I'm not even a Trump supporter and I'm so over your nonstop anti-Trump tweets. Do you do anything else?
— Zac Watts (@zwatts24) February 13, 2017
Last fall, New Balance exec Matthew LeBretton expressed support for Donald Trump. Comedian Chelsea Handler evidently just found out about it, and she’s come up with a surefire way to stick it to the shoe company:
Throwing away my 3 fave pairs of New Balance because they support @realDonaldTrump I'm finally using my pizza oven! pic.twitter.com/MPATZYWLZm
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) February 13, 2017
OK, so, first of all:
but they already have your money…
— Alec (@alecphillips25) February 13, 2017
I get the sentiment, but buying NEW pairs would support him. The old pairs were bought/paid for BEFORE they supported him?
— Author Carla Peele (@CarlaPeele) February 13, 2017
New Balance doesn’t care. They already have your money.
And… I’ll wager this causes a modest bump in sales. https://t.co/hBxv2oklgz
— Mitch G, Thats Me. (@mgcat) February 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/BrowningMachine/status/831208016976412672
And then there’s this:
https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/831205146604474369
Not just throwing away good shoes, but throwing away good shoes that could benefit people who could actually appreciate their value — regardless of the politics behind them:
Throwing away shoes when others have no shoes. Great work. https://t.co/IWNVR9K7xl
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) February 13, 2017
Not very compassionate, is it?
https://twitter.com/TruthDestroyer/status/831190033805766656
donate them instead!
— you're[still]single (@itsthatobvious) February 13, 2017
donate them to a shelter!!!
— Lana Montalban (@LanaMontalban) February 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/BergerA_Berger/status/831208688115449857
Yes, wasted perfectly good shoes that someone else could wear who can't afford to buy shoes.?? @realDonaldTrump
— OfThePeople #Bernie2020? #TooFarLeft (@Of_the_People7) February 13, 2017
if you want to get rid of them, i'm sure there are homeless shelters that could use them. @realDonaldTrump
— Justin Walton (@JustinRWalton) February 13, 2017
Don't throw them away, donate them to a rescue mission or something useful with them.
— Ocular Nervosa (@ocularnervosa) February 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/ReaganElap/status/831190822934700033
Guess Chelsea’s not thinking about them. She’s far too busy patting herself on the back.
Perfectly good shoes, there's homeless & women in shelters that could use those. Pretty damn selfish to burn them. Figures, though https://t.co/RdDVjxDy44
— Sarah the Roma? (@ToothpasteWords) February 13, 2017
Those shoes are fine donate them to someone who's not shallow as fuck. @chelseahandler @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/2bWJnzAr70
— Ａｎｄｙ (@AndyKirn) February 13, 2017
So brave to burn your expensive running shoes instead of donating to a women's shelter.
— Maggie's Kid (@Maggies_Kid) February 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/ElVatoTeporocho/status/831205991312134144
Throwing away perfectly good shoes while people in the 3rd world go barefoot is quite the act of #Resistance https://t.co/M2DyTmf8Iv
— Jason (@jasonelevation) February 13, 2017
Only your 3 favorites? You could donate them, you could do a lot of things, but instead you do internet stunts. https://t.co/wf2YSrx0n0
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) February 13, 2017
Yeah, def throw them away, bc there's no poor people in need or anything. Self-centered much?
— Jodi McPhee Giddings (@JodiGiddings) February 13, 2017
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