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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:07 PM

Bfd (1,406 posts)

Land O'Lakes Pulls Support for Iowa Congressman Steve King Over Racial Remarks

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-10-30/land-o-lakes-pulls-financial-support-for-iowa-congressman-steve-king

Land O’Lakes Pulls Support for Iowa Congressman Steve King Over Racial Remarks

The controversial Republican, in a tight race for re-election, is known for his anti-immigration stance and support of white nationalism.

Dairy giant Land O’Lakes announced on Tuesday that it will no longer make financial contributions to Representative Steve King of Iowa after a gun-fueled massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue brought new attention to the Republican’s incendiary comments about race and association with white nationalism.

The murder of 11 people, many elderly, in the mass shooting this weekend resulted in the arrest of a man who allegedly made anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant rants online. King has been at the forefront of a right-wing push to end birthright citizenship, a policy President Donald Trump said in an interview with Axios he would seek to enact, despite protections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Land O'Lakes Pulls Support for Iowa Congressman Steve King Over Racial Remarks (Original post)	Bfd	Oct 2018	OP
"Pulls" - cute - they hit their limit and it's not like they are getting their money back	jberryhill	Oct 2018	#1
Happy that Land o Lakes did this	Sinistrous	Oct 2018	#2
Let's be clear.	MontanaMama	Oct 2018	#3
Yup. That's pretty much it. They're more concerned that their name was dragged into it in the first	Bfd	Oct 2018	#7
So	Ohiogal	Oct 2018	#4
+1	dalton99a	Oct 2018	#6
Purina just did, too.	octoberlib	Oct 2018	#5
King is poison!! Ha	Bfd	Oct 2018	#8
That's a Nestle Company.	Wellstone ruled	Oct 2018	#12
Finally. Not like steve king	Cha	Oct 2018	#9
Yes we do Cha! And its still bad press for King.	Bfd	Oct 2018	#10
Yes, Bad Press for SK..	Cha	Oct 2018	#11
Isn't Land O'Lakes	TlalocW	Oct 2018	#13
Too late.	NurseJackie	Oct 2018	#14
I agree	duforsure	Oct 2018	#16
Yeah.	Blue_true	Oct 2018	#20
Until LOL makes a bigger contribution to the ACLU than it did to King I say fuck them	TeamPooka	Oct 2018	#15
White Wave!!?? Ugh.	Bfd	Oct 2018	#17
K & R	SunSeeker	Oct 2018	#18
Too fucking late	maxrandb	Oct 2018	#19

Response to Bfd (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:11 PM

jberryhill (62,444 posts)

1. "Pulls" - cute - they hit their limit and it's not like they are getting their money back

I've "pulled" my support of the tooth fairy as well, and won't be giving the tooth fairy any more of my teeth.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:12 PM

Sinistrous (4,249 posts)

2. Happy that Land o Lakes did this

Boycotting them would have been difficult,

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:21 PM

MontanaMama (22,022 posts)

3. Let's be clear.

LOL didn't pull their $ support for King over his racist remarks. They pulled their support because of the blow black and potential boycott when it became public that they contributed financially to King.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:36 PM

Bfd (1,406 posts)

7. Yup. That's pretty much it. They're more concerned that their name was dragged into it in the first

place, forcing them to have to publicly take a side at all.

Like they didn't already know he was a racist bigot when they made the other donations?

They just want their name outta the headlines.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:28 PM

Ohiogal (27,913 posts)

4. So

they were OK with everything he's said up till now? Doesn't make sense.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:34 PM

dalton99a (75,661 posts)

6. +1

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:34 PM

octoberlib (14,971 posts)

5. Purina just did, too.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:37 PM

Bfd (1,406 posts)

8. King is poison!! Ha

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:56 PM

Wellstone ruled (34,661 posts)

12. That's a Nestle Company.

Waiting for Midwest Energy as well as a certain Bank.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:38 PM

Cha (286,678 posts)

9. Finally. Not like steve king

hasn't always been racist but we take what we can get.

Thanks, Bfd.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:41 PM

Bfd (1,406 posts)

10. Yes we do Cha! And its still bad press for King.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:44 PM

Cha (286,678 posts)

11. Yes, Bad Press for SK..

What I was thinking.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 05:32 PM

TlalocW (14,992 posts)

13. Isn't Land O'Lakes

The one with a Native American woman on the package?

There's just so many snide remarks about nativism, cultural misappropriation, birthright citizenship, immigration that can come from this.

TlalocW

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 05:34 PM

NurseJackie (42,862 posts)

14. Too late.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 05:41 PM

duforsure (11,861 posts)

16. I agree

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 10:22 PM

Blue_true (31,261 posts)

20. Yeah.

Like all the other racist shit that he has been saying for the last decade didn't give them a clue.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 05:38 PM

TeamPooka (22,809 posts)

15. Until LOL makes a bigger contribution to the ACLU than it did to King I say fuck them

Plenty of other butter to buy at the store.
also
Since August 2012, WhiteWave Foods has licensed the Land O'Lakes name and sold coffee creamers and fluid dairy products under the brand.
Fuck the White Wave guys too.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 05:41 PM

Bfd (1,406 posts)

17. White Wave!!?? Ugh.

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 09:12 PM

SunSeeker (49,704 posts)

18. K & R

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Tue Oct 30, 2018, 09:36 PM

maxrandb (14,024 posts)

19. Too fucking late

Land of Lakes...hell, ALL corporations and businesses that have given a fucking dime to ANY Retrumplican NEEDS TO BE FUCKING BANKRUPTED

Then we need to go back for 50 fucking years and put every God damned one that donated to Retrumplicans out of business too.

The ONLY way to stop this shitshow is to inflict massive fucking pain on these businesses so that ALL will get the fucking message... Don't touch the stove!!!!

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