In what is a yearly occurrence at this point, supporters of President Donald Trump are back with a vendetta against Starbucks. Supporters of the president are rallying around a man’s plan to stick to baristas at the coffee company in an attempt to troll.
Brad Blakeman posted on Facebook detailing his recent visit to a Starbucks in Washington, D.C. on December 11, where he gave his name as “Trump MAGA.”
Sebastian Gorka, Trump’s former deputy assistant, posted a screenshot of a photo of Blakeman’s post with a message of support for Blakeman’s story.
I LOVE this.
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) December 12, 2017
Take the Culture BACK!! pic.twitter.com/id5GvxhcST
Comments on the Gorka’s post are filled with support for a new endeavor.
.Ok I'm doing this tomorrow! Funny thing? I love in California!! I'll be triggering some people!!! 😀
— Kat™ The Hammer ⚒️ (@KatTheHammer1) December 12, 2017
But there are many others calling out the illogicality of giving money to a company you presumably have problems with.
https://twitter.com/AustynMax/status/940610302655320064
https://twitter.com/OckyJ83/status/940610138821373952
Soooo, you gave money to Starbucks? The same business that pissed Republicans off because they didn’t put, “Merry Christmas” on their cups?
— Peggasoreus (@Peggasoreus) December 12, 2017
Taking the culture back means humiliating yourself for the opportunity to make a service worker slightly uncomfortable
— willem the foe (@randomhero1985) December 12, 2017
please do this. absolutely please go to starbucks and give them money to write some words on a cup.
— bladee if he was mexican and could bench 295 (@OfficialBrohoss) December 12, 2017
If it feels like this has happened before, it’s because it has. Alt-right personality Tim Threadstone, who is known by his media alias Baked Alaska, incited his followers and other conservatives to get Starbucks baristas to write the president’s name on their cups last November.
In what he called a “culture war,” Baked Alaska accused liberals of making white people and white men feel guilty for supporting the president. His movement was aimed at normalizing Trump’s presidency.
But since supporters feel the need to do it again, it’s obvious it may not have worked so well the first time around.
H/T Business Insider