissed off Georgia's number one job creator, so they cut you off of all donations.
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Politician: Why would they do that?
mainer
(12,034 posts)So these Republicans are demanding "take away our free gifts!"
https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-gop-to-coke-keep-your-free-drinks/3R26IDPCLRESRJJGONQCNDZPME/