{"id":2494571,"date":"2025-10-04T10:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coffee-shop-business-triples-as-righteous-people-overcome-haters-after-charlie-kirks-death\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:28:30","slug":"coffee-shop-business-triples-as-righteous-people-overcome-haters-after-charlie-kirks-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coffee-shop-business-triples-as-righteous-people-overcome-haters-after-charlie-kirks-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Shop Business Triples as &#8216;Righteous People&#8217; Overcome Haters After Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fcoffee-shop-business-triples-as-righteous-people-overcome-haters-after-charlie-kirks-death%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=2494571&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--><p>A coffee shop in Rancho Santa fe, California, called Invita Cafe, owned by Sara De Luca, honored the recently assassinated conservative Christian figure Charlie Kirk by placing stickers on coffee cups that read, &#8220;Thank You, Charlie Kirk &#8211; we Love You.&#8221; De Luca, a longtime supporter of Kirk&#8217;s Turning Point USA and someone who had met Kirk and his wife, did not expect any controversy from this tribute.However, the cafe initially received manny hateful calls and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/homestead-is-proof-christian-films-are-getting-better\/\" title=\"&#039;Homestead&#039; Is Proof Christian Films Are Getting Better\">negative online reviews<\/a>, forcing them to remove those pages. Despite the backlash, De Luca encouraged her staff, believing that supporters would rally. Indeed, people from the local community, particularly from her church, and even from across the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-the-media-told-you-about-kyle-rittenhouse-was-wrong\/\" title=\"Everything the Media ... You About Kyle Rittenhouse Was Wrong\">showed strong support<\/a>, resulting in a 312% sales increase and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martinez-we-have-2-4-hour-lines-due-to-new-mexico-lockdown\/\" title=\"Martinez: &#039;We Have 2-4 Hour Lines&#039; Due to New Mexico Lockdown\">long lines<\/a>. Supporters also made generous donations and purchased drinks for others. De Luca credited the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >overwhelming positive response<\/a> to divine support and said she believed Kirk would be proud of the tribute.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after conservative Christian icon Charlie Kirk was assassinated, Sara De Luca decided to honor him by placing stickers on coffee cups at her business, Invita Cafe in Rancho Santa Fe, California &mdash; a suburb of San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>The stickers read, &ldquo;Thank You, Charlie Kirk &mdash; We Love You.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>De Luca told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/coffee-shop-honored-charlie-kirk-sees-huge-sales-surge-after-its-flooded-righteous-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>&nbsp;that she had long supported Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s Turning Point USA organization and had even met and hosted Kirk and his wife, Erika.<\/p>\n<p>It never occurred to her that anyone would object to such a simple message of support for someone who had just died so tragically and violently.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I honestly did not think twice about it,&rdquo; she told Fox News. &ldquo;I did not even think, &lsquo;Oh, this could be controversial.&rsquo; &hellip; It didn&rsquo;t even cross my mind.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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they told her, De Luca recalled.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Coffee shop hit with hate for Charlie Kirk tribute sees sales surge as &lsquo;righteous people&rsquo; show up <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9AMhVlcvX2\">https:\/\/t.co\/9AMhVlcvX2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8O2GW8OmI1\">pic.twitter.com\/8O2GW8OmI1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1973801510292132136?\">October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At first, the flood of criticism was overwhelming. They got so many negative reviews on their Yelp and Google pages that they took them down.<\/p>\n<p>But De Luca wasn&rsquo;t deterred. She told her workers, &ldquo;Good people are going to show up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I expected that,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>But a lot more of them showed up than she ever dreamed. When word got out of their struggles, people from De Luca&rsquo;s community, and particularly her church, Awaken, did indeed show up &mdash; in droves.<\/p>\n<p>She said that by Wednesday, she started getting tears in her eyes when she saw the support the little shop was getting.<\/p>\n<p>Sales were up 312 percent, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Long lines formed as people waited 30 to 45 minutes to be served.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were flooded with righteous people just showing up, supporting us, defending us &mdash; they were defending Charlie, obviously we all were,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t have any haters show up,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was only the righteous showing up &mdash; just God-fearing people who are like, &lsquo;Thank you for what you&rsquo;re doing. Charlie would be proud.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Support didn&rsquo;t just come from the neighborhood. People from across the country placed orders online, she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Invita Caf&eacute; in San Diego County is putting &ldquo;Thank you Charlie Kirk, We Love You&rdquo; stickers on their drinks&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>And now they&rsquo;re being attacked for it.<\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re in San Diego County, skip Starbucks and support Invita Caf&eacute;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gYqV6gpUYB\">pic.twitter.com\/gYqV6gpUYB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Isabella Maria DeLuca (@IsabellaMDeLuca) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsabellaMDeLuca\/status\/1968720214343708751?\">September 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We had somebody from Georgia call and say, &lsquo;Can I just give you $500 and buy the next 100 drinks?&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another man walked into the shop and left $300 &ldquo;and just walked out,&rdquo; she told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Where did these people come from?&rdquo; she found herself wondering.<\/p>\n<p>She answered her own question in her interview with Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;God is so behind all of this,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is insane. 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