California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that his state would officially cut ties with Walgreens in a blasted tweet.
Newsom responded to news from Friday that Walgreens would not distribute mifepristone, an abortion drug, in 20 states after facing pushback from GOP attorneys general in February. The liberal governor promised that the pharmaceutical company would face consequences for this action.
“California won’t be doing business with @walgreen — or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk. We’re done,” Newsom tweeted.
Several right-leaning Twitter users attacked Newsom for openly campaigning against Walgreens for purely political reasons.
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“I can’t wait to see how seniors react to their governor trying to shut down their local pharmacy over a political fight,” Republican communicator Matt Whitlock wrote.
NewsNation reporter Zaid Jilani tweeted, “About a year ago Newsom tweeted objecting to Florida rolling back a subsidy to Disney was an attack on free speech but he is cutting off state business with Walgreens over a disagreement on abortion.”
“You should check in with San Francisco and see what a disaster their similar bans on states they disapproved of ended up being for them economically while accomplishing none of the stated intents,” Townhall.com columnist Brad Slager explained.
National Review contributor Pradheep Shankar commented, “If you were complaining about RDS and Disney, and not now complaining about this, you are an utter hypocrite. Where are all of you in calling out this?”
“Pretty sure Walgreens is done with you guys, too,” journalist Ian Miles Cheong declared.
“That @GavinNewsom — he won’t stop until he runs every business out of CA,” actor Nick Searcy tweeted.
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