![]() ![]() It’s real.'Įlsewhere, former Senior Advisor to Donald Trump, AJ Delgado, said that the products were 'beyond disgusting'. ![]() I like to think such stupidity, insensitivity and ignorance in America cannot be commonplace. Republican commentator Ana Navarro concurred, writing: 'I could not believe this could be for real. I'll purchase my chapeaus elsewhere,' actor W. They trumpet that they're proud to 'Stand Up Against Tyranny' Well, I am proud to say GO F**K YOURSELF. 'I am ashamed to know that I've given these people business in the past I've sent people there. Gaskins' decision to sell the stars had drawn major condemnation from public figures on Twitter. Every time demands are met, it just emboldens.'ĭespite her apology, Gaskins posted on Sunday that she was a target and was not anti-Semitic She continued: 'I don't know what's going to happen to me - or this world, but they will be looking for the next target. 'Was the use of the yellow star an insensitivity? Obviously, so to many, but does that make me an anti-Semite Nazi? No, No it doesn't.' 'What I didn't expect is being accused of the very things I was fighting against,' Gaskins wrote. I was willing to put my business on the line to stand up for the freedoms that we still have in our country.' 'The power grab is coming in many forms on many fronts. 'It has 100 percent been fighting the totalitarian march and power grab we are seeing play out across the globe,' she continued. ![]() In another Instagram post one day after issuing her apology, she wrote: 'For the past 15 months, I have been pushing back on the government overreach, standing up to group-think, trying to find reason in a sea of irrational. Hat maker Stetson announced Saturday that it would stop doing business with the storeĭespite her apology, Gaskins later complained that she had become a 'target of the mob.' 'As a result of the offensive content and opinions shared by HatWRKS in Nashville, Stetson and our distribution partners will ease the sale of all Stetson products,' the Stetson company tweeted following Gaskins Instagram post advertising the yellow Jewish stars. Major brands which supply the store also announced they were pulling their business. It promptly drew widespread criticism on Twitter, with some anti-fascists protesting outside the store. 'Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazi's forced Jewish people to wear a gold star,' Taylor Greene wrote on Twitter earlier this week. Marjorie Taylor Greene made comparing Covid-19 guidelines to the Holocaust. The stars appear to have been inspired by a recent reference Rep. Those yellow stars were used to identify, isolate and humiliate Jewish people. The products are modelled on the yellow stars Jews were forced to wear in Nazi-occupied Europe during the 1930s and 40s. She said 'they turned out great' and had 'strong adhesive backs.' In an Instagram post earlier that day, she announced that the new patches were in stock and were selling for $5 each. Her apology came after major hat brands Stetson, Goorin Bros and Kangol Headwear announced they would stop doing business with the Nashville store.Īnti-fascist protestors showed up at HatWRKS in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday to protest the store's sale of the yellow 'Not Vaccinated' patches 'I sincerely apologize for any insensitivity.' 'That is now who I am and what I stand for.' 'In no way did I intend to trivialize the Star of David or disrespect what happened to millions of people,' she wrote. She insisted she wanted to 'share my genuine concern and fear, and to do all that I can to make sure that nothing like that ever happens again' when she announced the patches were on sale earlier that day. HatWRKS owner Gigi Gaskins had announced that the items were on sale Saturday in a post shared to Instagram.īut she apologized on the social media site on Saturday night, and insisted she did not intend to 'exploit or make a profit' from the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were murdered. A Nashville hat store owner has issued an apology for selling 'Not Vaccinated' patches reminiscent of those Nazis forced Jews to wear in the 1930s and 40s, after major hat producers announced they would stop doing business with the store. ![]()
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