Brewery Gets Threats After Canceling Rittenhouse Event

The Texas Tribune reports:

A Conroe brewery says it’s been inundated with harassment and some threats after announcing Friday that it would no longer allow a “rally against censorship” featuring Kyle Rittenhouse to be held there later this month.

“It’s been kind of a shitstorm,” Southern Star Brewery CEO Dave Fougeron said. “But now I’m more certain than ever that I made the right decision. Our place is super inclusive.”

“We are super pro-veteran, super pro-law enforcement. We’re trying to be good people in the community. We’re friends with our firefighters, with our police department. We have a lot of gay patrons who come in because it’s a place of inclusivity. It’s crazy that we’re getting threats from people.”

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Southern Star Brewery’s CEO disputed claims that the “rally against censorship” featuring Kyle Rittenhouse was canceled after pressure from a “woke mob” or distributors such as H-E-B. https://t.co/qNjOndFkov

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