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   From: Not.fucking.likely@NoWay.com   
      
   Ubiquitous  wrote in news:pfbq6c$3r8$2@dont-email.me:   
      
   > Two weeks ago, Parkland gun control activist David Hogg turned his   
   > boycott machine on Florida's most beloved grocery store chain,   
   > Publix, after reports that the company had donated $670,000 over the   
   > last three years to NRA-backed Republican gubernatorial candidate   
   > Adam Putnam. Using some fuzzy math and threatening a boycott and   
   > demonstrations, Hogg issued the following demand:   
   >   
   >      I call on @Publix to donate double the money they gave   
   >      to Putman to the Stoneman Douglas Victims fund, $1,000,000.   
   >      And never support an A rated NRA politician again.   
   >      — David Hogg (@davidhogg111) May 24, 2018   
   >   
   > So how is Hogg's campaign against Publix going? Well, as the   
   > Washington Times' Valerie Richardson confirmed on Wednesday, Hogg   
   > "might not want to hold his breath" waiting for that $1 million   
   > donation. Meanwhile, the Democrats have come out on the losing end   
   > of Publix's decision to get out of the political donation business.   
   >   
   > This week, Richardson reached out to Publix to find out how that   
   > Hogg-demanded donation was going and found that the grocery store   
   > apparently has no plans to acquiesce — but they are committed to   
   > continuing to do what they so often do: help suffering communities.   
   >   
   > "While we have not contributed to the GoFundMe account, on April 3,   
   > more than 65 Publix associates, including our CEO & President [Todd   
   > Jones], spent our Publix Serves Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas,"   
   > Publix spokeswoman Nicole Krauss said in an email.   
   >   
   > "We worked on several projects that were funded by Publix, including   
   > an herb/vegetable garden for the culinary program, beautification of   
   > common grounds and sodding, and landscaping a new yoga/meditation   
   > area for the students," said Krauss. "We hoped our efforts would   
   > help the students find comfort in each other and a peaceful place to   
   > reflect and meditate."   
   >   
   > In response to gun control activists staging "die-ins" at some of   
   > their stores at Hogg's direction, Publix decided it was done with   
   > doling out political contributions altogether. The hardest hit by   
   > the move, however, was likely not NRA-backed Republicans, but NRA-   
   > opposing Democrats.   
   >   
   > While Publix gave $670,000 to Putnam's campaign, it has given some   
   > $760,000 to Democrats since 2008. Richardson provided some more   
   > details in a May 27 report:   
   >   
   >      They include multiple members of the Black Congressional   
   >      Caucus, former Democratic National Committee chair Debbie   
   >      Wasserman Schultz, and Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado,   
   >      Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota,   
   >      Patty Murray of Washington, Bill Nelson of Florida, and   
   >      Ron Wyden of Oregon ...   
   >   
   >      ... [they] also chipped in for presidential candidates   
   >      former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernard   
   >      Sanders in 2016, as well as then-Sen. Barack Obama in 2008.   
   >   
   > As Ryan Saavedra pointed out, Florida Today suggested that Putnam   
   > has in fact come out as one of the biggest winners of Hogg's   
   > boycott:   
   >   
   >      It's hard to calculate the media exposure, statewide and   
   >      nationally, that came his campaign's way. If you didn't   
   >      know anything about him before, you probably know more   
   >      about him now. If anything else, out of allegiance to   
   >      Publix, Putnam's campaign likely will be goosed some   
   >      because of the controversy.   
   >   
   >   
   > "The newspaper also listed that one of the biggest losers to come   
   > out of Hogg's boycott is anyone who is running against Putnam,   
   > including other Republicans, because of the amount of media exposure   
   > he has received," wrote Saavedra.   
   >   
   >   
      
   What a feeaking amature Hogg is. And even more amaturish is the left   
   letting this amuck loose without a savvy handler.   
      
   His usefullness to the cause is diminishing. No one cares to be lectured   
   to about life choices by a snot nosed 17 yo. He may end up in a fatal   
   accident or better yet be shot if he becomes to much of a liability. At   
   least if he is shot the left can have a cry in over the corpse. Hey   
   Hoggy, I'd be careful if I were you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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