Chick-fil-A Faces Calls for Boycott Over DEI Job

Right-wing activists have called for a boycott of Chick-fil-A based on misinformation related to the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Why it matters: The calls to boycott the Atlanta-based, conservative fast-food chain come as right-wing blowback to corporate DEI efforts nationwide intensify.

• Anti-LGBTQ activists have helped to recently tank stock prices for companies like Anheuser-Busch InBev and Target, Axios’ Dan Primack and Sara Fischer report.

Driving the news: Chick-fil-A has been trending on Twitter after political strategist Joey Mannarino tweeted on Monday that “Chick-Fil-A just hired a VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.”

• The next day Mannarino tweeted out a poll asking “are we boycotting Chick-Fil-A over this or no?”

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Meanwhile, Erick McReynolds has been working as Chick-fil-A’s VP of diversity, equity and inclusion since November 2021, according to a LinkedIn profile.

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