Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Coca Cola deleted its support for BLM and donation of $150,000 from website.
The BLM post has since been deleted.
On his podcast, “The Verdict,” Cruz called out Coca-Cola and other companies for their support of BLM. A few days later, Coca-Cola, which owns Sprite, deleted a paragraph from a 2020 post on its website where it used language to support the left-wing activist group.
The senator posted two screenshots of the company’s website on X before and after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks against Israel. The brand boasted about its $50,000 donation to BLM before the attacks. The sentence disclosing the donation was removed after the attacks.
“Editing your website is not enough. Americans DEMAND an apology,” Cruz wrote.
“Earlier this month, Sprite announced a $500,000 contribution to the Black Lives Matter Global Network in a social post committing action in the fight for racial justice. On June 28, the brand debuted a new TV commercial during the 2020 BET Awards telecast showcasing Black America’s resilience, excellence and optimism. The 60-second spot titled ‘Dreams Realized’ emphasizes Sprite’s commitment to making young Black creators’ dreams a reality and to inspire the next generation to do more and dream bigger,” a web archive stated, according to Fox News.
The current version of the website no longer has that paragraph. Coca-Cola’s website still shows the first sentence about Sprite launching “The Give Back” program, which was started in the summer of 2020 to “fight against racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic.” The company says they are “in this for the long haul,” claiming the initiative “is neither a marketing campaign nor a one-time donation.”
Coca-Cola is not the only Fortune 500 company guilty of donating to BLM. Cruz named Amazon, Sprite, DoorDash, Dropbox, Warner Brothers and Microsoft in the…
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