1. This footage is of @CocaCola CEO James Quincey.
His company funded 29 co-sponsors of the Georgia bills that target Black voters with voting restrictions, as we documented yesterday with @JuddLegum.
It gets much worse. Please RT/follow.
His company funded 29 co-sponsors of the Georgia bills that target Black voters with voting restrictions, as we documented yesterday with @JuddLegum.
It gets much worse. Please RT/follow.
2. @CocaCola aggressively markets its brands using the language and imagery of Black empowerment and civil rights.
Coke bought a billboard placing its logo next to John Lewis's face.
It bought an ad promising to support 'young Black creators...and the reasons why they vote.'
Coke bought a billboard placing its logo next to John Lewis's face.
It bought an ad promising to support 'young Black creators...and the reasons why they vote.'
3. As we documented, Coke ran an ad specifically encouraging Black voters to vote early & vote by mail.
These are precisely the voting methods that the GOP Georgia bills roll back. They would repeal no-excuse absentee voting & cut weekend voting.
These are precisely the voting methods that the GOP Georgia bills roll back. They would repeal no-excuse absentee voting & cut weekend voting.
4. Coca-Cola is headquartered in Georgia.
Remarkably, when asked about these voter suppression bills by @JuddLegum, the company refused to take a position for or against.
Coke said it supports a 'balanced approach' on voting rights.
popular.info/p/georgia
Remarkably, when asked about these voter suppression bills by @JuddLegum, the company refused to take a position for or against.
Coke said it supports a 'balanced approach' on voting rights.
popular.info/p/georgia
5. Pressure is now increasing, driven by Georgia activists and orgs including @BlackVotersMtr, @NewGAProject, @Georgia_NAACP, @cliff_notes, @nseufot.
They are pushing GA-based businesses like @UPS, @Delta, & @HomeDepot to stop supporting voter suppression.
They are pushing GA-based businesses like @UPS, @Delta, & @HomeDepot to stop supporting voter suppression.
6. Other major U.S. companies also funded the co-sponsors of the GA bills — @ATT, @CVSHealth, @comcast, @Walmart, @GM, @Publix, and more — to the tune of $7.4 million.
These companies are starting to face questions, but they aren't taking a clear stand.
ajc.com/politics/polit…
These companies are starting to face questions, but they aren't taking a clear stand.
ajc.com/politics/polit…
7. Amidst all of this, the House yesterday passed #HR1, the most sweeping federal voting rights bill in a generation.
Among many reforms, it would enshrine two weeks of early voting and voting by mail nationwide.
Among many reforms, it would enshrine two weeks of early voting and voting by mail nationwide.
8. Pres. Biden and Senate Democrats now face a choice.
They can change the filibuster rules to pass #HR1 and protect these basic democratic rights.
Or they can stand and watch as corporate-funded voter suppression laws strip millions of people of their access to the ballot.
They can change the filibuster rules to pass #HR1 and protect these basic democratic rights.
Or they can stand and watch as corporate-funded voter suppression laws strip millions of people of their access to the ballot.
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