An Idaho magnificence salon is seeing prospects “dropping like flies” after its proprietor known as supporters of President-elect Donald Trump “racist, homophobic, and misogynistic” in a now-viral TikTok.
“Trump basically gave small men the ability and the courage to be misogynistic and hateful and say s–t like ‘Your body, my choice’ and ‘You won’t have a choice’ and ‘You will bear my child whether you like it or not,” Tiffney Prickett, the owner-operator of Voiage Salon in Coeur d’Alene, stated within the video.
“The comments are so gross. The things men say to women are so gross. And I don’t know why more men don’t come to the defense of women. I don’t know why men witness aggression towards women and stand idly by and do nothing. I don’t understand,” the 40-year-old added.
The divorced mom of three prompt that males often “shrug off” when one other man is mistreating a girl.
“I don’t understand why more men don’t have the courage to stick up to these small men who think they can do whatever they want and say whatever they want to women. And I’m just f–king sick of it,” the stylist concluded.
It didn’t take lengthy for the businesswoman within the deep purple state to search out herself in a furry scenario with lots of her patrons.
“So this is me suffering the consequences of my own action. I just had a client send her husband into my salon and demand a refund for gift cards — pre-purchased — because of my stance that if you support a racist, homophobic, misogynist rapist, and you’re OK with those things because you supported them that you are in fact those things,” she defined in a subsequent video.
“And she was so offended by that he said she did not feel comfortable coming to my salon anymore.”
She stated that there was no love misplaced on her finish for shedding the 15-year shopper.
“I didn’t want to deal with them anyway because I knew that that whole family were Trump supporters because I’ve been doing her for 15 years, I’ve been to her family functions and family events. She’s given me gifts over the years. She was a very good client,” Prickett stated, seeming to understand the depth of her loss as she recounted their previous.
“I knew she was a Republican, which I don’t have a problem with you being a Republican. I have a problem with you wanting to strip human rights away from people,” she added.
“I will stand up for human rights and suffer those consequences.”
After the backlash mounted, Prickett responded to feedback that she was “wrong” and would “lose her business.”
“If I lose my business because … I posted a video that said if you support a racist, misogynist, homophobic, rapist, and you’re OK with it, then you are those things, I guess I lose my business,” she stated unapologetically.
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In one other rant, Prickett responds to somebody who prompt she hold an open thoughts and permit for agreeable political disagreements.
Prickett responded merely, “No” and defined that the distinction between Trump supporters and herself is just not one in every of “opinion” however of “morals.”
In a video from final week, Prickett revealed that she misplaced much more Trump-supporting shoppers, saying, “They’re dropping like flies.”
Prickett added for emphasis that she would “rather go work at Chipotle,” than permit Trump supporters to “feel comfortable” in her salon.
Since her tirade went viral, the web site for Prickett’s Voiage Salon now not seems to be energetic.
