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BigmanPigman

(55,294 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:08 PM Yesterday

"Calls for Doordash boycotts after Trump's staged White House meeting"

Calls for Doordash boycotts after Trump's staged White House meeting

* She makes $22,000 a year. She doesn't even pay federal taxes. On top of that, even if she made twice that her husband's cancer treatment would only cover health care costs for about 2 treatments. And by the way, why isn't her Dear Leader making healthcare affordable?!? Get lost lady...you are a BS MAGA actress and a bad one at that. No one is fooled, they are even more pissed off and Boycott Doordash is what her multiple stunts with tRump resulted in. Get lost and shut up!!!

https://share.google/2eH9V9WqDszM9WMFl

Several internet users slammed the delivery service for the decision and declared their decision to boycott the company.

"Dear @DoorDash I just deleted your app. I don't do business with corporations that do business with @realDonaldTrump. If I'm not alone, then you should be out of business very soon," one X user wrote."

"The stunt unfolded Monday afternoon when a DoorDash delivery driver named Sharon Simmons from Arkansas stood alongside the president outside the Oval Office for an event aimed at promoting his No Tax on Tips provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” However, shortly after the event, reports emerged confirming that it was not the first time that Simmons promoted GOP policies.

Simmons also appeared at a Republican-led hearing in Nevada in 2025, where she similarly voiced support for Trump's bill for its tax relief policy, leading many to accuse her of being a GOP operative. The stunt also sparked widespread calls to delete DoorDash".

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"Calls for Doordash boycotts after Trump's staged White House meeting" (Original Post) BigmanPigman Yesterday OP
DoorDash drivers are independent contractors. mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #1
Yes and they are either at the poverty leval or below Lifeafter70 Yesterday #2
Indivisible calls for national boycott May 1, 2026 BigmanPigman 23 hrs ago #3
Griftee meets grifter. How romantic. I hope her husband is okay MerryBlooms 23 hrs ago #4
Maybe next time she'll actually vote..... BigmanPigman 23 hrs ago #5
Uh oh! Paper please! Ice! STOP RESISTING MerryBlooms 23 hrs ago #7
There should be a General "effing" Strike in this fucked up fascist country yesterday! maxrandb 23 hrs ago #6
The reason it hasn't been done in the past is BigmanPigman 23 hrs ago #8
The bad news is that only W2 employees can deduct tips. Jacson6 23 hrs ago #9
She only makes $22,000 so she doesn't pay any taxes anyway. BigmanPigman 22 hrs ago #10
That's not what the IRS guidelines say MichMan 22 hrs ago #11
This certainly staged standingtall 22 hrs ago #12
Pathetic, embarrassing and disgusting display. Totally Tunsie 22 hrs ago #13

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,151 posts)
1. DoorDash drivers are independent contractors.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:14 PM
Yesterday
https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/dol-final-rule-statement

All a boycott will accomplish is to screw over a bunch of people who had nothing to do with this.

Lifeafter70

(1,115 posts)
2. Yes and they are either at the poverty leval or below
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:19 PM
Yesterday

We need to push for better regulations to protect gig workers. That's how you punish those corporations.

Edited to add: This what we should be doing to help the worker and hold corporations responsible. This is a link to new regulations in California. Signed by Governor Newsom las October.


https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/03/governor-newsom-signs-landmark-worker-legislation-in-stark-contrast-to-trumps-assault-on-workers-and-government-shutdown/

BigmanPigman

(55,294 posts)
3. Indivisible calls for national boycott May 1, 2026
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:35 PM
23 hrs ago

Key Aspects of the Indivisible Boycott:
May Day Actions (May 1, 2026): Organizers are pushing for a widespread refusal of "business as usual," encouraging supporters to skip work, school, and shopping to participate in rallies and marches.
Targeted Corporations: The boycott targets major corporations accused of enabling or supporting the current administration, specifically mentioning Amazon, Home Depot, and Target.
Spotify Campaign: Indivisible also launched a "Don't Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify" campaign, urging artists and listeners to abandon the platform due to the appearance of ICE recruitment ads.
Goals: The campaigns aim to use economic pressure to protect democratic institutions, support immigrant justice by targeting companies tied to ICE, and demand accountability from corporations regarding worker rights and social justice.


“No Kings” Organizers & Indivisible Pivot to May Day General Strike https://share.google/FdgNUBq0uJ3fnI7UD

BigmanPigman

(55,294 posts)
5. Maybe next time she'll actually vote.....
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:43 PM
23 hrs ago

She said she didn't vote for him 3 times since last time she was moving or something and the paperwork was being processed and she couldn't actually vote.

However, I bet that despite this recent turn of events in her family's health care she would still vote for the fucking moron again and again and again.

maxrandb

(17,455 posts)
6. There should be a General "effing" Strike in this fucked up fascist country yesterday!
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:52 PM
23 hrs ago
Nothing will change! The racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy...NONE OF IT...will change, unless and until we make racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy UNPROFITABLE to the corporations, businesses and individuals that fund and enable it!

BigmanPigman

(55,294 posts)
8. The reason it hasn't been done in the past is
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:05 PM
23 hrs ago

due to the fact that it would not be successful at the time and in this country.

I keep track of this stuff as an activist. I support national boycotts and strikes but I see things realistically. Planning, timing, etc is extremely important. You have to have 90%- support for it to even begin to be seen as a possible success that would lead to disruptions in the overall governing in the USA under tRump.

There are many factors involved. Until recently half of the USA supported tRump. The USA is HUGE, unlike other countries where national strikes have been successful the USA isn't in the same league. Also, the economy is a factor. More Americans are facing new affordability issues that they didn't expect. This could be a plus for a May 1st strike/boycott. The general popularity of tRump is very low, affordability is very high and the No Kings protests, along with recent local elections, has shown that this could be the right time for a national strike to be a success. I hope so!!!!!

Jacson6

(2,060 posts)
9. The bad news is that only W2 employees can deduct tips.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:15 PM
23 hrs ago

The gig workers can not deduct tips because they are independent contractors.

BigmanPigman

(55,294 posts)
10. She only makes $22,000 so she doesn't pay any taxes anyway.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:37 PM
22 hrs ago

I found out this fact by watching Meidastouch. MSM never mentions this stuff. This is why the entire thing was a BS stunt set up by tRump. They know no one gets any real info from MSM and they rely on this to continue their charade and grift off of the presidency.

standingtall

(3,150 posts)
12. This certainly staged
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:58 PM
22 hrs ago

First she wearing a Doordash shirt most Doordash drivers aren't running around wearing Doordash merch and then she pulls up in a vehichle with a Doordash decal on it and even fewer Doordash drivers are doing that. If she made 22,000 her federal tax would be somewhere around 1,00 after your deductions you can maybe get down to 5 or 6 hundred it's nowhere near the 3 or 4 thousand she claimed. With Doordash probably 80% or higher of income is tips as Doordash and Uber have been paying less and less in base pay. A Doordash 1099 isn't broken down into how much of it is tips it's just going to say Nonemployee compensation on line 1. So I'm even convinced the no tax on tips in the big bs bill even pertains to gig workers like Doordash drivers. Even if there were some savings more is being taking away from you with cuts to healthcare alone then throwing in Trump starting a war in the Middle East then your going to be spending even more and more everyday for gas. So there goes your tax break if you even did get one.

Plus a $100 tip to the White House is awful cheap. That may be a huge tip for a normal delivery, but if this were legit just imagine how many time consuming security checks you'd have to go through to deliver to the President of the United States. So they can't even do the photo op right. I think I remember Obama being a more generous tipper then that.

Totally Tunsie

(11,884 posts)
13. Pathetic, embarrassing and disgusting display.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 09:05 PM
22 hrs ago

Do they really expect us to believe this crap?

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