Posted on 01/12/2017 10:05:30 AM PST by blam
Julia Limitone
January 12, 2017
Linda Bean on calls for L.L. Bean boycott: It's bullying L.L. Bean Board Member and Co-Owner Linda Bean on calls for a boycott of the company because of her support for President-elect Donald Trump and the state of the U.S. economy.
Linda Bean, the granddaughter and co-owner of L.L. Bean, on Thursday said U.S. businesses are under attack and being bullied by anti-Trump groups.
A group, Grabyourwallet.org, called for a boycott of L.L. Bean after Linda Bean, one of 50 family members that own the outdoor apparel maker, contributed $60,000 to a political action committee supporting President-elect Donald Trump. The Federal Election Commission said the donation exceeded the PAC’s individual donor limit of $5,000.
“It’s bullying,” Bean told the FOX Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo. “They want to control how we spend our money, what we buy, where we buy it. That’s wrong, it’s un-American.”
Shortly after her appearance on Fox Business, Trump tweeted a thank you to Linda Bean and urged customers to buy L.L. Bean.
Grabyourwallet.org is calling for boycotts on 38 stores – including Walmart, Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s – that carry Trump products, are supportive of Trump, are owned by Trump or are “normalizing Trump.”
“I gave the donation personally to a pact to support Trump,” she said. “We should have that privilege. We live in America. It’s a free country.”
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Stand up!!
Do something!
I will be going to LL Beam today to make a purchase. I have always liked their products.
And that also means people are free to boycott products. I appreciate her support of Trump and all, but people get real loose sometimes with using the term, "Un-American."
Melania is going to look good in plaid.
I’ll see if I can find something to order from them. I always thought of them for cold-weather wear, and this year in Houston we are shattering warm weather records for winter. Also, I am 6’5” tall, so I hope they carry something in my size.
LOL!!!
I’ll look to find something online.
That boycott of Cick-fil-a sure worked out nice. (Failed completely)
To be fair, she would probably look good in anything up to and including a curtain being used as an improvised toga or sari.
Maybe you should check out their underwear. :-)
With great sadness I have watched our side jump on to the boycott bandwagon this election.
Organized boycotts are a purview of the left. Divided we will all fall...
Bean sales should double for the next six months. Brilliant backfire free advertising. Dems are so stoopid.
Haven’t shopped there in years. Always a stop in Freeport. Well, Reno is a distance so I went to their site and created account and did some window shopping. I’ll buy something later.
Good for you!
Time to buy something.
5.56mm
They don’t have pants that are long enough, but they do have shirts with 37” sleeves!
L.L. Bean used to publish a slew of mail-order catalogs....now I believe all shopping is done via their web site, expect for their stores.
L. L. Bean once published a summer catalog with shorts, polo shirts, and other summer clothing for men, women and children. I’m sure they still sell those items on their web site, but it may be seasonal.
I live in Maine, about ten miles from one of their stores.
Many years ago, Linda Bean tried to run for Congress from Maine’s First Congressional district, which has a lot of liberals.
Unfortunately, she didn’t make it, and spent $2 million of her own money in her unsuccessful bid.
They still send out catalogs. My mom receives them.
You’re wrong. Pay attention:
“’I gave the donation personally to a pact [sic] to support Trump,’ she said.”
Personally. Personally!
Do you approve of Brendan Eich being forced out of his job by bullies on account of what he personally supported? Do you think that is in accord with American values and traditions?
Attacking this company on account of what this woman did with her personal support is indeed unAmerican.
You are the one who is loose with his reasoning by conflating the personal with the corporate (as do these commie bullies).
All it is is suggesting that people not buy their products, they aren’t putting a gun to anyone’s head and telling them not to do it.
I think boycotts are overblown, anyway.
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