Officials in Surry County, North Carolina, voted to remove Coca-Cola machines from all government facilities in response to the beverage company CEO's remarks about Georgia's controversial new voting law.
"Our Board felt that was the best way to take a stand and express our disappointment in Coca-Cola's actions, which are not representative of most views of our citizens," he wrote."Our Board hopes that other organizations across the country are taking similar stances against Coca-Cola and sincerely wishes that future marketing efforts and comments emanating from your company are more considerate of all your customers' viewpoints.
"Voting is a foundational right in America, and we have long championed efforts to make it easier to vote," Quincey wrote in apublished on Coca-Cola's website on April 1."We want to be crystal clear and state unambiguously that we are disappointed in the outcome of the Georgia voting legislation.
Is this cancel culture?
Whoa, how many machines we talking here, thousands? 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Some poor shmuk filling coke machines in public buildings just got screwed. Let em drink that lead flavored natural beverage.
Who you hurting..
Oh Ban coke for calling out Georgia and other states for bringing back Jim Crow voting laws. So it is Comes fault. I hate admitting that I was born in Texas, raised in NC have lived in GA and live in Florida.
Can someone help me and explain why is a county in North Carolina worrying about people and company criticizing a bill that’s taking place in Georgia? Last I heard North Carolina is not doing to good right now
Fools! Talk about cancel culture!
C.A.N.C.E.L. C.U.L.T.U.R.E
We are becoming two different nations.
I don’t know if they can do that and Coca-Cola may have grounds for a civil suit. They should go on record with a single letter protesting the rule. Wait until summertime is over and then go after the lost revenue for the season. You want a big payday.
Republicans and the GOP leadership are just trying in any way shape or form to destroy democracy and the Constitutional rights, they prefer Authoritarian and Capitalism and DICKTATORSHIP, just ask the Women in the usa
Cancel culture at it again.
Hey everyone, it’s cancel culture! Oh wait, it’s fine and dandy when the GOP does it because Coke criticized voting laws…in a completely different state. That sure is some snowflake shit.
I believe I sent this liberal political correctness bullshit billmaher already.🤣
What would Sheriff Taylor (Andy Griffith show) say?
GOP trifecta shutting down capitalism & citizens united, while joining cancel culture all in one law. Keep it up GOP, you're doing a great job proving HouseDemocrats and SenateDems right. Corporations are not people; therefore, should have no 1st amendment rights.
Not drinking Coke
That’ll show em’!
Yay!
Since when is speaking out to protect the fundamental--& CONSTITUTIONAL--right to vote in America an 'intolerant, bigoted, left-wing, divisive political agenda?' “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on & do nothing.” John Stuart Mill
Good luck with the Mr Pibb machines.😑
Way to go! GOP will jeopardize the livelihood 9,000 Georgian employees working for coke. Why? The voting suppression bill has passed. You accomplished your nefarious goal. What do you gain?
What kind of dumb sucks are these guys? They are hurting local distributors, who probably voted Republican.
Add Surry Co to the list of places never to visit. We can expand that to all of NC if they keep it up.
Trying to justify how wrong they are!
More GOP cancel culture
Go ahead, it’s probably not the first dumb thing you all did…….
How UnAmerican...
I think those laws are simply racist voter suppression so ban me, too, please, not that it would matter. I’m never going to NC or Georgia because of this kind of vicious stupidity.
I’m so embarrassed for NC.
So all other soda companies should refuse to sell their cola in Surry County. They can get their Soda from Russia, I'm sure they would be willing to sale to their comrades.
Fascist political party punishes company for speaking out against fascist policy.
No one uses those anyway.
They gave the blandest possible statement AFTER the law had already been passed and it’s too much for these nazi ducks
What are they, third graders? 😂
I'm now going to buy Coca Cola... even though I don't drink it!!!
They could do with less sugar TBH, it will reduce caloric intake
But Don Jr can still do all the coke he can get his grifting tiny hands on.
Snowflakes.
honestly, maga. must you do this
Wait I thought they were against cancel culture.
CAnCeL cULture IS oUT oF CoNTroL
Coke is Woke. I suppose there are consequences.
Pepsi said thoughts and prayers
Reminiscent of FreedomFries when the GOP threw a temper tantrum about France 😂😂
They probably own Pepsi stocks
Then I shall increase my Coca cola purchases. I'm glad the company is speaking up
It will take 50-100 years for this country to recover from Trump. He was allowed to pack the SC so there is no way around it. Then you have Justice Steven Breyer, who is now in his 80s, vowing to stay on the court until the end. The GOP could easily wind up with a 7-2 majority.
No coke for you my friend...
Surry County, NC: Proudly Taking Us Back to Jim Crow! Go fuck yourselves, Surry County.
NC GOP wants to “cancel” coca-cola
All the more reason to drink coke!
Short-term. CocaCola did the right thing and people are pretty much Coke or Pepsi. Maybe RC if you’re a loyalist. Few Coke drinkers will switch their favorite beverage because they got their feelings hurt. Says a good deal more about a place where mlb will never operate.
Pepsi CEO needs to speak out against Georgia voting laws next and let this hick town stop drinking Pepsi too. Surry County, NC hillbillies.
Will this insanity never end?
More cancel culture from the party that accuses others of cancel culture. Think about this move. They made a comment about how making it harder to votes was bad so they're 'cancelling' coke. Pathetic.
Well guess I won’t visit, got to have my Coke!
Perhaps San Francisco should ban all Chick-fil-a Restaurants.
Seems like republicans don’t like cancel culture but sure love cancelling
Coca-Cola's response.
My home state trending again for something stupid and racist 🤦🏽♀️
The rest of us should make it a point to buy a 6 pack, 12 pack of CocaCola to support the courage it takes nowadays to take a stand contrary to the GQP.
We should ban NC
Haven't had a coke float party in awhile it is time. CocaCola
who is really being punished here? The multibillion dollar corporation, or the people working in those buildings forced to drink pepsi now?
Perfectly fine when Goya, Home Depot, Hobby Lobby make political statements. More Republican hypocrisy.
They didn’t think this through huh
And here they had me convinced democrats were the party of 'cancel culture'
What bozo in NC thought this was a good idea? this is one a case of local government thinking that they’re bigger and more influential than they really are. I would assume that the local county benefits financially from these machines, talk about shooting you self in the foot.
I don't drink Coke. It rots your stomach & makes you fat....but the attack on voting rights is just plain wrong, so thank you Coke, for standing for what is right.
America is weird.
Idiots - this is not 'corporate political commentary favoring the Democratic party' it's commentary favoring the HUMAN party.
Maybe folks are just fed up with all the things that big companies are doing. Coke has been exposed. People don't like it
Good for Coca Cola for speaking out and criticizing Georgia voting law! More companies should follow in their steps! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 CocaCola Thanku
Dumb ass hicks
Not gonna last.
Republicans are now anti business.
TheValuesVoter Bwahahahahaha But cancel culture is ruining the country!
If corps are people then they are violating their civil rights.
The Republican way, if you don’t agree with me than off with your head
🙄
Cancel culture?
Banning Cola in Usa is like banning guns
Yay cancel culture! 🙄
Oh wow, now they will go broke CocaCola SurryCounty lots of ignorant in charge in that county, the people of Surry needs to clean the house.
So instead everyone will have to drive to McDonalds to get their DietCoke, because they will still drink it. This is so dumb
Their opposed to fair elections and favor a fired former guy trying to steel the election by the big lie.
“Cancel culture” 🙄
But sure, go on about how tHe LeFt is trying to cancel everything 🙄
What's next? Barney Fife and Sheriff Taylor form a protest march? I don't think the Coca-Cola executive bonuses are in any danger.
Those good ol' boys sure have a thing about punishing people who criticize them. Nothing like thin-skinned politicians. Tells more about them than they want you to know.
I thought they hated cancel culture? I thought everyone who engaged in it is soft and needs a safe place?
Geez, vindictive. I say people buy more Coca-Cola!!!!
North Carolina? The University of North Carolina School of Law conferred a Law Degree upon Sidney Powell in 1978. Think about that for a minute when you are deciding which law school to apply to.
Funny that NC residents would allow their government to do this.
Perspective: *and only in govt buildings. I think Coca-Cola might recover 😂
They’ll smuggle it in😁😂
You seriously can't make this shit up.
It’s their lost.
The GOP extremists are destroying America.
Are they going to ban Apple Phone sales too because Tim Cook is also speaking out against Republican Tyranny?
What is America? Democrats are BIGOTS. Republicans are ELITISTS. And the Liberals are CONFIRMISTS. The DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE is a MANIFESTO of True SOVEREIGNTY from TYRANNY. The creation of GUILDS marked the END of the TYRANNICAL RULE of Britain's MONARCHY in America.
The party against cancel culture is also a part of cancel culture 😂
As they and others should. The TODAY comedy channel keeps on giving!
Tittle 8 chapter one Delaware code. Well coco cola won the battle. Thank you its still article 8 in article confederations what call. United states of america.
So you're saying America is no longer a Republic and that fascism rules?
Thank you CocaCola Chairman and CEO James Quincey for standing up for Democracy. 👏👏👏
And they give us liberals shit about cancel culture.
Wow, idiots!
🤣 But they don’t approve of cancel culture!
The New Federal State of China show up at 1st year Anniversary
Lol. That will work, yeehahs
at their properties only. lol