Consumer Vents At Target For Right-Wing Donation
Last week Target Corporation gave $150,000 to Minnesota Forward, a group supporting Republican Tom Emmer’s campaign for Minnesota governor. This donation, clearly acceptable under the new Citizens United Supreme Court ruling angered many in the state, seeing this as a $150,000 contribution to fund anti-gay politics since Emmer has many anti-gay connections.
One Eden Prairie mom and grandmother took her anger directly to a Target. Her repeated attempts to get to Target executives failed so she took her Target Charge Card. A $226 purchase on that card was immediately returned for credit and she scissored her Target card into little pieces to be used no more.
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by The UpTake, UpTake Minnesota and Leanne, The Mighty OCD. The Mighty OCD said: RT @theuptake: Consumer vents at Target for right-wing donation, takes back purchases, cuts up Target credit card. Video: http://bit.ly/cgxATt #mngov [...]
[...] From a video posted by The Uptake that features edited footage of a woman (“Rondi Rayton” [sp?]) who purchases 6.32 from a Target store in Eden Prarie, Minnesota. She leaves the store, then immediately takes the purchases back and cuts up her Target credit card which was used to make the purchases. She appears to be protesting the news that Target has contributed to MN Forward, a business-promoting PAC that is supporting the campaign of a gubenatorial candidate, Tom Emmer. He has expressed socially conservative views against equality for gay people, claiming he “protects” marriage. It was revealed yesterday that other Minnesota-based companies, like Best Buy, also contributed as much as 0,000 to the same PAC. In some online discussions about the matter, gay rights supporters are displaying shock and dismay that these favored retailers would be associated with such a controversial candidate. (The Uptake) [...]
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