Coca-Cola Co. has not removed its products from all government buildings in Georgia, a company spokesman said. The false allegation was shared on social media days after eight Republican lawmakers requested to remove complimentary Coca-Cola products from their office set.
Examples on Facebook can be seen here.
Ann Moore, a spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based company, told Reuters in an email that this claim was untrue. ‘We have not removed our products from all government buildings. There was one office package from lawmakers in Georgia asking to have our products removed. ”
The drink, according to Moore, is free and is offered “to lawmakers to provide for their voters when they visit their representatives’ offices.”
A group of eight Republican lawmakers sent an angry letter to Kevin Perry, president of the Georgia Beverage Association, a few days after Coca-Cola Co. joined an effort by U.S. companies to remove the new voting restrictions from the battlefield to challenge and call the law unacceptable. calls for Coca-Cola products to be removed from their office suite ( here ).
Republican Georgia law tightened absentee ballot identification requirements, shortened early voting periods and made it a violation for members of the public to offer food and water to queuing voters.
Moore confirmed that Coca-Cola supplement products have been removed from one suite since April 16 only.
VERDICT
Untrue. According to a company spokesman, Coca-Cola products are not being removed from all government buildings in Georgia. Eight Republican lawmakers have requested that Coca-Cola products be removed from their (one) office set.
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