Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO who is considering an independent bid for the presidency in 2020, made a bold claim in a new ad.
“The majority of Americans aren’t Democrats or Republicans,” the ad, which is circulating on Facebook and cited by NBC News, said. “The majority of Americans are Americans.”
That had Schultz’s critics wondering: Who were the Americans who weren’t Americans?
I've crunched the numbers and can confirm that the majority of Americans are Americans
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 20, 2019
If the majority of Americans are Americans, @HowardSchultz, what are the minority of Americans? https://t.co/ZNa8NRF0pb
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) April 21, 2019
Hi @HowardSchultz I know I’ve said some mean things about you in the past but I feel like I have to tell you for your own good that “the majority of Americans are Americans” is the kind of slogan you end up with when your own consultants are mocking you behind your back.
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) April 21, 2019
"we live in a society" -howard schultz
— jordan (@JordanUhl) April 20, 2019
this is the worst shit i have ever seen. the majority of americans are americans?? literally what does that mean. pic.twitter.com/MwULq0b2sW
— We Can Defeat Climate Change (@travismockfler) April 20, 2019
OMG THEY HAVE MORE!!!! pic.twitter.com/BSlzo4azy1
— Brett Banditelli (@banditelli) April 20, 2019
Howard Schultz recalls the soaring prose of Obama in 2004 when he memorably thundered, “We have never been a collection of red states or blue states, but American states, with Americans inside them.” pic.twitter.com/bS3uWD52pd
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) April 20, 2019
When “both sides” crawls out of a drain and becomes sentient.
— Cynthia McCabe (@crkmccabe) April 21, 2019
I'll go ahead and assume this is some sort of elaborate satire acthttps://t.co/0H8ZdwNHQX
— Marcel Dirsus (@marceldirsus) April 21, 2019
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