Some Florida shoppers are vowing to boycott popular grocery store Publix ahead of the busy Memorial Day weekend after it donated more than a half a million dollars to a gubernatorial candidate who touts himself as a “proud NRA sellout.”Earlier this month, local media first revealed the grocery chain’s $670,000 donations over the last three years to Republican candidate Adam Putnam, Florida’s current agriculture commissioner. Putnam, who brands himself as a lifelong gun owner, opposed Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) gun control law that was signed in the wake of February’s deadly mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school. Publix is Florida’s largest private employer, according to The Tampa Bay Times, and its political donations to Putnam are likely some of the largest since 1995, if not in the company’s history. Now the #BoycottPublix petition has spread across social media.

Source: Huffington Post May 22, 2018 17:37 UTC