Donald Trump Jr. Mocks ‘Triggered’ LGBT Students Opposing A Chick-Fil-A

Donald Trump Jr., son of President-elect Donald Trump, looks out from an elevator as he arrives at Trump Tower, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Donald Trump Jr. mocked LGBT students and activists at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University who oppose the opening of Chick-fil-A restaurant on campus in a tweet Thursday, calling them #triggered.

Trump linked to a Daily Caller article that mocked the students in a similar way for opposing the construction of a Chick-fil-A on campus because their “safe space is at risk.”

While Trump’s tweet references the “yummy sandwiches” at Chick-fil-A, LGBT activists’ problem with the restaurant has nothing to do with poultry. The restaurant’s president, Dan Cathy, came under fire in 2012 for admitting the company had donated to anti-LGBT groups who support “traditional marriage.” Many boycotted the chain after those comments and in turn, many conservatives chose to eat at the chain in support.

Trump’s implication that sandwiches are the only thing LGBT students would need to be concerned about, of course, comes in direct conflict with the fact that LGBT students are more likely to be the victims of sexual assault on college campuses and are more at risk for bullying.

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  1. This f’ing “American Psycho” stunt double needs to STFU because people may begin to realize he’s as much the psychopath that his father is.

  2. I just want 2 minutes in a locked room with this greasy little sociopath.

  3. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    As I said yesterday, like father, like son. So incredibly juvenile and tone deaf.

    Ass.

  4. Great job focusing on running the businesses, assclown.

  5. Not agreeing with Delirium Tremens Jr, but I hate the whole concept of trigger warnings.
    Looking from several thousand miles away, this seems insane to me.

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