Amazon Blocks “Stand Back, Stand By” Merchandise

October 1, 2020 Donald Trump, Extremists

Amazon and other online retailers are pulling merchandise from their sites emblazoned with the words “stand back” and “stand by” and displaying the insignia of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group.

Shirts bearing the words cropped up for sale after President Donald Trump uttered the phrase on Tuesday night, referring to the white supremacist group, during his debate with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Individuals associated with the Proud Boys online took Mr. Trump’s directive as words of encouragement, and products displaying the phrase quickly made their way onto sites including Amazon and Teespring, an online platform that lets users create and sell their own merchandise.

Proud Boy merch featuring the “Stand Back – Stand By” verbiage is now available on @amazon

….naturally. pic.twitter.com/2p1seB8cTG

— Konstantin Toropin (@KToropin) September 30, 2020

Here we go again, @teespring.

Last week, you were selling shirts glorifying the Kenosha shooter and now you’re selling Proud Boys tees?

Why can you not stay on top of this? pic.twitter.com/TBbYXa555m

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) September 30, 2020

UPDATE: @teespring has removed this Proud Boys merchandise from their site.

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) September 30, 2020