Joe Biden’s administration has been a massive failure.
Democrats around the country have not fared much better.
But Howard Schultz has Democrats furious after he dropped a truth bomb in a leaked internal video.
The bad governance of the Democrat Party is beginning to boil over.
Pro-crime policies in blue cities are leading to massive social decay and more victims of violent crime.
And it’s having an effect on business.
In a leaked video, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz addressed why the company would be closing stores, saying “America has become unsafe.”
Unsurprisingly, the closures are set to take place in Democrat-run cities like Portland, Seattle, and Los Angeles.
Schultz said, “It has shocked me that one of the primary concerns that our retail partners have is their own personal safety…America has become unsafe…And then we heard the stories that go along with it about what happens in our bathrooms, the issue of mental illness, the issues of homelessness, the issues of crime, and Starbucks is a window into America, we have stores in every community, and we are facing things in which the stores were not built for and so we’re listening to our people and closing stores.”
EXCLUSIVE: Today at an internal meeting CEO Howard Schultz said: "Starbucks is a window into America… we are facing things in which the stores were not built for… we're listening to our people and closing stores, & this is just the beginning. There are gonna be many more. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/E9ayQqSmB8
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) July 13, 2022
Controversy arose back in 2018 when two black men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia when they were allegedly waiting for a business associate.
They did not buy anything, so an employee would not allow them to use the bathroom.
Amid backlash, Starbucks’s then president and CEO bent the knee to the woke mob, apologized and changed its bathroom policy, allowing non-paying customers to use the bathroom.
And as expected, drug addicts and homeless people began using the bathroom to do drugs and take baths.
Employees getting pricked by discarded needles left in trash cans became such a concern, they petitioned for needle-disposal boxes.
Schultz continued, “And I must say, in my view, at the local, state, and federal level, these governments across the country, and leaders—mayors and governors and city councils—have abdicated their responsibility in fighting crime and addressing mental illness. And we are going to have to refine and transform and modernize many of the things we do to meet the needs of our customers in a very changing operating environment, in which customer behavior is changing.”
Schultz blamed elected leaders of the Democrat cities where the stores are closing "at the local state and federal level, these governments… and leaders, mayors & governors & city councils have advocated their responsibility in fighting crime & addressing mental illness. pic.twitter.com/M8vTJgchCE
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) July 13, 2022
Democrats have done absolutely nothing to address these issues.
Their grand plan is more taxpayer dollars without any real action.
Increased funds mean nothing if homeless people with mental health problems are allowed to languish in the streets.
Schultz vocalized what everybody is feeling.
This is what happens when Democrats are allowed to run wild with their pro-crime policies.
Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story.
