Georgia Republican slams Coke, NBA over cooperation with China: 'Don't give them a free pass'

Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy discusses critics slamming U.S.-based corporations for criticizing Georgia’s voting laws while being silent on China’s humanitarian issues.

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., on Tuesday discussed the Beijing Olympics, his personal call with the Coca-Cola about their participation in the Chinese market, and the trend of U.S. companies cooperating with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in an interview with Fox News Digital.

Carter, along with 24 other representatives on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, signed a January letter to the Coca-Cola Company condemning cooperation with the CCP. Carter took particular interest in the soda conglomerate, as Coca-Cola is headquartered in Georgia and has previously made public political statements against voting bills in his state.

"Coca-Cola reached out to me because … it's a Georgia company, and I'm the only Georgian on that committee. So, we set up a call, and we did have a call with them. And it was a very frank discussion," Carter told Fox News Digital. "The question I have for them is, ‘Why do Black lives matter here in America, but in China Muslim Uyghur lives don’t matter? How can you not be consistent in your involvement with these kinds of issues?'"

BEIJING OLYMPICS: COCA-COLA QUIET ON UYGHUR GENOCIDE AFTER CRITICIZING GEORGIA ELECTION LAW

Coca-Cola's participation in the Beijing Olympics as one of the top sponsors has been routinely questioned by critics as China continues its ethnic cleansing of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region. The criticism is compounded by the company's persistent commentary on U.S. political issues. 

While remaining silent on human rights abuses in China, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey openly criticized