Sen. Cotton praised for annihilating woke Kroger CEO seeking GOP help against Dems: ‘Go woke, go broke’
Conservatives praised Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark). , was filmed dressing down Rodney McMullen, Kroger CEO, in a viral video. In the clip, Cotton slammed McMullen for asking for GOP support against his plans to regulate his company following the recent silence of conservative employees.
The video, taken from a Nov. 29 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, featured Cotton blasting McMullen for seeking his help to block Democrat lawmakers from hampering its merger with the Albertsons grocery store company.
Cotton expressed disinterest in aiding Kroger, particularly after it was sued in Arkansas by two former employees who refused to wear aprons that supported the LGBTQ community. Fox Business reported.
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Senator Tom Cotton, R-Ark. addresses Kroger’s complaints about the Democrat Party’s regulation of the business.
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The senator said Republicans are not interested in helping companies that “silence conservatives and center-right voters.”
Cotton addressed McMullen, stating, “You know, this situation reminds me a little bit of the situation Big Tech companies have found themselves in recent years. They fear regulation from our Democratic friends or action by the Biden Administration and have come to Washington to seek help from Republicans, who are more supportive of free enterprise. “
“I have warned them for years that if conservatives and center-right votes are silenced… if they discriminate in their company, they probably should not come and ask Republican senators for water whenever our Democratic friends want them to regulate them or block them from merging,” he said.
Conveying the message he was not interested in helping McMullen, the senator concluded, “I’ll say this: ‘I’m sorry that’s happening to you. Best of luck. “
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas speaks with an activist at a New Hampshire GOP fundraiser in Rye, N.H., on Aug. 16, 2022.
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Conservatives on Twitter applauded Cotton’s rebuke of the seemingly woke grocery chain.
Conservative commentator Christopher Bedford tweeted, “Exactly right. The CEO of Kroger forces his shelf-stockers and checkout employees to undergo left-wing indoctrination to work for him, then pays himself nearly 400x their salaries. Send him to his Democrat friends for scraps if he comes begging. “
Conservative and lawyer Briscoe Cain replied with the now-popular adage, “Go Woke. Go Broke. “
Author, former Pentagon official Amber Smith, and The Spectator contributing editors Stephen L. Miller made the same comment, tweeting: “This is how it works.” “
“This was my politics,” Claremont Institute Lincoln Fellow Inez Stephanieman tweeted.
Conservative digital strategist Logan Hall appreciated Cotton’s tone, commenting, “More of this. “
The Kroger grocery chain plans to merge with Albertsons.
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Conservative influencer John Jackson was impressed by Cotton’s statement, tweeting, “This. Was. Beautiful. MORE. “
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