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[–] Donjuanme 162 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This picture should have been so much more than what was needed to eject his ass from the white house. Obama used the wrong mustard and the right flips the table. Carter couldn't have a peanut farm. This guy and his family were shilling for a Mexican bean company from the fucking oval office.

A fucking bean company

[–] simplejack 74 points 4 months ago

Actually, it’s a Jersey bean company. The CEO is a rich New Yorker who, like Trump, inherited wealth and rolls with the manhattan aristocrats.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Goya CEO Robert Unanue is a hardcore Trump supporter and overall awful person.

After Jan. 6th:

The board of the privately held Latino food company voted to censure Unanue, following his most recent controversial remarks that questioned the legitimacy of the November election, according to a person familiar with the board’s actions, who spoke to CNN on the condition that their name not be used.

Unanue will no longer be allowed to speak to the media without the board’s permission, the source said. The decision was first reported by the New York Post Monday evening.

The source said this is a “full stop” on Unanue speaking to the press, not only about politics, but also about the company itself.

A majority of Goya shareholders favor removing Unanue altogether but have been prevented from doing so by the dynamics of the family-controlled company, according to the source.

“The company has never been political or politicized,” said the source. “He’s gone from bad CEO to CEO that has imperiled the future of the company and endangered the lives of some of the shareholders,” the source said in reference to some Unanue family members having allegedly received threats because of the CEO’s comments

[–] AnUnusualRelic 11 points 4 months ago

The people at Tesla could learn a lot from that bean company.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox 7 points 4 months ago

Oh shit. I need to stop buying Goya huh?

Ah well.

[–] idiomaddict 3 points 4 months ago

Such a sick-sounding last name for such a shitty guy

[–] danekrae 58 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] simplejack 24 points 4 months ago

These hamberders are worthy of their own post in this community

[–] Psythik 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The cheap bastard couldn't even be bothered to keep them in a food warmer. Who wants to eat cold cheeseburgers and soggy fries?

Edit: And keep the salads in the fridge until ready to serve, FFS.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago

This one man did more to degrade any respect for the oval office than any other president in my lifetime.

Reagan was a fucking crook who was personally responsible for starting the domino chain leading to the shit-show that is today's GOP.

Bush Jr is a war criminal who I sincerely believe should have been brought before the Hague for invading Iraq, being responsible for the execution of a head-of-state, instituting practices at Guantanamo, and for getting us into the longest war in US history.

But no-one of them debased the office of the POTUS like Trump. It's fucking depressing.

[–] reddig33 48 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I still don’t buy Goya. I haven’t forgotten.

[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4 16 points 4 months ago

Same. Which sucks because their products were often inexpensive and good but they can go fuck themselves now. I'll gladly pay two or three times more to not support those dick heads.

[–] Speculater 45 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And I've not bought a single Goya product since. I'll actively look for an alternative or go without.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea about this and recently bought a can of black beans. Now I'm mad.

[–] Speculater 10 points 4 months ago

You're good! Think of it this way, at least one more person won't be buying their beans in the future!

[–] demizerone 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is why I don't buy that brand of canned beans.

[–] rockhstrongo 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's funny how I still think about this when I see this brand. I used to buy bags of their dry beans, but I now avoid them entirely.

[–] cybersandwich 13 points 4 months ago
[–] slickgoat 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like the concept of posting weird flashbacks of MAGA. There are so many they have become normalised.

[–] ChronosTriggerWarning 11 points 4 months ago

Cue Attenborough

In today's episode of Witness To Weirdness, we examine file #8675309, also known as "The Bean-cident."

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

fuck Goya and

say it with me

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

FUCK TRUMP

HARRIS WALZ CLOSING IN

[–] Furbag 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Emoluments clause? What's that?

Apparently just empty words, since laws don't apply to the President as long as you have five SCOTUS judges in your pocket.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's like perjury or bribery. It's a crime only Democrats can commit. When Republicans do it prosecutors are very concerned about the implications of charging them. When there's a whiff of a Dem doing either the FBI announces an investigation a month before the election.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This was so fucking bizarre I remember thinking that the picture was fake at first. When I learned that it wasn’t, I wished it was fake.

[–] marcos 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, it's the first time I saw it.

I was completely convinced it was fake, except for everybody here just knowing when it happened... So I'm rationally convinced it's real... But I can't bring myself to fully believe it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I don’t blame you one bit

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

And illegal, but that one didn't even make a blip.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know a bunch of people who won't buy Goya because of this. The local international grocery store switched almost two entire aisles to different brands as well

[–] mriormro 13 points 4 months ago

Yep, the moment this happened we dropped the brand in our family.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

They're the beaniest!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I love how it's not a well laid out tableau. He just threw some stuff on the resolute desk.

[–] radicalautonomy 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The lack of relative symmetry pissed me off almost as much as the shilling.

[–] nomous 2 points 4 months ago

It really looks like they just grabbed some stuff out of the pantry and tossed it on the desk. Even the way he's hunched over while doing the double thumbs up is weird.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 7 points 4 months ago

Oh yeah. I remember the time when I’d pick up a Goya product to buy and then not suddenly throw it back in horror. It was right before this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

If I didn't know better, I would think this was AI generated. What a strange world we live in.

[–] davidagain 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think this one is really weird, it's just treating the office of the president of the united states with contempt by embroiling it in sleazy kickbacks.

The weird stuff is all his weird obsessions, the way he speaks, the unhinged things he says, the absence of any sense of reality, the way he stands and his overwhelming self-absorption.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That's weird bro

[–] BeatTakeshi 4 points 4 months ago

Oy! Extraño!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Lmao at this new community. I love it. Instant subscribe.

[–] pingveno 1 points 4 months ago