First, talk radio kingpin and Fox News host Mark Levin learned retail giant Target would reportedly not sell his forthcoming book for fear of offending liberals.
Executives at the big-box store thought its title, “The Democrat Party Hates America,” would alienate progressive customers. (RELATED: Fox News Hosts Pile On Electric Vehicles For Ditching AM Radio)
The company's unexpected message to Levin's publisher, Simon & Schuster, sparked a fierce backlash after Levin brought the controversy to the public's attention. In an opening salvo posted on social media, Levin blasted Target's decision and vowed to make “corporatist leftwing censorship” a primary focus of an upcoming show. (RELATED: Conservative Fox News Host Escalates War Against GOP Congressman)
The post prompted many of Levin's fans to threaten to boycott the company.
Less than 24 hours later, Target announced a change of heart, as the Daily Mail reports:
‘We've been offering this book for pre-sale since mid-June,' a Target spokesperson said to Fox News.
‘As we have with Mark Levin's past books, many of which are currently available for sale at Target, we'll offer his newest title for sale when it is available on September 19.
The spokesperson said that the company had initially taken issue with the book's title in which it uses the term ‘hate.'
‘The use of the word ‘hate' in the title caused our team to reach out to the publisher, but as stated, we are continuing to offer this book for pre-sale now, and it will be available for sale on its release date,' they added.
“We regret any confusion this situation caused,” they concluded.
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Liberals/progressives are likely the only folks still shopping at tar jay anyway and since they are perpetually ‘offended’ about virtually everything anyway, I suspect they figured they wouldn’t really lose that much revenue.
“The post prompted many of Levin’s fans to threaten to boycott the company.” yea I was surprised they would even say that knowing and would bet the majority of his fans stopped shopping Target years ago.
“The Democrat Party Hates America,” is the truth about this democrat party!…period.
Doesn’t make any difference to me. I don’t waste any of my $$$ at Target going back 3 years. Hasn’t changed my life whatsoever.
If anyone is confused, it’s Target. Besides, liberals/progressives are the only ones who SHOULD be offended, as THEY offend us and our country all the time!
Wouldn’t it be smarter for the current idiots at Target to focus on business rather than woke politics? Let me know when that happens so I can resume shopping there.
I will NEVER shop there again.
Amazing how fast companies are backing off when they get exposed or challenged about their “wokeness”. I think the destruction that it caused Anheuser Bush freighted all of them to realizing that its not wise to champion any one group, where appealing to the general public will not get you in harms way.
Nobody who would buy that book any longer shops at Target.
Once in the office (ca. 2000) I heard a rumor that the Grand Poo-Bah of Target was a Satanist: say it ain’t so, Target! Can you confirm or deny?
I don’t think it’s a good time to push this book at Target right now with the boycott thing happening. Target could end up looking like they had it right by low sales due to conservative boycotting.
They’re getting killed in profits and sales. THESE WOKE SCUM BAGS DO NOT GET WHO
THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE. HURT THEM
MORE. CRUSH THEM. FORCE OUSTING OF EXECUTIVES!
“We regret any confusion this situation caused,” they concluded.
I’m not confused at all. The infiltration of Marxism into our educational and corporate institutions is plain to see. Like all good leftists they are sorry for getting caught, Not for what they did.
EFF trget! I left that store way back when they started that restroom gender schittt!