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 Influenceable was cutting big checks to MAGA-aligned influencers on behalf of Big Soda.
“Over the past 48 hours, several large supposedly MAGA-aligned ‘influencers’ posted almost identical talking points fed to them, convincing you MAHA was out of line for not wanting soda purchases with food stamps (SNAP),” Sortor wrote in a post.
“Some even slimely [sic] invoked PRESIDENT TRUMP as an emotional manipulation tactic, referring to his Diet Coke button. Not a SINGLE ONE of them disclosed they were paid for these posts, which led readers to believe a general SODA BAN was in the works,” he added.
X users like Eric Daugherty were accused of the grift, who wrote in a post: “Important: We cannot allow Make America Healthy Again messaging to be used to force needy Americans into not buying certain things. Some officials in DC are working on trying to prevent Americans on SNAP food stamps from using those benefits to purchase any soda.” […]
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