If the election weren’t bad enough already, those living what Washington Free Beacon managing editor Sonny Bunch calls “the politicized life” have taken their virtue signaling fight to… beer.
That’s because Dick Yuengling Jr., owner of “America’s oldest brewery” told Eric Trump that his workers supported Donald Trump and that “we need him in there.”
The Pottsville, Pennsylvania brewery—like Sam Adams—is an anomoly in that it is not owned by one of the global brewing conglomerates and is well regarded for its good products that were popular long before the microbrew revolution. Given the brewery’s age and that other similar brands (like Rolling Rock) have been scooped up by congolmerates, its independence and American ownership has been a selling point to consumers.
Given Trump’s mercantilist emphasis on making things in America, it’s not surprising that a company like Yuengling and its blue collar workers would support Trump.
Jim Obergefell, the eponymous plaintiff in the lawsuit that led to the legalization of gay marriage in the United States is a big player in the boycott, Washington blog DCist reports:
Yuengling took over the family business in 1985 from a regional purveyor of beer (that wasn’t available in neighboring Ohio until 2011) into a business “twenty times in size.”
The boycott comes at a crucial point in the closing days of the election, and follows the successful 2012 boycott of Chick-Fil-A which recently opened its 2,000th restaurant and, according to Business Insider, is “dominating fast food.”
