A clown world headline if ever there was one:
Boycott Pepsi Calls Grow Over Alleged Donation to Texas GOP After Abortion Ban
social media hashtag went viral urging people to boycott Pepsi after the company was alleged to have donated to the Texas GOP after the state's controversial abortion bill was signed into law.
The #BoycottPepsi hashtag briefly became the top trending topic on Twitter in the U.S. after Popular Information, a newsletter that details companies that donate to politicians backing certain causes, claimed that Pepsi had donated $15,000 to the Texas GOP after the bill which banned the procedure in almost all circumstances after six weeks was signed into law.
The report claimed that Pepsi continued to donate to the Texas GOP after the so-called heartbeat bill was enacted while continuing to promote its commitment to "empowering women in the workplace, marketplace and community."
However, a spokesperson for Pepsi denies the claims in the Popular Information report. The company said the $15,000 was sent in 2020, but the check was not cashed until August 2021 and therefore only disclosed in the Texas Ethics Commission's filings last week.
"During presidential election years, PepsiCo has typically made donations supporting both the Democratic and Republican conventions in several states," a spokesperson for PepsiCo told Newsweek.
"In the summer of 2020, we donated to both the Democratic and Republican parties in Texas to support those state conventions. No further donations have been made to either Texas state political party since 2020. Any reports to the contrary are incorrect."
https://www.newsweek.com/boycott-pepsi-texas-abortion-donations-1672556