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Penzeys CEO says Trump voters just committed the "most racist act" since segregation
Milwaukee Business Journal ^ | November 19, 2016 | Melanie Lawder

Posted on 11/19/2016 10:53:24 AM PST by monkapotamus

The CEO of the Wauwatosa-based company Penzeys Spices is drawing social media ire from conservatives — and praise from liberals — for his comments that Republicans who voted for President-elect Donald Trump "just committed the biggest act of racism in American history since Wallace stood in the schoolhouse doorway 53 years ago."

The comments, sent in an email to Penzeys Spices customers and posted on the company's Facebook page, were apparently made in an effort to clarify a previous weekly email that CEO Bill Penzey sent to his customers. In that previous email, the very liberal Penzey — who has been known to make strong statements on his political views in the past — said "the open embrace of racism by the Republican Party in this election is now unleashing a wave of ugliness unseen in this country for decades."

Penzey then followed up to that original email with the more recent message and clarified that he didn't believe all Republicans were racist — just those who cast a ballot for Trump...

(Excerpt) Read more at bizjournals.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billpenzey; penzey; penzeys; penzeysspices; racecard; trump; trumptransition
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To: cherry

My family too.

And many of them voted for Trump.

5.56mm


21 posted on 11/19/2016 11:07:43 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: monkapotamus

I do not know who this moron is but politicizing your product doesn’t seem to make good business sense.

to make a point.............
To this and every day I will never purchase a product labeled “Progressive”.


22 posted on 11/19/2016 11:08:29 AM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Eddie01

On hope the keep it up. We’ll win for the next 100 years.


23 posted on 11/19/2016 11:08:35 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: monkapotamus
This guy has a history of stupidity. This is from May of 2014.
24 posted on 11/19/2016 11:08:42 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: monkapotamus

So I’m a racist for voting for Trump. The elite are constantly calling me that, so tell them to go f@#k themselves.


25 posted on 11/19/2016 11:09:23 AM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: King Moonracer

Yep, We all be racists.

OK.

Come after me and I will put a racist bullet in your brain.


26 posted on 11/19/2016 11:10:56 AM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Eddie01
the race card is dead

They cashed it out for good when Joe Biden told black people that Mitt Romney was going to put them all back in chains. Mitt Freakin' Romney!

From that point on, the claim "racist!" is utterly meaningless.

27 posted on 11/19/2016 11:11:22 AM PST by Drew68
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To: CodeToad

Love it!


28 posted on 11/19/2016 11:11:44 AM PST by Codeflier (Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama - 4 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
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To: monkapotamus
He is so dumb he probably thinks Wallace and the segregationists were Republicans
29 posted on 11/19/2016 11:11:45 AM PST by Emergencyawesome
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To: monkapotamus

Wasn’t Wallace a Democrat?


30 posted on 11/19/2016 11:15:02 AM PST by ScottinSacto
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To: monkapotamus

Unfortunately, in this case, Penzeys is privately held or shareholders could have fun with this idiot. Too bad, since the Left has decided that everything is war, the feeling should be returned and Penzeys spices should be shunned by any Trump supporting, patriotic American.


31 posted on 11/19/2016 11:16:31 AM PST by Truth29
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To: monkapotamus

unleashing a wave of ugliness unseen in this country for decades.

Your right. I have not see this level of unrestrained rioting in the streets since......well..... since the last time liberals lost.


32 posted on 11/19/2016 11:16:31 AM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: monkapotamus

I’m assuming Pansey doesn’t realize that come of the areas that were crucial to Trump’s victory — industrial and mining counties in Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio — hadn’t voted Republican for some time, and gave Obama over 60% of their votes both times he ran. I’m assuming some of the same people who voted for Obama voted for Trump this time.

But NOW they’re racists.


33 posted on 11/19/2016 11:16:52 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.M)
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To: monkapotamus

Pensey should take his hottest spice and stuff it up his sanctimonious arse by the pound


34 posted on 11/19/2016 11:17:25 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: monkapotamus

Another guy who doesn’t want over 1/2 of his potential customers to buy his products. Great, next time I’m heading thru Milwaukee I’ll know what to avoid.


35 posted on 11/19/2016 11:17:34 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

*some*


36 posted on 11/19/2016 11:18:06 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.M)
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To: monkapotamus

We’re not buying from them any longer.


37 posted on 11/19/2016 11:18:09 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: jacknhoo

Thanks for the email address. I am planning to write. I am going to tell him that I will use up the Penzey spices in my cupboard but will not be purchasing any more ever. Ridiculous.


38 posted on 11/19/2016 11:21:35 AM PST by dmd25
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To: bigbob

I’ll put it all on the counter and walk out.

I’ll tell them Trump just called and needs some racist advice.


39 posted on 11/19/2016 11:21:49 AM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: monkapotamus

After Donald Trump’s surprising victory in the presidential election, Rob Schneider 53-year-old comedian addressed the outcry from the left over Hillary Clinton’s loss with a single tweet Friday.

“I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since we freed the slaves!”

40 posted on 11/19/2016 11:21:57 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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