#BoycottOliveGarden trended over the weekend after the restaurant chain was baselessly included in a list of Trump-backing companies.
A social media hashtag calling for a boycott of restaurant chain Olive Garden went viral over the weekend after an apparently baseless rumor that the brand had donated to President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.
Olive Garden, a subsidiary of Darden Restaurants Inc., has since set the record straight and said, no, it doesn’t “donate to presidential candidates.” On Sunday, #BoycottOliveGarden was tweeted thousands of times after two tweets that apparently inaccurately called out the chain for alleged Trump contributions. As boycotts against fitness chains Equinox and SoulCycle show, anti-Trump consumers can be quick to express their displeasure with corporate titans’ involvement in politics.
Olive Garden, however, appears different. On Aug. 8, a Twitter user shared a list of restaurants allegedly backing Trump’s reelection, naming brands like Olive Garden, KFC and Wendy’s. It was retweeted nearly 250,000 times.- Taco BellSo if you see me starting to get thinner and toned don’t ask me why.However, the source the Twitter user shared for Chick-fil-A, for example ― OpenSecrets.
Story continuesOlive Garden is funding Trump's re-election in 2020. It would be terrible if you shared this and Olive Garden lost business.Olive Garden’s official Twitter account responded, but the company’s denial didn’t gain nearly as much traction as the initial claim. We don’t know where this information came from, but it is incorrect. Our company does not donate to presidential candidates.
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