McConnell warns "stupid" business leaders off political speech: "Republicans drink Coca-Cola, too"

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday it's "quite stupid" for corporations to speak out against the Georgia voting law, intensifying his warnings for big business to stand down as Congress delves into President Joe Biden's infrastructure package and other defining issues.

Speaking in Kentucky, the GOP leader said companies still can participate in the political process and give freely to political campaigns. But as lawmakers wrestle with big issues, he warned CEOs off the kinds of public statements made by Delta Air Lines, Coca-Cola and Major League Baseball in opposition to Georgia's new voting law that Democrats and others argue is too restrictive. "It's quite stupid to jump in the middle of a highly controversial issue," he told reporters.