{"id":422164,"date":"2021-04-14T16:58:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T20:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=422164"},"modified":"2021-04-14T16:58:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T20:58:26","slug":"netflix-viacom-amazon-george-clooney-sign-letter-opposing-voter-integrity-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-viacom-amazon-george-clooney-sign-letter-opposing-voter-integrity-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix, Viacom, Amazon, George Clooney Sign Letter Opposing Voter Integrity Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetflix-viacom-amazon-george-clooney-sign-letter-opposing-voter-integrity-laws%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=422164&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1942.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Hollywood machine has continued its assault on the state of Georgia over its voter integrity law.<\/p>\n<p>In an open letter, titled \u201cWe Stand For Democracy,\u201d industry titans like Netflix, ViacomCBS, Apple, Amazon, George Clooney, George Lucas, and David Geffen all maligned voter integrity laws as a restriction of Democracy. The letter did not expressly mention Georgia by name, but it was spearheaded by former American Express CEO Ken Chennault and Merck CEO Ken Frazier, who both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-executives-condemn-georgia-election-law-voter-suppression\">released an ad<\/a> in The New York Times recently calling on corporate America to oppose the law.<\/p>\n<p>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/entertainment-heavyweights-sign-open-letter-opposing-restrictive-voting-laws\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> (THR):<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"38\">\n<p><em>Among the companies attaching their names to the letter were Netflix, ViacomCBS, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Live Nation Entertainment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Individuals signing the letter included notable entertainment figures JJ Abrams, George Clooney, Channing Dungey, Lee Daniels, Larry David, David Geffen, Demi Lovato, Peter Chernin, George Lucas, Samuel L. Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Shonda Rhimes, Shari Redstone and David Zaslav, as well as corporate leaders like Warren Buffett, Mike Bloomberg and Kenneth Cole.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The letter, which was organized by former American Express CEO Ken Chennault and Merck CEO Ken Frazier, was published as a two-page advertising spread in Wednesday\u2019s&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;and&nbsp;Washington Post. While not calling out Georgia by name, it called out efforts to restrict voting access (Georgia passed a restrictive voting bill a few weeks ago, with dozens of other states weighing similar bills).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFor American democracy to work for any of us, we must ensure the right to vote for all of us,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cWe all should feel a responsibility to defend the right to vote, and oppose any discriminatory legislation or measures that restrict or prevent any eligible voter from having an equal or fair opportunity to cast a ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given how boycotts in the state of Georgia, or any other state pushing a voter integrity law, could cause a massive anti-Democrat backlash, the letter refrains from calling for a boycott. Earlier this week, actor Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua announced that they would be moving production of the upcoming runaway slave thriller \u201cEmancipation\u201d from the state of Georgia to Louisiana, costing an estimated $15 million in taxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this moment in time, the Nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice,\u201d Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua said in a joint statement to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/04\/apple-will-smith-antoine-fuqua-runaway-slave-movie-emancipation-georgia-exit-election-law-1234732247\/\">Deadline<\/a>. \u201cWe cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access. The new Georgia voting laws are reminiscent of voting impediments that were passed at the end of Reconstruction to prevent many Americans from voting. Regrettably, we feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Left\u2019s insistence that Georgia\u2019s new election integrity law discriminates against minorities, the evidence says otherwise. In fact, many black voters support some of the proposed regulations, such as the voter ID requirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly 70% of black people living in America support laws that require prospective voters to provide an ID, such as a driver\u2019s license, before being allowed to cast their ballot,\u201d reported&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/if-voter-id-laws-are-so-racist-why-do-70-of-black-people-support-them\">The Daily Wire<\/a>. \u201cIt turns out that the vast majority of black people in America \u2014 the very individuals Joe Biden assures us are victims of racism under voter ID laws \u2014 think it\u2019s perfectly reasonable to require some form of proof that you are who you say you are before voting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/will-smiths-movie-emancipation-leaves-georgia-over-voting-law-will-lose-15-million-in-tax-breaks\">&nbsp;Will Smith\u2019s Movie \u2018Emancipation\u2019 Leaves Georgia Over Voting Law, Will Lose $15 Million In Tax&nbsp;Breaks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hollywood machine has continued its assault on the state of Georgia over its voter integrity law.In an open letter, titled \u201cWe Stand For Democracy,\u201d industry titans like Netflix, ViacomCBS, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312199,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1942.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Netflix, Viacom, Amazon, George Clooney Sign Letter Opposing Voter Integrity Laws","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1942.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Netflix, Viacom, Amazon, George Clooney Sign Letter Opposing Voter Integrity Laws","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}