Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts

His message took off, spreading to Reddit threads all over the country by people eager to do something — anything — to reject Trump. Ironically, people began finding solace in the very thing PublicSquare offers its supporters: a chance to align your spending with your values. Except in this case, people are using PublicSquare to decide where not to spend.

“Is there a list for 2025 so we can pass around to the worthy peace loving humans?” one Reddit user in Oregon asked in a February thread, “MAGA Businesses in Oregon to BOYCOTT.” Jeff tossed in his description of PublicSquare, and his post got “upvoted” 263 times, meaning it got pushed to the top of the thread for more people to see.

Jeff pasted his post into another Reddit thread based in Long Beach, California, titled, “MAGA Businesses to Avoid.” It was upvoted 65 times.

Jeff’s posts about PublicSquare, or offshoots of them, have popped up on Reddit in cities and towns in Illinois, Colorado, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Maine, North Carolina and in general Reddit forums. The idea of using PublicSquare for boycotts has gained attention in local news stories. Last month, a TikTok user with 19,000 followers filmed himself describing PublicSquare and directing people to its website to find MAGA-friendly businesses to cut off. His video has gotten more than 348,000 “likes.”



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