Grocery store chain Publix is pushing back after a call for a boycott related to the January 6 riots at the US Capitol.
Social media calls for the boycott after it was reported Julie Jenkins Fancelli, daughter of Publix founder George Jenkins, donated $ 300,000 to help pay for the protest that led to the deadly riots. Five people died, numerous others were injured and former president Donald Trump faced his second indictment over his comments before the rally. The Senate voted to acquit Trump on Saturday.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Fancelli’s donation covered most of the cost of the $ 500,000 protest.
Florida-based Publix responded to the boycott calls with a statement distancing itself from Fancelli.
Publix has more than 1,200 stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
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