Ben & Jerry's customers are calling for a Bud Light-style boycott of the ice cream brand after it blasted the U.S. as existing "on stolen land" this week.to commit to "returning" indigenous land and said they should "start with Mount Rushmore." Social media users expressed outrage at the timing of the statement, which landed on Independence Day.
"Ah, the Fourth of July. Who doesn't love a good parade, some tasty barbecue, and a stirring fireworks display?" the company wrote. "The only problem with all that, though, is that it can distract from an essential truth about this nation’s birth: The US was founded on stolen Indigenous land. Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, responded simply, "No it doesn't," to the claim the U.S. exists on stolen land."Long overdue for the Bud Light treatment. You hate the country, fine. We won't buy your product. All good," another user responded.