Send a Message to GOP Voter Suppression: Drink Coca Cola

 


The GOP is hopping mad that major corporations are refusing to go along with their voter suppression laws in Georgia. How dare they criticize their hateful agenda. Coca Cola is one of those companies. Top Republicans are incensed. We should pour fuel on the fire and support MLB (which pulled the allstar game from Atlanta) and Coca Cola. So drink up:

A group of eight Republican state legislators sent a letter to the president of the Georgia Beverage Association over the weekend asking to have Coca-Cola products removed from their offices after the company's CEO criticized the state's controversial new voting law.

"Given Coke's choice to cave to the pressure to an out-of-control cancel culture, we respectfully request all Coca-Cola Company products be removed from our office suite immediately," the group said in a letter that was obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The beverage giant, which is headquartered in Atlanta and employs about 4,000 Georgians, has provided free drinks for lawmakers' offices for decades, the AJC noted.

Meanwhile, the former president, Donald Trump, a diet coke fanatic, called for a boycott of his favorite soft drink company. BTW, isn't that a coke bottle on your desk? Some might say you are a hypocrite. But that wouldn't be the first time:


The GOP has decided that they will become fully the party of thugs and fascists, in the spirit of the 'dear leader' Donald Trump. They have nothing to offer but hate. And culture wars is a great way of distracting their voters from their economic plight. So Republicans welcome this fight. But we should not back down to this resurgence of Jim Crow. They even want to tell corporations that they should not participate as citizens, unless they are giving money to the GOP, of course:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell denounced the opposition corporations and sports associations have expressed about a recent Georgia voting law, warning that firms should “stay out of politics."

“I found it completely discouraging to find a bunch of corporate CEOs getting in the middle of politics,” McConnell said during a Monday press conference. “My advice to the corporate CEOs of America is to stay out of politics. Don’t pick sides in these big fights.”

While proponents of the law argue the changes were necessary to ensure election security, voting rights advocates argue the law will disenfranchise minority voters and lead to "a new Jim Crow" era in the state.



 

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