Trump’s relationship with the coffee company is complicated, to say the least. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz endorsed Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election, whereas Trump once told supporters to boycott the company because they didn’t say “Christmas” on their red cups for the holiday season...openly calling for the death of Christians worldwide in his tweets.
In
what may be a response, Trump supporters are using the hashtag
#TrumpCup to taunt Starbucks employees and make them call out the
President-elect’s name -Mediaite
Sunday's announcement on refugee hires, made in a letter to employees, has been met with fierce backlash, as well as many committing to switch to Dunkin' Donuts, whose shares were up today. The
hashtag #BoycottStarbucks is predictably making it's way around
Twitter, which has of course resulted in hilarity - including a new
nickname with several contenders for the logo.
And of course, there's Twitter:
— Sean Henderson (@5henders0n) January 31, 2017
Based
Amy Mek reminds us of Starbucks' willing participation in the
institutionalized mistreatment of women (while they installed a "gender
segregation wall" of course):
Remember when Starbucks BANNED Women from Stores in Muslim Saudi Arabia & Posted signs saying: "NO ENTRY FOR LADIES..."#BoycottStarbucks pic.twitter.com/NMR3dF5zFR
— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) January 30, 2017
It has been well documented on Youtube that Starbucks employees routinely spit or otherwise defile the coffee drinks of Christians and Trump supporters. Sbux CEO has openly called for Christians to never patronize the company, an open hatred of God and those of the faith.I dont need to #BoycottStarbucks because of refugees.I already boycott Starbucks because I wont pay $5 for shit coffee without booze in it
— ReligionFreeSince93 (@TheDailyCowman) January 30, 2017
It will be interesting to keep an eye on $SBUX and $DNKN over the next few days if this picks up steam:
