Another Sponsor Just Dropped Ben Shapiro After His Bizarre March For Life Appearance
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has now lost two sponsors of his podcast after a live recording at an anti-abortion rally in which he read advertisements out to the crowd and also mulled over the philosophical dilemma of killing “baby Hitler.”
Calm, a sleep and meditation phone app, became the second company to drop its sponsorship of Shapiro after the right-wing host appeared before thousands of abortion opponents during Friday’s March for Life rally in Washington, D.C.
“We do not align with this message,” the company posted on Twitter. “We’re pulling our sponsorship.”
We do not align with this message. We’re pulling our sponsorship.
— Calm (@calm) January 19, 2019
Earlier Friday night, another brand, the toothbrush maker Quip, told HuffPost it was ending its sponsorship of Shapiro’s podcast over the ad readings.
“Our mission is to make good oral health more accessible to everyone, and podcast advertising is one way we’re able to realize this,” Quip said in a statement. “However, following one of our ads being read in a venue we did not endorse, we have chosen to discontinue our advertising relationship with this show. We are also taking steps to ensure all of our advertising partners are aligned with our oral health mission and values.”
Right Wing Watch reporter Jared Holt first drew attention to the ad readouts during an appearance that had already made news over Shapiro’s “baby Hitler” moment.
Now Ben is pitching ZipRecruiter.
"Last ad, I promise."— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) January 18, 2019
Shapiro defended a hypothetical decision to spare the life of an infant Adolf Hitler. ZipRecruiter, another sponsor Shapiro plugged at the March for Life rally, did not respond to a request for comment.
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