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ShareCorporate executives at Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola are facing backlash from Republican Party lawmakers after they criticized "unacceptable" new GOP voting legislation in states like Georgia.Delta and Coca-Cola, which are massive employers in the Atlanta area, publicly expressed criticism of the GOP voter legislation that have been implemented in the wake of former President 's unfounded election fraud claims. Despite Democratic lawmakers describing the laws as a return to Jim Crow-era voter suppression tactics, Georgia GOP Governor Brian Kemp and Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio accused the companies of cowering to the demands of "woke" liberals.Rubio used a "#WokeCorporateHypocrites" hashtag last week to ridicule the company executives who are criticizing the recently passed GOP voter law in Georgia. on social media also echoed this hashtag by demanding boycotts of the companies coming out against the GOP voter laws and said they are not "restrictions.""Dear@Delta: You are business partners with the Communist Party of #China When can we expect your letter saying that their ongoing genocide in #Xinjiang is 'unacceptable and does not match Delta's values' ??? #WokeCorporateHypocrites" Rubio tweeted Thursday.Last week, Delta CEO Ed Bastian issued a statement blasting the new voting legislature in Georgia."It's evident that the bill includes provisions that will make it harder for many underrepresented voters, particularly Black voters, to exercise their constitutional right to elect their representatives. That is wrong," Bastian saidCoca-Cola CEO James Quincey reiterated this sentiment, telling CNBC Wednesday that such voter ID laws are "unacceptable" and clearly targeting Black voters. He reaffirmed the company's stance that they've "always opposed this legislation," which civil rights organizations have also said are racist.Rubio joined numerous GOP figures including Donald Trump Jr., who mockingly used a "get woke, go broke" mantra against Delta Airlines. And Republican Kentucky Senator said executives at corporations like Coca-Cola clearly had failed to even read the contents of the bills. Speaking with ' The Ingraham Angle, Paul said "all of these proposals make it easy to vote and hard to cheat...they don't even bother to read the bills." The host of that program, , said the companies are all just "falling in line" as they did last summer during the rallies in the wake of 's death.Republican Brian Robinson, an ex-aide to former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, said companies are simply reacting to " mobs demanding reaction to their false narrative," as the reported. , by comparison, have accused the GOP voting bills of seeking to dismantle the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require the federal government to approve all election procedures even on the state level.Newsweek reached out to Rubio and Paul's offices for additional remarks Saturday morning., orVSCHOOSE YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONPREMIUMDIGITAL+ Ad FreeNEWSLETTERBEST OF NEWSWEEK VIA EMAILJoin half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters

ShareCorporate executives at Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola are facing backlash from Republican Party lawmakers after they criticized "unacceptable" new GOP voting legislation in states like Georgia.Delta and Coca-Cola, which are massive employers in the Atlanta area, publicly expressed criticism of the GOP voter legislation that have been implemented in the wake of former President 's unfounded election fraud claims. Despite Democratic lawmakers describing the laws as a return to Jim Crow-era voter suppression tactics, Georgia GOP Governor Brian Kemp and Republican Florida Senator Marco...

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"Woke corporate hypocrites": Delta, Coca-Cola face GOP backlash for knocking Georgia voting law

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