Stoneman Douglas High School student turned anti-gun activist David Hogg has organized a boycott of Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s advertisers to pressure them into dropping her show. His effort is already bearing fruit.
The 17-year-old is determined to “change the world,” and in fact believes he is already doing so. In a recent interview with TMZ, during which Hogg revealed he had been rejected by four University of California campuses, he stated: “At this point, we’re already changing the world. If colleges want to support us in that, great, if they don’t, it doesn’t matter, we’re still going to change the world.”
Apparently one of the ways he aims to change the world is by deplatforming conservatives through advertiser boycotts.
Ingraham attracted Hogg’s ire yesterday with a tweet gently mocking his comments to TMZ:
David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA…totally predictable given acceptance rates.) https://t.co/wflA4hWHXY
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 28, 2018
Offended, Hogg quickly produced a list of advertisers to boycott. His sister then complained to First Lady Melania Trump that her brother was being “cyberbullied” by Ingraham.
Hogg, who has quickly embraced the intimidation tactics of the organized Left to silence conservative speech, posted the following tweets late Wednesday:
Soooo @IngrahamAngle what are your biggest advertisers … Asking for a friend. #BoycottIngramAdverts
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
Pick a number 1-12 contact the company next to that #
Top Laura Ingraham Advertisers
1. @sleepnumber
2. @ATT
3. Nutrish
4. @Allstate & @esurance
5. @Bayer
6. @RocketMortgage Mortgage
7. @LibertyMutual
8. @Arbys
9. @TripAdvisor
10. @Nestle
11. @hulu
12. @Wayfair— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
Fellow Parkland student Kyle Kashuv (a Second Amendment supporter) pointed out Hogg’s gross hypocrisy in targeting Ingraham for insensitive speech:
You can run around calling everyone a child murderer, viciously smear @DLoesch, say he isn't attacking @MarcoRubio hard enough, but, if you tweet out an article that points out that he didn't get into college he launches a boycott against you trying to drive you out of business. https://t.co/NevslSVUJ0
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 29, 2018
Unsurprisingly, two craven companies have already buckled under the pressure:
We are in the process of removing our ads from Laura Ingraham’s program.
— Nutrish (@Nutrish) March 29, 2018
Thank you @TripAdvisor 😘
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
However, conservatives are correctly pointing out that these virtue-signaling companies may come to regret their decision to drop Ingraham:
You better have someone in your social media department see how others who have done this to Conservatives bode. It won't end well. Stocks for companies who give in to a very tiny percentage of leftist, will fall tremendously. Billions have been lost from these political moves.
— 2☆☆Blue Star Mom 🇺🇸 (@2_bluestarmom) March 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/979337858900258816
Twitchy posted some recent examples, such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, which has seen sales fall since it announced it would stop selling AR-15s:
'Don't be DICK'S.' Dick’s new anti-#2A gun policy has officially BACKFIRED in a HUGE way https://t.co/yLxp1NUzhJ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 22, 2018
Delta was also hurt when it bowed to the anti-gun mob’s will:
'Now THAT is funny!' Turns out Delta's gun control P.R. stunt was even STUPIDER than you thought https://t.co/D4pJwrfa36
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 2, 2018
Nutrish is already feeling the heat on Twitter for caving to Hogg’s boycott demands:
ICYMI ==> Laura Ingraham advertiser caves to David Hogg's boycott demand, INSTANT backfire ensues https://t.co/2a2x9COHxW
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 29, 2018
Ingraham, meanwhile, “in the spirit of Holy Week,” has apologized for offending the sensitive teenager:
Any student should be proud of a 4.2 GPA —incl. @DavidHogg111. On reflection, in the spirit of Holy Week, I apologize for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland. For the record, I believe my show was the first to feature David…(1/2)
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 29, 2018
… immediately after that horrific shooting and even noted how "poised" he was given the tragedy. As always, he’s welcome to return to the show anytime for a productive discussion. WATCH: https://t.co/5wcd00wWpd (2/2)
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 29, 2018
However, at around the same time Ingraham posted her apology, Hogg indicated that he was not ready to make nice:
#ShutUpAndBeObjective https://t.co/OnMaOz4BNR
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
And Hogg’s sister appeared to outright reject Ingraham’s apology:
*Waits till we boycott her advertisers to apologize* wow.
Hey @IngrahamAngle please just be a real journalist. Focus on the important stories and use your platform to help people not hurt them. #neveragain #ShutUpAndBeObjective #MarchForOurLives https://t.co/wZRBlHk4XS
— Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) March 29, 2018
Hogg — who seems to be boycotting school as well — retweeted his sister’s tweet.
The organized left has given children like Hogg and his sister a platform to spout off on a subject they know little about. Now, like little authoritarian tyrants, they are drunk with the power they have been given. Nothing good will come of it.
Update 4:03 p.m. Eastern: It looks like the “king of the teen mudslingers” has chosen NOT to accept Ingraham’s apology (via Twitchy):
An apology to save your advertisers is not enough. What you did was disgusting. Our message for common sense gun reforms has won, and the those in opposition have gone negative. They need to pay a price for that. These kids have suffered enough.https://t.co/aNixXkErrI
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) March 29, 2018
I 100% agree an apology in an effort just to save your advertisers is not enough. I will only accept your apology only if you denounce the way your network has treated my friends and I️ in this fight. It’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children. https://t.co/H0yWs4zMGk
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
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