I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH HIS NAME.
IT SOUNDS LIKE AN ASSHOLE.
I AM NOT SAYING THAT, I'M JUST SAYING I AM STRUGGLING WITH
THAT SYLLABLE.
HE SPOKE OUT ABOUT THE NFL PROTEST.
BELIEVE
IT OR NOT, THAT IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE START.
HE SAID:
HE WAS BASICALLY IMPLYING THAT PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES TAKING ANY
DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, AT NFL GAMES, IT HURT PAPA JOHN'S
PIZZA SALES, THAT THERE WAS A CORRELATION THERE AND HE SAYS
THIS BECAUSE THE PROTESTS HAVE CAUSED IN FL RATINGS AND
VIEWERSHIP TO DECLINE, THEREFORE LESS PEOPLE ARE SEEING A PAPA
JOHN'S PIZZA ADDS WHICH MEANS LESS PEOPLE ARE BUYING PAPA
JOHN'S PIZZA.
THAT IS THE LOGIC THERE ALTHOUGH PIZZA HUT, A
COMPETITOR FOR PAPA JOHN'S, THEY SAID THAT FOR THEM THE PROTESTS,
THAT THE DECLINE IN NFL VIEWERSHIP IT HASN'T HURT THEIR
PIZZA SALES
AT ALL.
SO FOLLOWING HIS COMMENTS ON THE PROTESTS, AND
NEO-NAZI AND WHITE SUPREMACIST WEBSITE, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO
SAY WHICH ONE IT IS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT DESERVE PUBLICITY.
THEY
DECLARED THAT BECAUSE OF HIS STATEMENT AND STANCE ON THE NFL
PROTEST THAT PAPA JOHN'S BECAME THE OFFICIAL PIZZA OF THE ALT
RIGHT.
I AM JUST TAKING A MOMENT.
IN RESPONSE TO THAT
COMMENT SCHNATTER SAID:
SO THE COMPANY TAKING A VERY HARD STANCE AGAINST NAZIS.
VERY BRAVE.
WHAT YOU DO WITH PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA NOW?
IT IS GOOD THAT THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT THEY DO NOT ONE
NAZIS TO BUY THEIR PIZZA.
THEY ARE SO GOING TO HAVE THE
REPUTATION FOR A WHILE IS THE PIZZA COMPANY THAT HAD TO COME
OUT AND SAY HEY, WE DO NOT LIKE IT THAT NAZIS LOVE OUR PIZZA.
PIZZA HUT, DOMINO'S IS RAKING IT IN.
IT'S REALLY SMARTER TO BE
SILENT.
LITTLE CAESARS, THAT'S THE ONE.
HERE'S THE CHAIN AS I
SEE IT AND WE WILL DEBATE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION.
YOU CAN AT
ME FOR SURE.
I THINK IT GOES DOMINOES, THEN PIZZA HUT, AND
THEN IT WAS A TIE BETWEEN PAPA JOHN'S AND LITTLE CAESARS.
LITTLE CAESARS, AND I GET THE JUMP.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET THAT
JUMP NOW ON PAPA JOHN'S BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY ARE THE PIZZA
THAT HAD TO DENOUNCE NAZIISM.
I LOVE THE STORY SO MUCH FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
I THINK
THIS ONE LITTLE STORY IS A PERFECT MICROCOSM FOR OUR
BROADER POLITICS.
PAPA JOHN IS ONE OF OUR COUNTRIES MOST FAMOUS
REACTIONARY CEOS.
WHEN OBAMACARE PASSED BACK IN 2011, HE
FAMOUSLY WENT APOPLECTIC AND HAD A TOTAL MELTDOWN IN PUBLIC
SAYING THAT HE NOW HAD TO, BECAUSE HE HAD TO GIVE HIS
EMPLOYEES HEALTH INSURANCE, HE HAS TO RAISE THE COST OF HIS
PIECES BY $.14 AND HE WAS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
PASS THE COST, THIS VICIOUS BURDEN OF GIVING HIS EMPLOYEES
HEALTH CARE ON TO CONSUMERS AND HE GOT A HUGE BACKLASH THEN.
HE
HAS A HABIT OF WAITING IN THE POLITICS AND HAVING IT BY HIM IN
THE BUTT BUT NOW, IN 2017, IT IS THE PERFECT MICROCOSM OF RICH
CEO REPUBLICAN GUY WADING INTO POLITICS, THIS SORT OF
NAZI'S LATCHING ONTO IT, THE RICH REPUBLICAN CEO GUY GOING,
OH MY GOD, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
AND THEN HAVING TO DENOUNCE THEM
IN AN AWKWARD WAY.
IT IS JUST PERFECT.
IT'S THE PERFECT
LITTLE MICROCOSM OF WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DID.
YOU SORT OF
STOKE THE FEARS AND RESENTMENTS OF WHITE NATIONALISTS FOR SO
LONG THAT HAS NOW METASTASIZED AND IS BITING THEM IN THE BUTT.
IT HAS CREATED A HUGE PR NIGHTMARE FOR THEM WHICH I
SUPPOSE WE SHOULDN'T BE TOO SHOCKED AT THE GUY WHO THOUGHT
HE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COMPANY.
HE IS ONE OF THE MOST AWKWARD GUYS I HAVE EVER SEEN WHEN HE
PUTS HIMSELF IN THE COMMERCIALS.
I AM NOT EVEN FULLY CONVINCED
THAT HE HAS BLINKED.
IF YOU HAVE PROOF, I WANT TO SEE IT.
SEND
ME THOSE GIFS.
BETTER PIZZA, BETTER INGREDIENTS, PAPA JOHN'S.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AT
LARGE HAS STOKED THE PASSIONS OF WHITE NATIONALISTS FOR YEARS
BUT I DO THINK THAT AS THE CEO, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, YOU HAVE TO
KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU WADE INTO POLITICS AND I
THINK THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE AND
RESPONSIBLE
TO WABE IN, BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT IT IS GOING, THERE IS
A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT IT COULD AFFECT YOUR BUSINESS AND
AUDIENCE IN SOME WAY.