The recent push for Voter ID laws has become a pet peeve of the Left. Knowing that it will be harder to pull off fraud, they are mounting a campaign of resistance. They have targeted Coca Cola and Walmart because of their association with American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC focused mostly on food and beverages taxes. They were also supporting Voter ID laws. Coca Cola has discontinued its association because of the Democratic boycott threat.
Democratic officials Wednesday launched a two-pronged attack on states with new laws requiring identification before voting, the highlight being a call to boycott Coke, Walmart and others that back a leading organization pushing for voter ID laws.
Coke was quick to react to the boycott threat, pulling support from the targeted group just five hours after it was called.
In caving into the economic threat by liberals against a pro-voter ID law group, Coke issue this statement Wednesday afternoon: “The Coca-Cola Company has elected to discontinue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Our involvement with ALEC was focused on efforts to oppose discriminatory food and beverage taxes, not on issues that have no direct bearing on our business. We have a long-standing policy of only taking positions on issues that impact our Company and industry.”
This is exactly what they attempted to do to Rush Limbaugh. Silence him by going after his advertisers. Now they are attempting to intimidate any supporter of voter ID laws. This is defacto tyranny by the Progressives.
Tags: American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Coca Cola, WalMart
