Consumer Vents At Target For Right-Wing Donation

Last week Target Corporation gave $150,000 to Minnesota Forward, which i using the money to run TV ads for Republican Tom Emmer's campaign for Minnesota governor. Emmer has connections to anti-gay groups. This donation, clearly acceptible under the new Citizens United Supreme Court ruling angered many in the state, seeing this as a $150,000 contribution to fund ant-gay politics.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,

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• target
• tom emmer
• anti-gay
• citizens united
• minnesota
• minnesota governor

[seanm80]

@Hekinsieden I worked in retail about 10 years ago, and was a manager of a comparable establishment to Target. So I feel for these associates who are harassed by people who try to make points, when all they do is ruin someone's day who makes $11/hr. Absolutely ridiculous.... but somehow they think theire making a difference.

[CandyLaStar]

...it is a PERFECT way to protest!!! if enough people did this then Target would have to spend more money on employees hours to spend time re stocking the shelf's time spent checking out the guest and time returning the items!! I used to work for Target as a GSTL so I know... great job lady you probably costed them a few hours of payroll with no profit!... of course her alone has no impact giving the staff has little communication with the CEO staff but none the less well done!! and THANKS!

[CandyLaStar]

@email19221892 to some extend that is very true you can't protest without hurting the people who work there and yes, I know when sales are down they cut payroll meaning cutting hours of level 1 Team Members Ethics, social responsibility, and personal rights and freedoms Businesses should have standards... and when a company is paying for a party to celebrate your GLBT rights and freedom but they are also working to get the candidate who will ban gay marriage elected I think that's just wrong

[CandyLaStar]

@email19221892 I hear what you are saying however Target prides it self on being a big donor of Minneapolis Gay Pride event every year and in such a close MN Gov. race them picking the anti-Gay rights vs. the pro Gay Marriage candidate is very much an insult on that issue... of course they were picking the candidate for other reasons yet it still is very disappointing for people who have to live without equal protection under the law

[email19221892]

I understand you are against their decision to donate to a political party which doesn't support your views. However, I ask you to take into consideration two things. First, if every company made a political donation to a political candidate with similar views would you stop supporting them? Eventually you will run out of businesses to support. Second, have you ever thought that this candidate if elected will help Target long term with their goals and that is why they sponsored his campaign?

[email19221892]

@CandyLaStar You said "if enough people did this then Target would have to spend more money on employees hours to spend time restocking the shelf's...". I'm not sure if you had payroll responsibilities when you worked at Target but in all retail stores, including Target as I've worked in management there in the past, they cut payroll budget when sales are down. So these protest would further hurt the store employees or team members as Target would say.

[alfred87cron]

out of curiosity what does she do for a living. i really want to visit her place of work and just waste her time for few hours. at the end i'll just say its for a good cause so its ok. good job old, dumb hag, you win at life

[MrBullcity420]

Aaaannnndddd you just made these team members' live suck a little bit more. Thanks from Target.

[MrLSalazar714]

Dumb

[barkersteve]

This wench needs to get a job. And not have so much time to fuck off and harass people. Just because HER relative is a queer, doesn't make it right.

[amberlynn428]

Omg really boycott... Target and many other stores donate to hundreds if charities and different organizations ... Let them have thir own damn opinion !! Get over urself .. Doesn't mean target (reexamine the one employee hates gays.... Hello!!