Coca-Cola sparked backlash after fans claimed it was allowing customers to personalize cans with ‘Harris Walz 2024’, but seemingly banned ‘Trump 2024’

The personalizer website bans any monikers that are ‘trademarked, political in nature, names of countries, celebrities, religious figures, as well as anything that could be considered offensive for other reasons’

The glitch was first shared by Facebook user Antwoine Hill, and circulated widely after being pushed by conservative X account Libs of TikTok, which shared images of a ‘Harris Walz 2024’ can being allowed, but ‘Trump 2024’ not being allowed.

Others followed by sharing videos of their attempts to put religious names on the cans, with ‘Satan’ and ‘Allah’ appearing to be allowed.

Attempts to put ‘Jesus loves you’ on the can was met with a warning that the company couldn’t personalize the can with the word ‘Jesus.’

Some pointed out that excluding the name ‘Jesus’ would limit a common name for men in America, however Coca-Cola’s website notes that ‘a name might be accepted if you add a last name to the submission.’

The personalizer notably blocks cans with the names of political figures such as Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Barack Obama, but does allow other celebrities such as Elon Musk.

Footage shared online appeared to show a Coca-Cola can personalizer allowing ‘Satan’ and ‘Allah’ but banning ‘Jesus’

The personalizer notably blocks cans with political figures such as Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Barack Obama, but does allow other celebrities such as Elon Musk

After the posts went viral, Hill said he was surprised that his pointing out of the glitch captured interest, but stood by the anger he triggered.

‘I am pointing out the obvious, the only name that gets this much backlash and hate is the name of Jesus,’ he told the Daily Dot.

Amid some conservatives calling to boycott the brand, he said would support the move ‘if it sends the message that we stand for the name of Jesus.’

‘I’m also very conflicted with the whole thing because I’m in the streets daily seeing the much bigger issues, drugs, violence, homelessness,’ he said.

‘So for me this just doesn’t seem nearly as big as these issues, but nonetheless I won’t support any company that doesn’t support Jesus.’

In a statement, Coke said, ‘The tool does not approve names or phrases that are religious in nature or are for political candidates, trademarks or celebrities.

‘If a submission is not approved, such as for a specific name, a consumer at a store can show ID with their legal name for a store manager to approve for printing. If the submission is online, a consumer can also modify their request.

‘We recognize technology is imperfect, which is why we have additional layers of approval.’

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CBS News says mics won’t be muted for VP debate

CBS News on Friday announced rules for the vice presidential debate it’s hosting Tuesday night between Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance.

Notably, the network said that the candidates’ microphones will not be muted, but clarified in a press release that it “reserves the right to turn off candidate microphones.”

This is a shift from the CNN presidential debate in June and the ABC News presidential debate held earlier this month, where microphones were muted unless it was the candidate’s turn to speak.

CBS News also said that Vance won a virtual coin toss for the right to choose the order in which each candidate gives their closing statement, and he decided to speak after Walz. (There will be no opening statements.)

Walz will be standing on stage left (the right side of the screen for viewers), and Vance on stage right. Walz will also introduced first, because he is in the incumbent president’s party.

Candidates cannot have notes or props with them.

The debate, set to be held in New York City and moderated by CBS journalists Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan, is scheduled to be 90 minutes long and will be held without a studio audience, similar to the debates hosted by CNN and ABC News.

Each candidate will have two minutes to answer a question, and then their opponent has two minutes to respond. Candidates then have one minute each for additional rebuttals, and CBS News said that the moderators can choose to give the candidates another minute to finish a topic.

The debate likely be the only time the vice presidential candidates face off onstage and comes just over a month before the presidential election.

Both candidates have been preparing for the pivotal event.

Vance’s debate preparations have included sessions at his Cincinnati home and online sessions with his team and with Jason Miller, a senior adviser on former President Donald Trump’s campaign, a source told ABC News. And the Ohio senator is turning to Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer to help him in debate rehearsals by playing Walz, sources familiar with the plans told ABC News.

Walz, meanwhile, has held mock debates, sources told ABC News, with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, in his personal capacity, acting as a Vance stand-in, and held policy sessions with his own longtime aides, Biden White House alumni and members of the Harris-Walz campaign team.