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Earlier this week, voting rights activists called for boycotts of Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, and Home Depot, blasting the Georgia-based companies for not doing enough to oppose a controversial new state law that they condemned as voter suppression.
While all three issued generic statements in support of voting rights, critics accused the multibillion-dollar corporations, which have massive influence in national- and state-level politics, of failing to back up those words with actions - or their pocketbooks.
As Republican-led legislatures advance similar bills in Texas and other states, some companies have tried to get ahead of the backlash by issuing statements condemning efforts to restrict voting rights.
But many have a poor track record when it comes to supporting the lawmakers behind those efforts.
While all three issued generic statements in support of voting rights, critics accused the multibillion-dollar corporations, which have massive influence in national- and state-level politics, of failing to back up those words with actions - or their pocketbooks.
As Republican-led legislatures advance similar bills in Texas and other states, some companies have tried to get ahead of the backlash by issuing statements condemning efforts to restrict voting rights.
But many have a poor track record when it comes to supporting the lawmakers behind those efforts.
Amazon says it supports expanding voting rights but it gave $500,000 to lawmakers who oppose...
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Corporate America is wading into the voting rights brawl. Here's why.
The sudden groundswell comes as Republicans seek to tighten voting laws across the country.
Wednesday, when Atlanta-based Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola issued forceful condemnations of Georgia's new restrictive voting law, enacted last week. From there, corporate criticism of Republican voting bills seemed to spread like wildfire — moving across state lines and morphing into a national trend that activists say finally reflects the urgency of the sheer number of restrictions under consideration across the U.S.
"There’s a clarity about January 6 that people get, that that was an attack on our democracy If you understand that the attack on the Electoral College vote was unpatriotic and anti-democratic, then you need to continue down that same logical street until you get to these 360-plus bills in 47 states that are trying to make it more difficult for Americans to vote."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/corporate-america-wading-voting-rights-brawl-here-s-why-n1262974?utm_medium=10today.media.sun.20210404.436.2&utm_source=email&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=10-for-today---4.0-styling
The sudden groundswell comes as Republicans seek to tighten voting laws across the country.
Wednesday, when Atlanta-based Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola issued forceful condemnations of Georgia's new restrictive voting law, enacted last week. From there, corporate criticism of Republican voting bills seemed to spread like wildfire — moving across state lines and morphing into a national trend that activists say finally reflects the urgency of the sheer number of restrictions under consideration across the U.S.
"There’s a clarity about January 6 that people get, that that was an attack on our democracy If you understand that the attack on the Electoral College vote was unpatriotic and anti-democratic, then you need to continue down that same logical street until you get to these 360-plus bills in 47 states that are trying to make it more difficult for Americans to vote."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/corporate-america-wading-voting-rights-brawl-here-s-why-n1262974?utm_medium=10today.media.sun.20210404.436.2&utm_source=email&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=10-for-today---4.0-styling
Major companies are suddenly denouncing GOP-led voting bills. Why now?
The sudden groundswell comes as Republicans seek to tighten voting laws across the country.
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And don't let the Trumpkins lie their way out of this. We all heard them say that they needed to suppress votes or they would lose. The minority shod never force the majority.
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