After Mitch McConnell Named WholeFoods Magazine's Man of the Year, Twitter Users Call for Boycott

By Melissa Lemieux On 11/27/19 at 9:57 PM EST

WholeFoods Magazine has named Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as its Man of the Year for championing a hemp growing project in his home state of Kentucky. Twitter users have cried foul, though, and now they are trying to boycott the Whole Foods Supermarkets chain, which has nothing to do with the magazine.

McConnell announced his victory in a tweet.

"Honored to be named @WholeFoodsMag 2019 Person of the Year," McConnell declared. "I was recognized as the most influential person in the natural products industry, specifically because of my work to legalize industrial #hemp for farmers in Kentucky and around the country."

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https://www.newsweek.com/after-mitch-mcconnell-named-wholefoods-magazines-man-year-twitter-users-call-boycott-1474548

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WTF were they thinking?!?

On edit: I should clarify--I meant the Twitter boycotters. I wish they'd look before they leap. That said, I wonder how many health food enthusiasts also support mcconnell? I guess there might be a few, but sheesh.

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After Mitch McConnell Named WholeFoods Magazine's Man of the Year, Twitter Users Call for Boycott (Original post)	catbyte	Nov 2019	OP
It's not Whole Foods the grocery store, this is a trade magazine for retailers of 'whole foods'	mr_lebowski	Nov 2019	#1
Newsweek acknowledged that the magazine had nothing to do with the store in the first sentence.	catbyte	Nov 2019	#3
Fixed it on edit ...	mr_lebowski	Nov 2019	#5
Exactly. Although I don't think many natural food enthusiasts would view mcconnell as a hero, tho.	catbyte	Nov 2019	#9
That magazine is not attached to the grocery store	essme	Nov 2019	#2
There are like a zillion advertisers in that thing!!!	LeftInTX	Nov 2019	#6
See: magazines.	NCLefty	Nov 2019	#8
Yep, the magazine	LeftInTX	Nov 2019	#13
WTF where who thinking?	jberryhill	Nov 2019	#4
Sorry, the Twitter users. I'll fix it.	catbyte	Nov 2019	#10
We prefer Trader Joe's	RandySF	Nov 2019	#7
Well there goes that publication's credibility	Blue Owl	Nov 2019	#11
In Indiana, a lot of the hemp and CBD products come from	Captain Zero	Nov 2019	#12
The bullshit health claims and dodgy supplements weren't enough	jberryhill	Nov 2019	#15
Whole Foods is owned by Jeff Bezos,	madaboutharry	Nov 2019	#14

Response to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:11 AM

mr_lebowski (30,296 posts)

1. It's not Whole Foods the grocery store, this is a trade magazine for retailers of 'whole foods'

Been around for like 40 years.

Edit: It's right there in the first paragraph ...

After Mitch McConnell Named WholeFoods Magazine's Man of the Year, Twitter Users Call for Boycott

1. It's not Whole Foods the grocery store, this is a trade magazine for retailers of 'whole foods'

3. Newsweek acknowledged that the magazine had nothing to do with the store in the first sentence.

5. Fixed it on edit ...

9. Exactly. Although I don't think many natural food enthusiasts would view mcconnell as a hero, tho.

2. That magazine is not attached to the grocery store

6. There are like a zillion advertisers in that thing!!!

8. See: magazines.

13. Yep, the magazine

4. WTF where who thinking?

10. Sorry, the Twitter users. I'll fix it.

7. We prefer Trader Joe's

11. Well there goes that publication's credibility

12. In Indiana, a lot of the hemp and CBD products come from

15. The bullshit health claims and dodgy supplements weren't enough

14. Whole Foods is owned by Jeff Bezos,