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Coca-Cola says it's 'time to find common ground' on voting measures after pressure from the Right
Washington Examiner ^ | 04/17/2021 | Zachary Halaschak

Posted on 04/17/2021 4:55:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Coca-Cola, whose CEO denounced the Georgia voting bill, is now striking a conciliatory tone after coming under pressure from conservatives.

The soda giant, which is based in Atlanta, was absent from a list of more than 500 corporations and individuals that signed a statement condemning any election legislation that would “restrict” voters from having “an equal and fair opportunity to cast a ballot.” The missive was placed as a two-page Wednesday ad in the New York Times and Washington Post, with the effort being organized by the Black Economic Alliance.

Coca-Cola said in a statement to the Washington Examiner on Wednesday that the company “had not seen the letter” initiated by the alliance but is “certainly open to hearing their perspective." It said it has supported the right to vote and that it will assess how to support voting rights.

“We believe the best way to make progress now is for everyone to come together to listen, respectfully share concerns and collaborate on a path forward. We remain open to productive conversations with advocacy groups and lawmakers who may have differing views," the company said. "It’s time to find common ground. In the end, we all want the same thing – free and fair elections, the cornerstone of our democracy.”

Coca-Cola’s Wednesday remarks are notably less confrontational than its previous statements on the Georgia voting law.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: boycott; cocacola; georgia; votinglaws; wokacola; wokecokegobroke
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To: dragnet2

Coke has many subsidiaries... Minute Maid? Can’t remember but include them all in your boycotts, please.
No processed food or drink here so I have forgotten their mega-subsidiaries.
Not tech savvy.


81 posted on 04/17/2021 6:29:09 PM PDT by acapesket (all happy now?)
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To: SeekAndFind

How about this? One day for voting, at your precinct, citizenship and ID required. Be there or be square.

NO widespread mail-in permitted.

NO “ballot harvesting” permitted.

All polls must be open and closed the same hours simultaneously across the country, with Maine 10 AM to 9 PM and California at 7 AM to 6 PM.

Employers must accommodate voters needing reasonable time off to vote. Precincts can offer time stamps.

No exit polling or media speculation about the outcomes will be allowed. No state will be “called” over the media until the election is called by the state’s election commission with 90% of the vote counted.

Absentee ballots require a witnessed application and ID. Deadline for applying: X number of weeks before the election, no exceptions.

Early voting at the Board of Elections only, under video, for X number of weeks only, no exceptions.

No one may volunteer to work for a political party as an election judge who was registered to the other party during the past five elections (ten years).


82 posted on 04/17/2021 6:31:45 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("One steps out with actresses, one doesn't marry them."—Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
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To: SeekAndFind

Coke is Woke! Plenty of other sodas to choose. Or better yet, drink tap water instead!


83 posted on 04/17/2021 6:32:37 PM PDT by parmamenian (and so it goes!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dear Woke-A Cola:

We are leaving
You don’t need us*

*Apologies to some hippy band from long ago.


84 posted on 04/17/2021 6:33:17 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (GOP-free since 10/9/20)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
*Apologies to some hippy band from long ago.

Wooden Ships
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

85 posted on 04/17/2021 6:34:54 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sue them, like the tobacco companies, for causing a public health crisis….

See how much they love progressive government then.


86 posted on 04/17/2021 6:35:38 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: BlueLancer

Yep.


87 posted on 04/17/2021 6:37:25 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (GOP-free since 10/9/20)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coca-Cola_brands

From around the Globe of which there are more than
500 in over 200 countries.


88 posted on 04/17/2021 6:38:35 PM PDT by deport ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

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89 posted on 04/17/2021 6:42:37 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (AKA Lee J Keslin posting in the hopes comments get passed around )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Yippee ... does that mean that I win the “Old Fart Award” for the day?


90 posted on 04/17/2021 6:44:54 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: SeekAndFind
Here are the Coke products. Act accordingly. Myself - I will have to stop Powerade and the Simply Juice brands.

Coca-Cola

Sprite

Fanta

Dasani water

Smartwater

Minute Maid

Innocent

Simply Juices and Drinks

Georgia Coffee

Costa Coffee

Fuzetea

Honest Tea

Fairlife

Powerade

Ciel

Schweppes

Vitamin Water

Gold Peak Tea

Appletiser

Top-Chico

Aquarius

Ades

Fresca

I Lohas

Ayataka

Barq’s

Doğadan

Peace Tea

91 posted on 04/17/2021 6:44:58 PM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: sitetest

They’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.

You can’t always get what you want,


92 posted on 04/17/2021 6:46:12 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: SeekAndFind

Why do the headlines say pressure from the right? Any sane normal person who has the ability to reason and understand facts knows the law is nothing like a democrat Jim Crow law.


93 posted on 04/17/2021 6:47:14 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: Grampa Dave

Those are great Gramps! Thanks!


94 posted on 04/17/2021 6:48:02 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Too late. I will never drink Coca-Cola again.


95 posted on 04/17/2021 6:50:43 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: SeekAndFind

There is stupid, and then there is Coke Stupid!


96 posted on 04/17/2021 6:52:42 PM PDT by JPG (NEVER give up!)
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To: SeekAndFind

BS!

There is no such thing as “common ground” when involved in discussions with communists...

Absurdities like “common ground” is one of the reasons we lost the United States to the communists...

There is zero possibility of recovering the U.S. as long as failed philosophies of political discourse are followed...

The ballot box is caput!

There is, politically, absolutely nothing being done, being discussed to be done, or planned to be done that will extract the nation from communist control...


97 posted on 04/17/2021 6:53:30 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Samuel Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Proud old white guy here.
Christian. Married. Community soccer coach.
Hey “woke Coke”, cold day before i knowingly purchash any thing from woke corp.
Hey Coke, F-you


98 posted on 04/17/2021 7:03:00 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (Molon Labe')
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To: SeekAndFind

Too late there, Coke, you done screwed the pooch on this matter. We are divesting of all of your product.
Coca Cola has NEVER been good for people, it can ruin your health.
Bye bye.


99 posted on 04/17/2021 7:04:31 PM PDT by BatGuano (color me "gone!")
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To: 7thson

This is a list of all brands (fully or partially) owned by The Coca-Cola Company,[1] of which there are more than 500 in over 200 countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coca-Cola_brands


100 posted on 04/17/2021 7:05:51 PM PDT by deport ( )
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