Sugary Soda Industry's Covert Influencer Campaign Falls Apart
- Large soda companies are concerned as Republicans propose legislation to restrict sugary drinks from SNAP, potentially threatening their income sources.
- Several MAGA-aligned influencers posted messages supporting the purchase of soda with food stamps, but later deleted their posts amid controversy.
- Republicans call for reforms in SNAP, citing its cost increase from $63 billion to over $100 billion annually, and introduce bills targeting sugary beverages.
- A spokesperson for the American Beverage Association argues that banning soda purchases with SNAP would not improve health and unfairly stigmatize low-income families.
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Big Soda paid MAGA influencers to defend junk food
Major soda companies attempted to secretly buy off conservative social media personalities to fight against SNAP benefit reforms — but social media users were too quick to catch on. It all began with X user Nick Sortor, who posted evidence on the social media platform that a company called Influ...
How Big Soda Paid 'Conservative' Social Media Personalities to Support Taxpayer Funded Pepsi for Poor People
As U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushes forward with his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda, efforts are growing to stop food stamps from being used to buy soda, but soda lobbyists have paid online “conservative” personalities to sway public opinion on their behalf. [RELATED: A GOP Bill Could
The Right Wing Is Tearing Itself Apart Over... Soda?
Will Sommer and Sonny Bunch talk the drama with MAGA influencers accused of being paid off by Big Soda to counter MAHA's push for soda and candy to no longer be covered by SNAP and EBT.Leave a commentAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for vide…
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