After Meme Tweet By Wendy’s, Donald Trump Supporters Call For Boycott
The social media team for Wendy’s has upset some of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters by tweeting and deleting a certain popular meme. The fast food chain’s Twitter account has become something of a viral sensation, roaring to new heights after a certain exchange with a Twitter user who wanted to argue over refrigerated beef.
This increased attention, though, may have directly contributed to an incident that led to a call by Trump supporters to boycott Wendy’s. The account was already known for lighthearted fun, jokes, and memes, but after the series of tweets that went viral, users insulted the chain’s burgers in hopes of also getting a response, and other users pleaded with Wendy’s to post more memes.
Wendy’s complied, sharing more memes and jokes. In one case, though, one of these memes had more meaning than the social media manager realized. After the Wendy’s Twitter account shared a meme of Pepe the Frog, doctored to have pigtails and freckles like the Wendy’s logo, it was quickly deleted, and an explanation issued.
What is happening to @Wendys? pic.twitter.com/1WXvnhBKA8
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 4, 2017
@kylegriffin1 Our community manager was unaware of the recent evolution of the Pepe meme's meaning and this tweet was promptly deleted.
— Wendy's (@Wendys) January 4, 2017
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports that Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, in her capacity as a director for T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, penned a rebuke to the chain, warning against association with the meme and those who appropriated it as a racially charged image.
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