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Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - hal - 04-20-2021
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/home-depot-boycott/85-474d72b7-63b0-48f1-abf7-699001a618ad
And this is the PERFECT opportunity for Kemp to realign himself with the Trumpies before they bury him.
An outspoken group of Georgia's faith-based leaders are calling on a boycott of The Home Depot, they announced on Tuesday. It is the first formal boycott called after weeks of attempted engagement and discussion, they said.
The group, representing more than 1,000 churches across the state, said the boycott stems from the controversial voting law signed by Gov. Brian Kemp last month.
Over the last month, in an effort to create dialog, a united coalition of faith-based leaders has been in constant communication with corporate leaders around the state "in hopes of shining a light on the actual facts and repercussions of this new law," they said in a statement. They said the results "have seen corporate activism unseen in decades."
They initially called a statewide boycott of major corporations, however, once the discussions began with corporate leaders and executives from across the state, they put that on hold when Coca-Cola officials initiated a virtual meeting with everyone.
The group organizing the boycott said The Home Depot, headquartered in Atlanta, "chose not to attend the meeting, ignored a series of follow-up requests, and has failed to speak publicly on the new law."
Gov. Kemp called a news conference less than an hour after the call that his office said "will highlight his opposition to the job-killing Home Depot boycott and his support for Georgia jobs."
"This insanity needs to stop. The people that are pushing this, that are profiting off of it, like Stacey Abrams and others, are now trying to have it both ways," Kemp said. "There is a political agenda here and it all leads back to Washington DC."
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - deckeda - 04-20-2021
Stupid.
HD has little use nor history for doing the right thing politically, but if they’re not shown or known to directly support the new law, this is just dumb. And extortionist.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - sekker - 04-20-2021
We have walked away from HD if we can. Their political views have contributed to too many deaths in this country.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - hal - 04-20-2021
deckeda wrote:
Stupid.
HD has little use nor history for doing the right thing politically, but if they’re not shown or known to directly support the new law, this is just dumb. And extortionist.
dumb? extortionist? you're not making a lot of sense here...
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - rjmacs - 04-20-2021
deckeda wrote:
Stupid.
HD has little use nor history for doing the right thing politically, but if they’re not shown or known to directly support the new law, this is just dumb. And extortionist.
I'm with the new movement to hold corporations to moral stances. Get on the bus, or get out of the way.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - sekker - 04-20-2021
rjmacs wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
Stupid.
HD has little use nor history for doing the right thing politically, but if they’re not shown or known to directly support the new law, this is just dumb. And extortionist.
I'm with the new movement to hold corporations to moral stances. Get on the bus, or get out of the way.
Yes, it's one of the few new tools that has been working. Heaven knows, current politics are not.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - deckeda - 04-20-2021
I’m totally onboard with corps taking a stance and backing them up. But it’s a stretch to imply they’re the devil when they aren’t releasing press statements.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - rjmacs - 04-20-2021
deckeda wrote:
I’m totally onboard with corps taking a stance and backing them up. But it’s a stretch to imply they’re the devil when they aren’t releasing press statements.
Silence is complicity.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - sekker - 04-20-2021
rjmacs wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
I’m totally onboard with corps taking a stance and backing them up. But it’s a stretch to imply they’re the devil when they aren’t releasing press statements.
Silence is complicity.
Yes, and this word has made it to ALL corporate leadership. NPR had a great story on this, here's one from their 'The Indicator' Podcast - 'Companies Get Political'. Only 10 minutes, worth listening if you have not followed.
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/13/956553990/companies-get-political
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - Grateful11 - 04-20-2021
Sorry but that's where many of my cool Ryobi tools come from.