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Coca-Cola Boycott: Georgia GOP Lawmakers Want Coke Products Removed From Offices
04/04/21 AT 11:30 PM The shutdown in events, sports and movie theaters badly dented Coca-Cola s second-quarter profits Photo: AFP / Karen BLEIER
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Coke CEO James Quincey slammed Georgia s new voting law as a step backward
The new voting legislation, its critics say, could disproportionately affect people of color
A group of GOP lawmakers in Georgia are moving to remove Coca-Cola products from their offices after the company’s CEO slammed the state’s recently passed voting bill.
In a letter dated Saturday, eight Republican representatives claimed that the company caved to “cancel culture” and accused it of “perpetuating a national dialogue.” The legislators also said Coca-Cola had intentionally misled Georgia residents and caused a deeper divide in the state.