New Balance faces backlash over support of Trump

Election 2016 10 November 2016
In a statement to the Wall Street Journal, the sportswear company stated that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump would move things "in the right direction." The news didn't sit well with fans of New Balance as they showed their disgust by discarding or even destroying their sneakers.

Our new president just got his first sneaker endorsement

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New Balance: "The Obama admin turned a deaf ear to us & frankly w/ Pres-Elect Trump we feel things are going to move in the right direction"

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new balance says it only supports trumps views on TPP—but let's not let them off the hook so fast

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is now a company that I will never buy from... 👎🏻

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good to know. I made a little bonfire tonight :)

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these sum bitches are so comfortable but have got to go.

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let's just pretend like they flushed 💩👟🚽

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It's curtains for .

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