Delta’s messaging against Georgia’s new restrictive election law has taken off.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1367436
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1367436
PR platitudes after the fact are nice, but useless.
How about cancelling that Georgia expansion, Microsoft?
How about you put some action behind your press releases?
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If they cancel then they have no influence. It will just piss people off.
Weighing in BEFORE the law was passed might have been more effective, geniuses.
Maybe Microsoft was too busy modifying Windows 10 for the Chinese government so that it will strengthen the Great Firewall.
Tech businesses and China reminds me of Henry Ford’s and Old Man Koch’s attitude towards Nazi Germany. Don’t think they wouldn’t be equally as accommodating to the next fascist government in America, which could be a mere one election away.
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But what influence do they have now? Just words…
Economic impact is the ONLY thing the GAGQP might react to. We already know they can’t be shamed.
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Unless any of these businesses are actually going to do something like pull out of GA or stop giving money to GOP members, these are just hollow marketing statements and nothing more. Why are news Orgs falling for this meaningless PR bulllshit and reporting like these statements mean anything? Republicans don’t care if you shun them in press releases!
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Put the Georgia project on hold until this law is repealed.
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Actually Biden has a card in the sleeve, to pressure GA, that he decides to use it is another matter.
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They are a perspective employer. If they cancel they have no influence at all, just anger them. Carrots are better
<“Microsoft is headquartered near Seattle in a county and state where secure drop boxes are almost as convenient as a postal service mailbox,” Smith said.
DeJoy: “Just you wait.”
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So what is the carrot you’d recommend? Microsoft already announced / implemented the planned expansion. What’s left?
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Smith said that Microsoft is concerned
Concerned isn’t enough. He should said flat-out that Microsoft would suspend its expansion until the law was rescinded and that laws actually make voting easier. Otherwise his statement rates little more than a collins.*
*A collins equals the lowest level of concern possible.
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I have to admit I haven’t followed closely but, I swear I saw people bitching on Twitter that Delta didn’t stand up. Did they change their tune or was Twitter over reacting?
Early days.
Found this line incredibly specific and to the point. So that awareness makes me want to take a wait and see pause.
The Microsoft president cited that most of Microsoft’s employees based in Atlanta live in Fulton County, where drop boxes will likely be reduced by 80% compared to 40% during the 2020 election.
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The Microsoft president cited that most of Microsoft’s employees based in Atlanta live in Fulton County, where drop boxes will likely be reduced by 80% compared to 40% during the 2020 election.
Ah, here’s the rub. The vast majority of corporations are located in urban areas because of population, infrastructure, transportation, and, of course, talent. Urban areas are also predominantly democratic voters so corporations need to be mindful of this. They surely wouldn’t want to be out of step with their employees, not to mention their customers.
I believe I read that out of the top 100 counties by economic output, 94 voted Democratic.
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What is HomeDepot saying?
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Ease up folks. This is how the game is played. You send a scout first.
In business-ese this is a solid first response. “We do not approve” can be a powerful first step, followed by “a need to reconsider prior decisions” if the first probe doesn’t produce results. If this is what Microsoft is saying in public, they certainly are having bigger conversations with the Governor, and dropping a grenade to start forces people to dig in or risk looking feckless.
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That’s the direction they are headed, but these are big projects with lots of moving parts they can’t just start and stop on a dime. A public statement like this comes first, like a shot across the bow. Then their lobbyists start conversations along the lines of “how do we keep Microsoft from scuttling this deal? nobody’s going to be happy if this tech hub goes away…” and so on.
An outright “we hereby suspend this project until Georgia gets it together!” would wreak havoc on the lives of the various contractors and whatnot involved with, for example, their Atlantic Yards construction project that’s scheduled to be completed this year.
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Corporate pressure can work.
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2016:
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