‘The real soup Nazi’: Internet demands firing of Campbell soup executive who posted racist caravan tweet
Kelly Johnston is the Vice President of Government Affairs for Campbell Soup. Monday evening Johnston tweeted a racist conspiracy theory about the caravan of asylum-seeking migrants making their way to the U.S. from Honduras by foot.
The New York Times’ Ken Vogel posted a screenshot of Johnston’s tweet on Tuesday, which has led to tremendous anger and outrage on social media – including demands that Campbell fire Johnston.
In a tweet sent on Monday, Kelly Johnston, Campbell's vice president of government affairs, wrote that the Open Society Foundations has arranged for "troop carriers" and "rail cars" to support the caravan, which formed in Central America. Johnston's Twitter account has been deleted, and the tweet is no longer online. New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel posted a screen grab of Johnston's tweet on Tuesday.
Johnston’s claim that “OpenSociety planned and is executing this, including where they defecate,” refers to the right’s favorite target on the left: billionaire George Soros. Conspiracy theorists and crazies on the right have attached his name to everything imaginable. (By the way, let us know when you get your check for protesting Trump, or for being a member of the Resistance.)
"Neither Mr. Soros nor Open Society is funding this effort," Open Society tweeted on Tuesday. "We are surprised to see a Campbell Soup executive spreading false stories."
Sources: actionnewsnow.com, rawstory.com/
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