Posted on 06/11/2020 6:50:27 PM PDT by sickoflibs
Companies including T-Mobile and Papa John's Pizza are distancing themselves from Tucker Carlson's television show on Fox News after the conservative host's dismissive comments about the Black Lives Matters movement.
The backlash intensified after Carlson on Monday offered an inflammatory take on the nationwide anti-racism demonstrations that have followed the death of George Floyd at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
"This may be a lot of things, this moment we're living through, but it is definitely not about black lives, and remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will," Carlson told viewers on June 8, the first day of Floyd's memorial in his adopted hometown of Houston.
Asked by a Twitter user the next day if Carlson's message was one T-Mobile supported, CEO Mike Sievert tweeted back, "It definitely is not. Bye-bye Tucker Carlson! #BlackLivesMatter."
In fact, the telecom said in a subsequent tweet that it had cut ties with Carlson in early May, noting that it had "cancelled all future placements" and that T-Mobile will "continue to support those who stand against racial injustice."
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No. They just hang themselves.
I hope so.
I hope you sent them an e-mail of your decision.
Xfinity cellular is great where we live $12/gig. We pay between $18 and $27/month total for two phones.
Most of my life, the Republican party supported the corporations and the Democrats screamed about corporate fat cats. And then, when the SJW movement took off in earnest, it took about half a second for corporations to adopt every position demanded of them.
Why in the Hell would white people associate themselves with blacks from here on out?
You're going to see a lot of businesses, such as bars and restaurants, charge a membership fee, become private clubs, or place restrictions on things like hoodies and hats. And they're going to move their businesses out in the suburbs or even in the country.
no he won’t.
he will leave fox however, as fox is headed for the trash bin of paul ryan based history.
if ingraham, hannity and carlson are gone... so are ALL of Fox News Top ratings... along with the shrinking constellation of other conservative tolerant team members.
it’s time for fox to go.
Who will fill the vacuum?
Nature abhors a vacuum... so there will be another “skywalker”... always.
OR fox could reform. It won’t Good bye.
Hannity is never leaving Fox. He’s happy to take the cash and parrot GOPe talking points.
Commies always kill their useful idiots first...
Big mistake by Fox if they get rid of Tucker. As of now, the only shows I will watch are Tucker, Sean, Levin and Judge Jeannine.
Didn’t I hear Rush say the other day he was up to 40 million listeners? Hasn’t seemed to hurt his show at all.
He was an early victim of cancel culture.
What change to they want? Set the bleeping bar and tell us what it is. Every time one thing is changed, they want another thing changed. "Change" is never enough for these moonbats!
They also give a discount to active military, though now our son is stationed In South Korea and he has another cellular plan.
Communists have never been big on free speech.
Look, there's lots of decent black people - they're NOT all Black Lives Matter jerks.
How could they possibly afford to do that? He is crushing all the alternatives right now!
What do you mean.....An American can say "I don't like the American President".....A Soviet can do the same thing, he can also say, "I don't like the American President."
Doesn’t matter. Corporations call the shots. And what Corporations want, Corporations get!
Hmmmm. How low can they go??? Let’s get to the bottom of this..
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