{"id":2517777,"date":"2025-12-05T05:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-we-aint-buying-it-boycott-bombs-on-black-friday\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T05:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:43:51","slug":"soros-backed-we-aint-buying-it-boycott-bombs-on-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-we-aint-buying-it-boycott-bombs-on-black-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Soros-backed \u2018We Ain\u2019t Buying It\u2019 boycott bombs on Black Friday"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsoros-backed-we-aint-buying-it-boycott-bombs-on-black-friday%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=2517777&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 boycott campaign called &#8220;We Ain&#8217;t buying It,&#8221; backed by George Soros via the Indivisible Project, aimed to pressure major retailers-Target, Home depot, and Amazon-for allegedly collaborating with the Trump governance and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-looking-forward-to-his-next-debate-with-california-governor-newsom\/\" title=\"DeSantis eager for next debate with Newsom.\">rolling back progressive policies<\/a>. The campaign encouraged supporters to avoid shopping at these stores from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. Despite picketing and organized protests,the boycott failed to gain meaningful traction. Retailers offered large discounts, attracting record numbers of shoppers during the holiday weekend. According to the National Retail Federation, a record 202.9 million consumers shopped over the period, surpassing previous years. Amazon&#8217;s AI shopping assistant also boosted sales. Industry experts noted that consumer engagement and spending remain strong despite economic uncertainties, signaling resilience in the U.S.economy.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Soros-backed &lsquo;We Ain&rsquo;t Buying It&rsquo; boycott bombs on Black Friday<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2420303\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A George <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/George-Soros\/\">Soros<\/a>-backed boycott against companies supposedly &ldquo;colluding with the Trump administration&rdquo; apparently failed to see success on Black Friday and throughout the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/holiday\/\">holiday<\/a> weekend, which drew a record-breaking number of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/consumers\/\">shoppers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The failed effort was spearheaded by the Indivisible Project, an activist group responsible for organizing a bulk of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3475348\/soros-funded-group-activism-training-program\/\">on-the-ground &ldquo;resistance&rdquo;<\/a> against President Donald Trump. Indivisible has received <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=Indivisible+Project\">more than $7.6 million<\/a> in funding from Open Society Foundations, the hub of liberal financier George Soros&rsquo;s grant-giving network.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3907970\/wolfspeed-emerges-from-bankruptcy-receives-698-6m-from-irs\/\">Wolfspeed emerges from bankruptcy, receives $698.6M from IRS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3906705\/us-consumers-cyber-monday-biggest-online-shopping-day-in-history\/\">US consumers made Cyber Monday the &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-consumers-made-cyber-monday-the-biggest-online-shopping-day-in-history\/\" title=\"US consumers made ... the \u2018biggest online shopping day\u2019 in history\">biggest online shopping day&#038;rsquo<\/a>; in history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3904225\/georgia-gov-brian-kemp-travel-panama-trade-discussion\/\">Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp traveling to Panama for trade discussion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Their latest anti-Trump campaign, called <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/weaintbuyingit.com\/\">&ldquo;We Ain&rsquo;t Buying It,&rdquo;<\/a> targeted three major retailers, Target, Home Depot, and Amazon, accusing them of &ldquo;capitulating to the Trump administration and going along with their harmful, authoritarian policies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Indivisible claimed that Target &ldquo;caved to Trump&rdquo; by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3300306\/target-joins-walmart-mcdonalds-ends-dei-policies\/\">rolling back<\/a> its diversity, equity, and inclusion practices, Home Depot has &ldquo;done nothing&rdquo; to protect illegal immigrants from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3896594\/protesters-stage-buy-in-home-depot-stores-cooperation-ice\/\">deportation raids on store property<\/a>, and Amazon awarded the Trump administration <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsa.gov\/about-us\/newsroom\/news-releases\/gsa-announces-onegov-agreement-with-aws-08072025\">a discounted service agreement<\/a>, &ldquo;all in exchange for massive corporate tax breaks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A social media graphic from the We Ain&rsquo;t Buying It campaign depicts a fist holding a wallet in protest against corporations &ldquo;colluding&rdquo; with the Trump administration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;But we can make it clear that there is a price to pay for enabling authoritarianism,&rdquo; Indivisible <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/indivisible.org\/campaign\/we-aint-buying-it\">told<\/a> its army of activists ahead of the holiday shopping season, instructing them not to buy from businesses that are &ldquo;undermining our democracy,&rdquo; as part of the coalition&rsquo;s full blackout from Thanksgiving Day to Cyber Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">No Kings, another anti-Trump activist movement,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nokings.org\/news\/no-kings-alliance-joins-we-aint-buying-it\">joined<\/a>&nbsp;the We Ain&rsquo;t Buying It alliance&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/news\/we-aint-buying-it-why-we-boycott-target\">alongside<\/a>&nbsp;the American Federation of Teachers, the largest teachers&rsquo; union in the United States, and a vocal opponent of Trump&rsquo;s policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Millions of Americans were supposed to withhold their purchasing power for those five days in protest. However, the &ldquo;coordinated weekend of economic noncooperation&rdquo; ended up gaining little traction, it seems.<\/p>\n<p>Despite protesters <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplesworld.org\/article\/black-friday-boycott-pickets-hit-target-stores-nationwide\/\">picketing outside Target stores nationwide<\/a>, chanting &ldquo;No DEI? No dollars,&rdquo; Target as well as Amazon advertised steep discounts on the shopping holidays that appear to have attracted droves of shoppers across the country, <em>Reuters<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/retail-consumer\/us-online-spending-surges-442-billion-during-five-day-holiday-shopping-adobe-2025-12-02\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/12\/01\/amazons-ai-chatbot-rufus-drove-sales-on-black-friday\/\">Statistics<\/a> from the market intelligence firm Sensor Tower show that Amazon&rsquo;s A.I. chatbot, Rufus, also drove sales. Rufus, an artificial intelligence shopping assistant, helps Amazon users find gifts, receive personalized recommendations, and compare products. In the United States, Rufus consultations that resulted in a purchase surged 100% on Black Friday, compared to the past 30 days, while Amazon shopping sessions that did not involve Rufus increased by only 20%.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/media-center\/press-releases\/thanksgiving-holiday-weekend-draws-a-record-203-million-shoppers\">data<\/a> released <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">on Tuesday from the National Retail Federation, a record 202.9 million consumers shopped between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, up from 197 million shoppers during the same five-day period <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/media-center\/press-releases\/197-million-consumers-shop-over-thanksgiving-holiday-weekend\">last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That figure surpassed a previous record of 200.4 million shoppers set <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/media-center\/press-releases\/thanksgiving-holiday-weekend-sees-record-number-shoppers\">in 2023<\/a>, <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">according to the NRF&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/research-insights\/holiday-data-and-trends\/winter-holidays\">annual consumer survey<\/a><\/span>, and exceeded the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/media-center\/press-releases\/thanksgiving-weekend-expected-to-draw-largest-number-of-shoppers-on-record\">original estimate<\/a> of 186.9 million shoppers.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3905175\/consumers-love-trump-economy-holiday-spending-record-highs\/\"><strong>OPINION: CONSUMERS LOVE TRUMP&rsquo;S ECONOMY AS HOLIDAY SPENDING SOARS TO RECORD HIGHS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This year&rsquo;s record turnout reflects a highly engaged consumer who is focused on value, responds to compelling promotions, and seizes upon the opportunity to make the winter holidays special and meaningful,&rdquo; NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>Customers turned out in both in-store and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3902268\/black-friday-and-thanksgiving-online-shopping-hit-record-highs\/\">online<\/a> settings. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-calls-on-mayors-to-step-up-after-string-of-robberies-hit-the-golden-state\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom Calls on Mayors to \u2018Step Up\u2019 After String of Robberies Hit the Golden State\u00a0\">top shopping destinations<\/a> during Thanksgiving weekend were supermarkets, with a 47% share of the sales. Other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >popular shopping spots included department stores<\/a> (40%) and clothing outlets (37%).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A graph comparing Thanksgiving weekend shoppers, by the millions, between 2017 and 2025 (National Retail Federation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NRF has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/media-center\/press-releases\/nrf-expects-holiday-sales-to-surpass-1-trillion-for-the-first-time-in-2025\">forecasted<\/a> that holiday spending between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31 will break $1 trillion for the first time in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;American consumers may be cautious in sentiment, yet remain fundamentally strong and continue to drive U.S. economic activity,&rdquo; Shay said. NRF&rsquo;s chief economist and executive director of research, Mark Mathews, agreed, noting, &ldquo;The economy has continued to show surprising resilience in a year marked by trade uncertainty and persistent inflation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted Indivisible and the We Ain&rsquo;t Buying It press teams for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soros-backed boycott against Trump-linked firms fails on Black Friday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3767,"featured_media":2517778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-g0eihj83u-1764769636736-e1764769721362.jpg?1764762350&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45909,6812,6581,7407,68273],"class_list":["post-2517777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-black-friday","tag-boycott","tag-retail","tag-soros","tag-we-aint-buying-it"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-g0eihj83u-1764769636736-e1764769721362.jpg?1764762350&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517777","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\/3767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517781,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517777\/revisions\/2517781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}