Saying the “outrage industrial complex” as the reason corporations are speaking out against a new suppressive Georgia voter law, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have decided to “join in bullying themselves,” the Washington Post reports.

Ignoring the free market concept of consumer choice, McConnell released a statement decrying corporations using their economic muscle to impact positive social change.  “It’s jaw-dropping to see powerful American institutions not just permit themselves to be bullied, but join in the bullying themselves,” McConnell said.

McConnell’s outrage comes after companies like Delta and Coca-Cola have voiced opposition to the law passed in about 24 hours through the Republican-led Georgia legislature and signed by Republican Governor Brian Kemp.  Major League Baseball also pulled the 2021 All-Star Game and MLB Draft from Atlanta. 

The legislation echoes debunked claims of voter fraud made by Donald Trump after he lost the state in the November 2020 election and two Senate runoffs.  The legislation echoes debunked claims of voter fraud made by Donald Trump after he lost the state in the November 2020 election and two Senate runoffs.

The Georgia law limits the use of mail-in ballot and absentee ballot drop-boxes, voting methods that were favored during the 2020 election during the pandemic and which encouraged many voters to cast a ballot in convenient ways.  The law also makes voter ID requirements more cumbersome and provides for multiple excuses to nullify ballots.

Georgia isn’t the only state to face consequences for proposed voter restriction laws.  Texas has also received backlash for its state senate passing regulations similar the Georgia laws, drawing protests from Texas companies like American Airlines and Dell Computers.