Keurig Pulls Ads Sean Hannity, People Boycott Twitter

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Last week, Fox News' Sean Hannity angered a lot of people when he interviewed and appeared to defend Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who was recently accused of having had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl in 1979. As a result, Deadline reports that six companies — Realtor.com, 23andMe, Eloquii, E*Trade, Nature's Bounty, and Keurig — pulled their advertising from his daily program, Hannity; but none of the businesses have since experienced the same level of backlash as Keurig.

Angelo, thank you for your concern and for bringing this to our attention. We worked with our media partner and FOX news to stop our ad from airing during the Sean Hannity Show.
— Keurig (@Keurig) November 11, 2017

To say that people were pissed would be an understatement. Perhaps it's because people hadn't had their morning cup of coffee, but shortly after the company made its public announcement, a number of angry consumers circulated videos of themselves obliterating their coffee makers. They smashed. They threw, They ultimately wasted $99–179 worth of products to defend a man who once made the bizarre argument that if Confederate flag merch was taken out of stores, then the sale of rap music should also be banned.

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Look what I found #BoycottKeurig #Keurig pic.twitter.com/P2BVRoxOjb
— Reverend Bob Levy (@TheRevBobLevy) November 12, 2017

I pulled an "Office Space" with my Keurig... Would be a shame if everyone else joined me in the Keurig Smash Challenge #BoycottKeurig #IStandWithHannity #SundayMorning pic.twitter.com/yEADeRC006
— Angelo John Gage (@AngeloJohnGage) November 12, 2017

Liberals are offended by this video of a Keurig being thrown off of a building.

Please retweet to offend a Liberal.#BoycottKeurig pic.twitter.com/0qbHlmyqcA
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 12, 2017

Not everyone took their disgruntlement to the extreme. Others chose instead to state why they would no longer support the coffee-pod connoisseurs by sharing the hashtag #BoycottKeurig.

I was going to buy my daughter a new Keurig 4 Christmas but Not now there R Other Coffee maker options available #BoycottKeurig #Hannity
— Phil ⚫️ (@76rooster) November 13, 2017

.@Keurig wants to play politics and pull ads from @SeanHannity over fake news!

Call their customer care at 866-901-2739 and let them know if they want to pull their ads from Hannity, we’ll #BoycottKeurig just like we boycotted the NFL.
— Mike Tokes (@MikeTokes) November 12, 2017

I can't #BoycottKeurig because I never drank the disgusting sludge they sold in the first place. ☕️
This company just shot itself in the foot by pulling their ads from @seanhannity a month before Christmas ?
— Corryn ?? (@Corrynmb) November 12, 2017

Keurig has chosen to go down a dangerous road. The same road the #NFL, which they now regret, went down.
They are taking on PATRIOTIC AMERICA...and they will lose. The NFL is losing millions as will @Keurig.
DUMB MOVE! ?#BoycottKeurig #MAGA #IStandWithHannity #Hannity pic.twitter.com/UdwzC11np6
— M A Nöthem (@mikandynothem) November 12, 2017

I stand with Sean Hannity, he is one of us. He is a deplorable and has always been on the side of the American people.

I will not sit back and allow this political hit job to take place on Hannity. Keurig just destroyed themselves. #BoycottKeurig
— Mike (@mike_Zollo) November 12, 2017

To be clear, Keurig never said that the company would be pulling all of their ads from Fox News. For now, they're just not airing them during Hannity's show. There's a big difference between not wanting to be associated with someone who seemed to normalize Moore's past relationships with teenage girls than pulling an ad because the network leans more to the right on the political spectrum.

But why listen to logic when you can listen to Sean Hannity?! Throughout the evening on Sunday, the conservative talking head tweeted messages of encouragement to his fans, writing things like "These videos are hilarious" and "I love all of my deplorable friends."

I am humbled and speechless and frankly laughing my ass off. I love all my deplorable friends. Thank you and Game on!!
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 13, 2017

Reminder: This is a man who calls people on the left "snowflakes."

For now, I'll leave you with the below tweet, which summarizes my thoughts on the matter exactly.