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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 162 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This picture should have been so much more than what was needed to eject his ass from the white house. Obama used the wrong mustard and the right flips the table. Carter couldn't have a peanut farm. This guy and his family were shilling for a Mexican bean company from the fucking oval office.

A fucking bean company

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 74 points 1 month ago

Actually, it’s a Jersey bean company. The CEO is a rich New Yorker who, like Trump, inherited wealth and rolls with the manhattan aristocrats.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 78 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Goya CEO Robert Unanue is a hardcore Trump supporter and overall awful person.

After Jan. 6th:

The board of the privately held Latino food company voted to censure Unanue, following his most recent controversial remarks that questioned the legitimacy of the November election, according to a person familiar with the board’s actions, who spoke to CNN on the condition that their name not be used.

Unanue will no longer be allowed to speak to the media without the board’s permission, the source said. The decision was first reported by the New York Post Monday evening.

The source said this is a “full stop” on Unanue speaking to the press, not only about politics, but also about the company itself.

A majority of Goya shareholders favor removing Unanue altogether but have been prevented from doing so by the dynamics of the family-controlled company, according to the source.

“The company has never been political or politicized,” said the source. “He’s gone from bad CEO to CEO that has imperiled the future of the company and endangered the lives of some of the shareholders,” the source said in reference to some Unanue family members having allegedly received threats because of the CEO’s comments

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

The people at Tesla could learn a lot from that bean company.

Oh shit. I need to stop buying Goya huh?

Ah well.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Such a sick-sounding last name for such a shitty guy

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

These hamberders are worthy of their own post in this community

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The cheap bastard couldn't even be bothered to keep them in a food warmer. Who wants to eat cold cheeseburgers and soggy fries?

Edit: And keep the salads in the fridge until ready to serve, FFS.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 51 points 1 month ago

This one man did more to degrade any respect for the oval office than any other president in my lifetime.

Reagan was a fucking crook who was personally responsible for starting the domino chain leading to the shit-show that is today's GOP.

Bush Jr is a war criminal who I sincerely believe should have been brought before the Hague for invading Iraq, being responsible for the execution of a head-of-state, instituting practices at Guantanamo, and for getting us into the longest war in US history.

But no-one of them debased the office of the POTUS like Trump. It's fucking depressing.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I still don’t buy Goya. I haven’t forgotten.

[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Same. Which sucks because their products were often inexpensive and good but they can go fuck themselves now. I'll gladly pay two or three times more to not support those dick heads.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And I've not bought a single Goya product since. I'll actively look for an alternative or go without.

[–] rothaine@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had no idea about this and recently bought a can of black beans. Now I'm mad.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

You're good! Think of it this way, at least one more person won't be buying their beans in the future!

[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like the concept of posting weird flashbacks of MAGA. There are so many they have become normalised.

Cue Attenborough

In today's episode of Witness To Weirdness, we examine file #8675309, also known as "The Bean-cident."

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is why I don't buy that brand of canned beans.

[–] rockhstrongo@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's funny how I still think about this when I see this brand. I used to buy bags of their dry beans, but I now avoid them entirely.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

fuck Goya and

say it with me

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

FUCK TRUMP

HARRIS WALZ CLOSING IN

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Emoluments clause? What's that?

Apparently just empty words, since laws don't apply to the President as long as you have five SCOTUS judges in your pocket.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's like perjury or bribery. It's a crime only Democrats can commit. When Republicans do it prosecutors are very concerned about the implications of charging them. When there's a whiff of a Dem doing either the FBI announces an investigation a month before the election.

[–] null 24 points 1 month ago

And illegal, but that one didn't even make a blip.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This was so fucking bizarre I remember thinking that the picture was fake at first. When I learned that it wasn’t, I wished it was fake.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, it's the first time I saw it.

I was completely convinced it was fake, except for everybody here just knowing when it happened... So I'm rationally convinced it's real... But I can't bring myself to fully believe it.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

I don’t blame you one bit

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know a bunch of people who won't buy Goya because of this. The local international grocery store switched almost two entire aisles to different brands as well

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Yep, the moment this happened we dropped the brand in our family.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago

They're the beaniest!

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love how it's not a well laid out tableau. He just threw some stuff on the resolute desk.

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The lack of relative symmetry pissed me off almost as much as the shilling.

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It really looks like they just grabbed some stuff out of the pantry and tossed it on the desk. Even the way he's hunched over while doing the double thumbs up is weird.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah. I remember the time when I’d pick up a Goya product to buy and then not suddenly throw it back in horror. It was right before this.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

If I didn't know better, I would think this was AI generated. What a strange world we live in.

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Oy! Extraño!

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think this one is really weird, it's just treating the office of the president of the united states with contempt by embroiling it in sleazy kickbacks.

The weird stuff is all his weird obsessions, the way he speaks, the unhinged things he says, the absence of any sense of reality, the way he stands and his overwhelming self-absorption.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

That's weird bro

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Lmao at this new community. I love it. Instant subscribe.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago