{"id":523064,"date":"2021-05-18T19:20:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T23:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=523064"},"modified":"2021-05-18T19:20:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T23:20:50","slug":"conservative-consumers-group-pounces-on-woke-corporations-like-nike-and-coca-cola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-consumers-group-pounces-on-woke-corporations-like-nike-and-coca-cola\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Consumers\u2019 Group Pounces On \u2018Woke\u2019 Corporations Like Nike and Coca-Cola"},"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%2Fconservative-consumers-group-pounces-on-woke-corporations-like-nike-and-coca-cola%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=523064&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\/05\/GettyImages-1229943059.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Consumers\u2019 Research, a conservative consumer advocacy group, released three ads that attack corporations like Nike, Coca-Cola, and American Airlines, for going woke.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/consumers-research-launches-initiative-warning-companies-to-put-consumers-first---and-stop-playing-woke-political-games-301293695.html\">press release<\/a>, the group is spending more than $1 million on dropping the ads. The goal is to remind the corporations<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica Airlines shrunk legroom for passengers and laid off thousands of employees during the COVID pandemic while receiving billions in taxpayer bailouts. Coca-Cola and Nike have both been exploiting foreign, potentially forced, labor in China while American workers suffer,\u201d Executive Director of Consumers\u2019 Research Will Hild said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/consumers-research-launches-initiative-warning-companies-to-put-consumers-first---and-stop-playing-woke-political-games-301293695.html\">statement.<\/a> \u201cIt is time these corporate giants were called to task. We are giving consumers a voice. These companies should be putting their energy and focus on serving their customers not woke politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Airlines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Texas passed its voter integrity law, American Airlines released a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.aa.com\/news\/news-details\/2021\/American-Airlines-Statement-on-Texas-Voting-Legislation-CORP-OTH-04\/default.aspx\">statement<\/a> echoing Democrats\u2019 talking points, saying the laws would prevent Americans from voting:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"25\">\n<p><em>Earlier this morning, the Texas State Senate passed legislation with provisions that limit voting access. To make American\u2019s stance clear: We are strongly opposed to this bill and others like it. As a Texas-based business, we must stand up for the rights of our team members and customers who call Texas home, and honor the sacrifices made by generations of Americans to protect and expand the right to vote.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Voting is the hallmark of our democracy, and is the foundation of our great country. We value the democratic process and believe every eligible American should be allowed to exercise their right to vote, no matter which political party or candidate they support.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We acknowledge how difficult this is for many who have fought to secure and exercise their constitutional right to vote. Any legislation dealing with how elections are conducted must ensure ballot integrity and security while making it easier to vote, not harder. At American, we believe we should break down barriers to diversity, equity and inclusion in our society \u2013 not create them.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/texas-lt-gov-on-american-airlines-condemning-new-law-they-admitted-ceo-didnt-even-read-it\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick stated American Airlines CEO Doug Parker hadn\u2019t even read the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Lt. Governor of Texas, I am stunned that American Airlines would put out a statement saying \u2018we are strongly opposed to this bill\u2019 [Senate Bill 7] just minutes after their government relations representative called my office and admitted that neither he nor the American Airlines CEO had actually read the legislation,\u201d Patrick said in his own statement. \u201cWe heard these same outcries claiming voter suppression in 2011 when Texas passed the photo voter ID bill. In fact, just the opposite occurred. Voter turnout in Texas soared from 7,993,851 in 2012 to 11,144,040 in 2020, a 39 percent increase. Gubernatorial election voter turnout has increased by 76 percent since photo voter ID was passed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Consumers\u2019 Research ad slammed Parker\u2019s take on Texas\u2019 voter integrity law, which requires an ID to fly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is CEO Doug Parker trying to appease the radical left?\u201d the ad asked.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ad, Parker is trying to \u201cdistract\u201d from the company\u2019s various issues, like his \u201c$10 million salary\u201d despite receiving \u201c$5.8 billion in taxpayer bailouts\u201d and more than 19,000 job cuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoug Parker, American Airlines, serve your customers, not woke politicians,\u201d the ad concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"American Airlines: The Worst\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fg89CSkoSuI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coca-Cola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Georgia passed its voter integrity law, the Coca-Cola Company came under fire for donating to Republican politicians who challenged the results of the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>A progressive coalition called on the Coca-Cola Company to demonstrate its commitment to progressive values by opposing the voter integrity law, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/woke-coke-under-fire-from-progressives-for-backing-georgia-ballot-restrictions\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported. This was shortly after the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/woke-coke-under-fire-from-progressives-for-backing-georgia-ballot-restrictions\">implemented<\/a> \u201canti-racist\u201d training materials and announced that it was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/coca-cola-says-it-will-only-hire-law-firms-that-meet-quota-for-black-attorneys\">only hiring<\/a> law firms that will commit to 15% of their billed time coming from black attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>The Consumers\u2019 Research ad calls on the company to do away with woke politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoca-Cola is getting political, attacking Georgia\u2019s popular voting law,\u201d the ad stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ad, Coca-Cola is laser-focused on Georgia\u2019s voting law because the company wants to \u201cdistract\u201d from \u201cdismal sales\u201d over the last few years, allegations of using \u201cforced labor,\u201d and knowingly targeting children despite an obesity epidemic.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coca-Cola: Busted\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bmmnKdU2sok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nike<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nike joined a number of large corporations, including Cocoa-Cola, to lobby against a bill that would have prevented \u201cAmerican companies from importing products made in Chinese labor camps, including camps home to as many as one million Uyghurs, a persecuted ethnically Muslim minority,\u201d per a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-nike-lobbying-against-anti-china-bill-banning-import-of-products-made-by-forced-uyghur-labor\">The Daily Wire.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Consumers\u2019 Research ad slammed Nike\u2019s decision to hire forced labor over American labor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNike is constantly political,\u201d the ad stated, claiming the company is going woke to provide \u201ccover\u201d for allegedly using Uighur forced labor in China to produce their products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious minorities were ripped from their families, sterilized, sold to factories,\u201d the voice-over said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ad, Congress attempted to prevent Nike from using forced labor in China but the company \u201cfought back with highly paid lobbyists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than hiring Americans, Nike chose China,\u201d the ad stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNike, serve your customer, not woke politicians,\u201d the company concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nike: Cover\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tDWLSAdf48o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>An April poll from <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/hilltv\/what-americas-thinking\/549599-poll-61-percent-said-it-is-inappropriate-for-corporations-to\">The Hill\/HarrisX<\/a> found that 61% of registered voters believe it\u2019s \u201cnot appropriate for corporations to engage in political speech.\u201d Only 39% said it\u2019s appropriate for corporations to be involved in political speech.<\/p>\n<p><i>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\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumers\u2019 Research, a conservative consumer advocacy group, released three ads that attack corporations like Nike, Coca-Cola, and American Airlines, for going woke.According to a press release, the group is spending &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278499,"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\/05\/GettyImages-1229943059.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Conservative Consumers\u2019 Group Pounces On \u2018Woke\u2019 Corporations Like Nike and Coca-Cola","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229943059.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Conservative Consumers\u2019 Group Pounces On \u2018Woke\u2019 Corporations Like Nike and Coca-Cola","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523064","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=523064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}