Newsom knocks Target CEO for pulling LGBTQ merchandise from stores

Source: The hill





by Sarah Fortinsky - 05/24/23 10:35 AM ET


California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday slammed Target’s chief executive for pulling LGBTQ and Pride Month merchandise from store shelves after facing backlash and threats of violence from some customers.

“CEO of Target Brian Cornell selling out the LGBTQ+ community to extremists is a real profile in courage. This isn’t just a couple stores in the South. There is a systematic attack on the gay community happening across the country,” Newsom wrote in a tweet Tuesday night.

“Wake up America. This doesn’t stop here. You’re black? You’re Asian? You’re Jewish? You’re a woman? You’re next,” the California governor continued.

On Tuesday, Target announced it was making “adjustments to our plans” to promote and sell Pride Month merchandise, which has been on sale since the beginning of May, ahead of Pride Month in June. Target attributed the decision to “volatile circumstances” that were impacting staff’s “sense of safety and well-being while at work.”...........................

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/4018653-newsom-knocks-target-ceo-for-pulling-lgbtq-merchandise-from-stores/

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When I first read this earlier today, I was thinking mostly to protect the store workers.
Now, I am thinking Target needs to put more protections in place and be more aggressive in arresting these dangerous creeps. iMHO

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Oliver Willis
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“@Target
will remove some of its Jewish merchandise from its Hanukkah collection after facing customer backlash that threatened the safety of its workers, the company said.” - see how that sounds?

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It's confusing to see all these right-wingers calling for a boycott of Target given that all these same right-wingers had already supposedly been boycotting Target for the last several years.

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