Starbucks Barista Fired Over Charlie Kirk Note | EUROtoday

A Starbucks worker was fired after writing a crucial message on a drink order for an admirer of slain right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk.

The message got here to mild when Ohio resident Autumn Perkins shared a photograph on Facebook of a drink she’d ordered from a Starbucks inside a Kroger in Middletown, coincidentally the hometown of Vice President JD Vance.

After Perkins ordered Kirk’s favored beverage, which has since been popularized by his supporters — a “Mint Majesty” tea with two honeys — the barista wrote “racists fav drink” on Perkins’ cup.

“The girl at Starbucks thought she was cute,” Perkins wrote within the Sep. 21 submit alongside a photograph of the message on her drink. “I don’t even support Starbucks [because] of everything they stand for starting with their satanic logo, but I support Charlie Kirk so I thought you know what…I’ll get his drink.” (The Starbucks emblem incorporates a mermaid.)

Perkins continued: “Thank you Starbucks for proving to me exactly why I prefer to support my small local Christian owned and operated coffee shop. Well done [applause emoji].”

Kirk was fatally shot whereas talking with college students at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. In the aftermath of his demise, the Trump administration and others have tried to silence critics of Kirk’s bigoted, racist, xenophobic and misogynistic remarks.

A Kroger spokesperson confirmed to a number of shops that the unidentified Starbucks worker who wrote the message was fired. The Starbucks location is operated and licensed by Kroger.

“Writing this on a cup is unacceptable,” a Starbucks spokesperson wrote. “We have policies that prohibit negative messages to help preserve a welcoming environment.”

Kroger didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark. Perkins additionally couldn’t be reached for remark.

Kirk supporters have petitioned Starbucks to honor him by including his go-to drink order to menus nationwide. The marketing campaign, referred to as “Get Charlie Kirk’s Starbucks Order On Every Starbucks Menu,” kicked off on Change.org on Sept. 14.

Nearly every week after Kirk’s demise, Starbucks mentioned in a press launch that it has “clear policies that prohibit political slogans or negative messages to help preserve a welcoming environment.”

The espresso chain additionally famous {that a} buyer is entitled to “use a different name — including the name Charlie Kirk” in the event that they need when inserting an order.