WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com’s social media team gritted their teeth this week to go after two big critics in Congress: Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Amazon first came out Wednesday with tweets from Dave Clark, executive director of Amazon’s global consumer business, who criticized Sanders for pushing for a $ 15 minimum wage and supporting Amazon workers in Alabama who consider to syndicate.
On Friday, the day Sanders met with Amazon workers in Alabama, Amazon News tweeted that Sanders ’minimum wage in Vermont was $ 11.75. “Sanders would rather talk in Alabama than act in Vermont,” the company tweeted.
At his meeting, Sanders urged Amazon workers to vote for the union: “When you stand up and fight, take on here not only one of the most powerful corporations in this country, but also the richest people in the world. And you do it in an anti-union state ”.
The company also pursued Warren, who pledged on Twitter that he “would fight the union bust. And fight to break Big Tech so you’re not powerful enough to stop senators with snot tweets.”
Initially, he had called for the breakup of Amazon, along with other big tech giants, in 2019, when he ran for president.
Amazon called it “extraordinary and revealing.”
“One of the most powerful politicians in the United States has just said he will break an American company so they can’t criticize it anymore,” Amazon tweeted.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither the Sanders nor Warren offices responded immediately to a request for comment.
Maybe it’s not just Amazon losing patience with Washington’s pressure.
At a congressional hearing on Thursday, Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey apparently became frustrated with lawmakers pushing for yes or no answers to questions. During the hearing, Dorsey tweeted “?” with a poll asking Twitter users to vote “yes” or “no”.
Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice asked, “Mr. Dorsey, what do you gain, yes or no, in your Twitter account poll? “
Dorsey told him he was winning “yes,” to which he replied, “Your multitasking skills are pretty awesome.”
Report by Diane Bartz; edited by Jonathan Oatis