Former President Trump suggested on Saturday that Republicans take a page of what he sees as the Democrats’ manual boycotting the top companies that have condemned Georgia’s new electoral reform.
“For years, Democrats on the radical left have played dirty by boycotting products when anything from that company is done or declared in any way that offends them. Now they are having a lot of fun with WOKE CANCEL CULTURE and our sacred elections,” Trump wrote in a statement. communicated.
“Finally, it’s time for Republicans and conservatives to strike back – we have more people than they do – by far! Boycott the Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, JPMorgan Chase, ViacomCBS, Citigroup, Cisco, UPS and Merck. No go back to your products until they give way, “he continued.
“We can play better than them,” said Trump.
DELTA, JP MORGAN, COCA-COLA CEOS CONDEMN GEORGIA VOTE LEGISLATION
He then repeated unproven claims that the 2020 elections had been “rigged” against him.
“They manipulated and stole our 2020 presidential election, which we won with an overwhelming victory and, furthermore, boycotted and frightened companies until submission. Never submit, never give up! The radical left will destroy our country if we allow them to. No we will become a Socialist Nation. Happy Easter! “the ex-president wrote.
Some lawmakers from the Georgia Republican Party later announced that they would remove Coca-Cola products from their state offices.
“Unfortunately, after the ‘2021 Electoral Integrity Act’ was passed, your company made a conscious decision to perpetuate a national dialogue that intentionally seeks to deceive the citizens of Georgia and deepen the division in our great state,” several legislative states wrote in a letter.
Large Georgia-based corporations, such as Coca-Cola and Delta, issued statements condemning the state’s new legislation after activists called for boycotts. The MLB also moved its All-Star Game and draft out of the state to protest the bill.
Georgia enacted extensive electoral reform last week that required voter identification for absentee voting instead of relying on matching signatures for verification, limited the ballot box to one per county or one per 100,000 voters, extended early voting days and the initial voting hours standardized at a minimum from 9 am to 5 pm and a maximum of 7 am to 7 pm. Legislation prohibited outside groups from distributing food and water to those in line within a radius of 50 meters.
COCA-COLA FACES A BOYCOTT IN GEORGIA NOT TO DENOUNCE GOP ELECTORAL PROJECT
The law also gave more electoral authority to the Republican-controlled real estate legislature. It states that the General Assembly must select the president of the state election council, rather than the council being chaired by the Georgia secretary of state. It also reduces the run-off from nine to four weeks.
The state electoral board can now also investigate the county’s electoral boards and has the power to suspend the county’s electoral superintendents – although the board can only suspend four at a time.
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The law was enacted after a Democratic sweep in the state of Peach, which Trump lost to President Biden by just over 11,000 votes. Trump claimed massive electoral fraud in the state, and fought with Republican Governor Brain Kemp and Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in dealing with the elections. Nine weeks after the November election, the current Republicans Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler lost to Democrats John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.