Seller On Amazon Sold Merch Reading "The Only Good Trump Is A Dead One"
"Why are you allowing a shirt to be sold that seems to encourage lunatics to attempt to kill members of the Trump family?" commentator and filmmaker Robby Starbuck asked Amazon & founder Jeff Bezos on X, referring to Amazon allowing a seller earlier this week to offer merchandise with the slogan "The Only Good Trump Is A Dead One."
Hey @Amazon @JeffBezos,
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) July 25, 2024
Why are you allowing a shirt to be sold that seems to encourage lunatics to attempt to kill members of the Trump family? @DonaldJTrumpJr @LaraLeaTrump @EricTrump pic.twitter.com/8EBPFpGPo0
Starbuck said, "Just searched and @Amazon has hoodies too!"
Just searched and @Amazon has hoodies too! pic.twitter.com/IgjXgnbKVk
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) July 25, 2024
Starbuck's post garnered nearly 800k reads by Friday morning. He said the anti-Trump merch was removed from the Amazon online store on Thursday evening.
This is messed up
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 26, 2024
Elon Musk chimed in, "This is messed up."
They’ve been removed now.
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) July 25, 2024
After a FOX Business investigation into the anti-Trump shirts on Thursday afternoon, Amazon told the media outlet that the shirts were removed "due to non-compliance with our guidelines."
"Amazon does not allow products that promote, incite or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual or religious intolerance or promote organizations with such views," Amazon stated on its website.
Here's what X users are saying about anti-Trump gear on Amazon:
The side of tolerance is actually insane 🧐
— One Bad Dude (@OneBadDude_) July 26, 2024
Say it ain’t so! pic.twitter.com/8EKqOfE0lJ
We've located where the crazy deranged rhetoric is coming from (not the right)
— ░SourPatchLyds░ (@sourpatchlyds) July 26, 2024
It's going to cost Amazon ...
— Brian Basson (@BassonBrain) July 26, 2024
Sigh, Amazon. Who vets these products internally?