California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a diehard progressive, tweeted this week, "CEO of Target Brian Cornell selling out the LGBTQ+ community to extremists is a real profile in courage."
Newsom appears furious with Cornell's directive to a number of US stores to remove LGBT-themed products ahead of June Pride month. A Target insider told Fox News swimsuits for transgender people to gender-fluid coffee mugs, as well as many other LGBTQ+ products were either removed from the storefront or shifted to the back of stores to mitigate consumer boycotts.
"This
isn't just a couple of stores in the South. There is a systematic
attack on the gay community happening across the country," the governor said.
CEO of Target Brian Cornell selling out the LGBTQ+ community to extremists is a real profile in courage.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) May 24, 2023
This isn’t just a couple stores in the South. There is a systematic attack on the gay community happening across the country.
Wake up America.
This doesn’t stop here.… https://t.co/1vRgukaT0g
With a Twitter account of over 2 million, Newsom might have kicked off a boycott by Democrats.
This is precisely what happened to Bud Light when the brewer ditched Mulvaney, angering the LGBTQ+ community and triggering boycotts on both sides of the political aisle.
When will these corporate elites ever learn that diving into gender identity politics is a dangerous game?