People are boycotting Publix because a member of its founding family gave $300,000 to the Trump rally that led to the January 6 Capitol riots
of the George Jenkins Foundation, Inc., Publix founder George Jenkins's charity, which is not affiliated with the grocery chain. Since posting the statement on January 30, the Publix Twitter account — which previously posted around once a day — has been uncharacteristically silent.
This isn't the first time Publix has courted controversy over its political donations. It came under fire after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisthe chain an exclusive vaccine distribution contract. This followed the Publix PAC donating $100,000 donation to his campaign — a spokeswoman for DeSantis said any implication that the contract was a reward for the donation was"baseless and ridiculous," per the Lakeland Ledger.
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