{"id":604322,"date":"2021-07-27T19:51:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T23:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=604322"},"modified":"2021-07-27T19:51:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T23:51:11","slug":"watch-tom-cotton-shreds-coca-cola-in-explosive-hearing-for-refusing-to-condemn-communist-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tom-cotton-shreds-coca-cola-in-explosive-hearing-for-refusing-to-condemn-communist-china\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Tom Cotton Shreds Coca-Cola In Explosive Hearing For Refusing To Condemn Communist China"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fwatch-tom-cotton-shreds-coca-cola-in-explosive-hearing-for-refusing-to-condemn-communist-china%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=604322&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\/07\/TC-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) tore into&nbsp;Paul Lalli, Coca-Cola\u2019s Global Vice President for Human Rights, during a Senate hearing on Tuesday over the company\u2019s refusal to speak out about the genocide that China is committing after the company weighed in on local political matters earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton posted a video of the question, writing that Coca-Cola would not \u201ccondemn the Chinese Communist Party for committing genocide\u201d and that the company would \u201csupport the Winter Olympics in Beijing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see this is what I\u2019m talking about,\u201d Cotton said to Lalli after Lalli refused to condemn the Chinese Communist Party. \u201cUnder questioning from Senator Merkley, and Representative McGovern, and Representative Chris Smith, every single one of you refused to say a single word by all appearances that will cost you one bit of market share inside of mainland China. Mr. Lalli, for instance, you were asked if Coca Cola would call for the IOC, to delay the Chinese Olympics to give a chance for them to be rebid or for China to stop its genocide against its own people and you said that Coca Cola quote, I think is your exact words, quote, \u2018doesn\u2019t have a say,\u2019 end quote. So, can you tell me why Coca Cola doesn\u2019t have a say in whether it\u2019s sponsors the genocide Olympics next year, but it does have a say and how the state of Georgia runs its election laws?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator, what I stated was that we do not have a say in the selection of the host city, nor on whether an Olympics is postponed or relocated,\u201d Lalli responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, so you don\u2019t, but you could just make a statement,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cYour CEO could saddle up the same moral high horse that he got on when Georgia passed its election law and write a letter to the IOC and ask them to, anybody can do that. If he\u2019s an American citizen, that\u2019s his right under our Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lalli claimed that Coca-Cola was \u201cmost engaged on policy issues here at home,\u201d which led Cotton to ask: \u201cCan you can you explain to me why James Quincy, will \u2026 denounce a democratically elected legislature\u2019s laws, but he will not simply say that the IOC should consider rebidding its Olympics or that Coca Cola should consider sponsoring the genocide Olympics? What\u2019s the difference there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur role as a sponsor is to support and follow the athletes,\u201d Lalli responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, you\u2019re sponsoring the genocide Olympics, you are spending millions of dollars to sponsor the genocide Olympics,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cYet you will not opine on any matter about it, that you will stick your nose in the Georgia legislature\u2019s election reform laws. Can you explain to me the contrast?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the answer is, you are afraid of the Chinese Communist Party, you\u2019re afraid of what they will do to your company, if you say a single word, like for instance, saying that both the Biden and the Trump administration are correct when they say that China is committing a genocide against its own,\u201d Cotton later added.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.260223048327\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coca-Cola: We stand up for what is right across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Also Coca-Cola: We will not condemn the Chinese Communist Party for committing genocide, and we will support the Winter Olympics in Beijing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9C56MJJYe8\">pic.twitter.com\/9C56MJJYe8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1420092672400936960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"100\">\n<p><em>SEN. TOM COTTON (R-AR): So your company said at the time that we will continue to stand up for what is right in Georgia and across the United States. So are we to take from your that statement at the time that Coca Cola will not stand up for what is right outside the United States? Because that\u2019s what it sounds like this morning in this testimony.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PAUL LALLI, COCA-COLA\u2019S GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:&nbsp;No, Senator, we stand up for what is right across the world. We apply the same human rights principles in the United States that we do across the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>COTTON: Do you believe that the Chinese Communist Party is committing genocide against the Uyghur people?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LALLI: We\u2019re aware of the reports of the State Department on this issue as well. There are other departments of the U.S. government. We respect those reports. They continue to inform our program, as do reports from other from civil society.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>COTTON: You see this is what I\u2019m talking about. Under questioning from Senator Merkley, and Representative McGovern, and Representative Chris Smith, every single one of you refused to say a single word by all appearances that will cost you one bit of market share inside of mainland China. Mr. Lalli, for instance, you were asked if Coca Cola would call for the IOC, to delay the Chinese Olympics to give a chance for them to be rebid or for China to stop its genocide against its own people and you said that Coca Cola quote, I think is your exact words, quote, \u2018doesn\u2019t have a say,\u2019 end quote. So, can you tell me why Coca Cola doesn\u2019t have a say in whether it\u2019s sponsors the genocide Olympics next year, but it does have a say and how the state of Georgia runs its election laws?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LALLI: Senator, what I stated was that we do not have a say in the selection of the host city, nor on whether an Olympics is postponed or relocated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>COTTON: Yeah, so you don\u2019t, but you could just make a statement. Your CEO could saddle up the same moral high horse that he got on when Georgia passed its election law and write a letter to the IOC and ask them to, anybody can do that. If he\u2019s an American citizen, that\u2019s his right under our Constitution.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LALLI: As I stated, we are most engaged on policy issues here at home. But we are clear in our respect for human rights globally.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>COTTON: Can you can you explain to me why James Quincy, will \u2026 denounce a democratically elected legislature\u2019s laws, but he will not simply say that the IOC should consider rebidding its Olympics or that Coca Cola should consider sponsoring the genocide Olympics? What\u2019s the difference there?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LALLI: Our role as a sponsor is to support and follow the athletes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>COTTON: So, you\u2019re sponsoring the genocide Olympics, you are spending millions of dollars to sponsor the genocide Olympics. Yet you will not opine on any matter about it, that you will stick your nose in the Georgia legislature\u2019s election reform laws. Can you explain to me the contrast?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LALLI: First, let me say that we do not make decisions on these host locations we support and follow the athletes wherever they compete.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>COTTON: Yeah, no, I\u2019ve heard your talking points. And I\u2019m tired of hearing them, Mr. Lalli. I\u2019m asking you a simple question. Why is it that Coca Cola will opine on Georgia\u2019s election laws, but not on the genocide Olympics?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LALLI: As I\u2019ve stated, of Georgia is our home, it\u2019s where many of our employees live and work. And we are most engaged on public policy issues here in the US.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>COTTON: I think the answer is, you are afraid of the Chinese Communist Party, you\u2019re afraid of what they will do to your company, if you say a single word, like for instance, saying that both the Biden and the Trump administration are correct when they say that China is committing a genocide against its own.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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