{"id":1947259,"date":"2023-06-14T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-says-target-wrong-to-pull-lgbt-merchandise\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T15:49:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:49:50","slug":"new-york-ag-says-target-wrong-to-pull-lgbt-merchandise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-says-target-wrong-to-pull-lgbt-merchandise\/","title":{"rendered":"NY AG criticizes Target for removing LGBT merchandise."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-ag-says-target-wrong-to-pull-lgbt-merchandise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>New York attorney general Letitia James<\/h2>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/example.com\/image.jpg\" alt=\"Letitia James\"><br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Target&#8217;s decision to remove LGBTQ-themed merchandise from stores following customer backlash is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-ted-cruz-delivers-water-in-texas\/\" title=\"Senator Ted Cruz Delivers Water In Texas\">receiving criticism<\/a> from New York attorney general Letitia James. In a tweet on Tuesday, James expressed her disapproval and called on the retailer to reverse its decision.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/example.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/example.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to James&#8217;s tweet, at least 14 New York officials have signed a letter regarding Target&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;@Target&#8217;s decision to pull some of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/target-already-feeling-major-financial-pain-as-conservative-backlash-intensifies\/\" title=\"Conservative backlash intensifies, causing major financial pain for Target.\">pride merchandise<\/a> because of backlash from anti-LGBTQ+ customers is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Hatred and bigotry can&#8217;t win: New York elected officials and I are urging @Target to reverse its decision and stand up for #LGTBQ+ rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewYorkStateAG\/status\/1669028956794757133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Hatred and bigotry can&#8217;t win,&#8221; James said in the tweet. &#8220;New York elected officials and I are urging Target to reverse its decision and stand up for #LGBTQ+ rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Target recently announced that it was making adjustments to its LGBTQ-themed products associated with Pride Month. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-says-target-wrong-to-pull-lgbt-merchandise\/\" title=\"NY AG criticizes Target for removing LGBT merchandise.\">company cited increased confrontations<\/a> between shoppers and employees, as well as incidents of products being thrown on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The company has faced backlash and a conservative boycott, resulting in a loss of nearly $15 billion in market value. The boycott was in response to Target&#8217;s LGBT Pride collection, which included products for children and merchandise from a designer who identifies as a Satanist.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/example.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/example.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Target has not yet responded to a Reuters request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D&#8217;Silva and Pooja Desai)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>letter to Target expressing their disappointment and calling for the reinstatement of the LGBTQ-themed merchandise. Attorney General Letitia James criticized Target&#8217;s decision to remove the products, stating it is incorrect and urged the company to reverse its choice. Over a dozen New York officials have also expressed their disapproval in a letter to Target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1947260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[3763,5520,21103,4307,4650],"class_list":["post-1947259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-criticizes","tag-lgbt","tag-merchandise","tag-removing","tag-target"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}