Investors back out of brewery after owner's attack on Women's March goes viral
Three co-owners of the restaurant Red Rabbit surrendered their minority ownership stake at Twelve Rounds Brewing and said the beer would not be served at their bustling midtown eatery and bar after brewery founder Daniel Murphy’s diatribes on Facebook touched off an angry backlash.
Murphy faced the wrath of many people late Monday after a Facebook post on his personal page disparaged the Women’s March events on Saturday that drew several million protesters throughout the country challenging the statements and positions of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.
Murphy later issued an apology on the brewery’s Facebook page and asked that people give him and his East Sacramento business another chance. But it was too late for many, including Red Rabbit’s Matt Nurge, Sonny Mayugba and John Bays, who said Murphy’s incendiary views and angry rants throughout his Facebook page prompted them to get out of the deal in a hurry.
In this week’s Facebook message, Murphy wrote: “I am disgusted at all of the people and politicians that supported this anti-Trump event. … I am especially disgusted with the politicians who supported this divisive event. Time to vote all these pieces of garbage out of office.”
The investors said they were aghast that Murphy, among other things, had in previous posts also railed against Muslims, gays, Hillary Clinton and liberals, and had referred to Barack Obama as a Muslim and a traitor.
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